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Tiger Woods ends two-year victory drought
CBS.com ^ | December 4, 2011 | CBS staff

Posted on 12/05/2011 6:21:01 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi

Edited on 12/05/2011 6:28:26 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

THOUSAND OAKS, California - Two years after his life and career came crashing down, Tiger Woods is a winner again.

One shot behind with two holes to play, Woods finally looked like the player who dominated golf for so much of his career. He birdied his last two holes Sunday, making a 6-foot putt on the 18th, to win the Chevron World Challenge by one shot over former Masters champion Zach Johnson.


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To: Ramius
"I don’t quite get the animosity. I for one would like to see him turn his life back around. People make mistakes in life. His are just more public than most. If he can learn a key life lesson and get back on the horse, who am I to wish otherwise? His sins are no worse than mine or anyone else’s."

That's your opinion. I'm a bit old fasioned, I guess.

21 posted on 12/05/2011 7:18:17 AM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: proxy_user
He was putting pretty well, but the putts were not going in.

Huh?

23 posted on 12/05/2011 7:23:58 AM PST by JohnG45
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To: JohnG45

He was using a good putting technique, and hit the putts on the line and distance he intended. However, he couldn’t figure out the exact line and speed he needed, because the greens were fast, tricky, and half-covered with shadows at this time of year.


24 posted on 12/05/2011 7:40:08 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: traditional1
"I could care less about sports and entertainment"

Could care less or couldn't care less?

25 posted on 12/05/2011 8:06:48 AM PST by irish guard
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To: Baynative

*Yawn*


26 posted on 12/05/2011 8:07:31 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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To: traditional1
I don't watch golf anymore....the Media hype's Woods (the Great Black Hope), purely because he's black, even when he's 75th on the leaderboard in a tourney.

I don't care if he wins 100% of the tournaments played; just another black who married a blonde white woman when he could afford it, as arm candy. And, the media replays a meaningless putt a dozen times, because their GOD made it.....

There was a time when I felt that way, more or less. After Tiger won his first Masters, the adulation became offensive; particularly when he was only playing so-so golf. Then around 2000, he went on a tear and won all the majors plus a load of other tournaments.

There would be something to what you say if Tiger had been mediocre his entire career; but he hasn't. After his performance in the final round of the President's Cup, and this win, Tiger looks to be on the way back to a level of excellence. Eat your heart out.

27 posted on 12/05/2011 8:13:45 AM PST by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: proxy_user
He was putting pretty well, but the putts were not going in.
Which means he wasn't putting "pretty well."
28 posted on 12/05/2011 8:33:50 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

If you hit a 50 foot putt, and it stops inches from the cup, you are putting pretty well. If you miss by a foot, and run ten feet past the cup, then you are not putting well.

Quite a few of his misses left tap-ins, which do save strokes over the course of a round.


29 posted on 12/05/2011 8:41:15 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: traditional1

but I believe that inter-species mating is not what God intended, and shows human weakness and lack of values.

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I’m having trouble posting this because I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Laughing is winning at this point. OK. I lied. I’ve been laughing since reading your first post on this thread.

Do you seriously believe that Thais and African Americans are different species?

Love the irony of you asking if someone else was indoctrinated in a publik skool (your spelling) when you demonstrate your complete ignorance re: species.

Hilarious and unbelievable.


30 posted on 12/05/2011 8:58:24 AM PST by dmz
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To: Baynative

Even if Tiger regains his old form, the rest of the tour has caught up to him.


32 posted on 12/05/2011 10:45:56 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Sans-Culotte
"Tiger looks to be on the way back to a level of excellence. Eat your heart out"

LOL

Eat my heart out?

Why?

I could care less what he does, as I'm not into envy, awe, or being excited about any athletic accomplishment at all. The fawning and drooling of "fans" and the State-Run-Media over some certain Ethnic stars is indicative of the problems in values and prioritization of life's meaning, IMHO.

33 posted on 12/05/2011 10:47:03 AM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: irish guard
""I could care less about sports and entertainment"

Could care less or couldn't care less?

I feel very strongly BOTH ways...LOL

34 posted on 12/05/2011 10:48:28 AM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: traditional1
Cross-breeding between two plants is tampering with nature, too,

Without cross-breeding of grasses, we wouldn't have the beautiful fairways and greens on the golf courses.

Combining disparate genetic information produces hybrid vigor, where the issue is superior in trait to the two separate components.

Of course, using your train of thought, a case could be made that Tiger's hybrid vigor is perfectly suited to the hybrid grasses on which he plays, making it particularly unfair to the inbred lads of Ireland who tend to excel on the unfettered coast link courses.

35 posted on 12/05/2011 10:59:36 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: dfwgator; Baynative
Even if Tiger regains his old form, the rest of the tour has caught up to him.

This is true, particularly amongst the players in their mid-twenties.

36 posted on 12/05/2011 11:01:43 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Walrus
The guy manages to beat a sparse field of invited golfers in what amounts to a glorified golf outing in La-la Land and we’re supposed to think that it’s earth-shaking news. It ain't.

Yes, I made reference to that in my first post.

Tiger now has 72 PGA wins, only one back of Nicklaus's 73 and again gaining on Sam Snead's record of 82.

So, not earth-shaking, but for devotees of golf, a significant move forward, especially nearing Jack.

38 posted on 12/05/2011 11:12:00 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: proxy_user
Quite a few of his misses left tap-ins, which do save strokes over the course of a round.

What was more incredible was Tiger's use of Mickelson's flop shots around the green. That's something you'd never see with Steve Williams on his bag, for sure.

39 posted on 12/05/2011 11:31:36 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: traditional1
I doubt that genetic mutilation/cross-breeding of humans was God's intent; aparently, you do.

No, not necessarily. I just wanted to vividly point out to you that the opposite of cross-breeding is inbreeding.

Have a nice day

I shall, thank you very much. U2

40 posted on 12/05/2011 11:38:08 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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