Tiger Has ANOTHER Bad Start

 Tiger is having another bad start today. Up until now he's been able to keep top spot because the players who could unseat him having been playing so well either - but that could change anytime. Come on Tiger, pull up your socks! We still want to see you up there.
   . . . June

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Not even Cog Hill can spare Tiger a bad start - Golf
Yahoo! Sports: "LEMONT, Ill. (AP)

At this point in a strange season, slow starts should be nothing new to Tiger Woods.

This one came at a bad time.

The BMW Championship is the most pivotal playoff event, with the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings advancing to the Tour Championship in Atlanta to compete for the $10 million bonus. Woods is No. 51 in the standings and probably needs to finish around fifth.

He sure dug himself quite a hole.

Matt Kuchar had his best start of the year with a 7-under 64. Woods had his worst start at Cog Hill in five years.

He opened with a double bogey. He missed a 3-foot birdie putt at the turn. He squandered a birdie chance on another par 5 by hitting an iron into the trees. And he finished with a bogey from the bunker on the 18th hole, a sand shot so tough he was trying to make sure it didn’t go across the green and into the water.

“I just didn’t have much today,” Woods said.

It wasn’t much of a score—not considering it was Cog Hill, a course where Woods has won five times and had 11 consecutive rounds in the 60s until Thursday. Woods wound up with a 2-over 73 and was nine shots behind in a tie for 45th.

Stranger still was the way he looked at his position.

Woods looked at the leaderboard long enough while signing his card that he realized the immediate goal might not be who’s leading the tournament, but where he needs to finish to get enough FedEx Cup points to go to the Tour Championship.

“As of right now, I’m only five shots back of that spot,” he said. “That’s not bad. Guys aren’t going low at this place because the greens aren’t good enough to go low. Obviously, there’s a couple of players that have played well today. But overall, guys just aren’t tearing the place apart.”

Phil Mickelson wouldn’t mind doing that. Unfortunately for him, Rees Jones beat him to it.

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Tiger Woods a Captain's Pick to Ryder Cup Team

 In this case I think Tiger Woods was lucky to be a Captain's pick for the Ryder Cup team. At least this past weekend he played well enough to show that he still has the ability, but I think it was touch and go. Do you think that having Tiger play will guarantee greater attendance had anything to do with it?
   . . . June


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Tiger Woods named to Ryder Cup team
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Orange County Register updated 9/7/2010 1:49:25 PM ET

Tiger Woods is going to the Ryder Cup as a captain's pick with his 71 victories and 14 majors. So is 21-year-old Rickie Fowler, who has never won anything at all.

Corey Pavin made an obvious choice and a surprising one Tuesday morning at the New York Stock Exchange when he added Woods and Fowler, along with former major champions Zach Johnson and Stewart Cink, to an American team that will try to retain the cup.

The Ryder Cup is Oct. 1-3 at the Celtic Manor in Wales. The United States won two years ago at Valhalla, and will try to win for the first time overseas since 1993 at The Belfry.

This will be the sixth Ryder Cup team for Woods, but the first in which he needed to be picked. Woods had finished first in the standings every time, including in 2008 when he spent the second half of the year recovering from knee surgery.

'It's great to be a part of this team,' Woods said. 'I'm honored to be selected ... and looking forward to going back and having a great time with the team and hopefully, bring the Cup back'

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Tiger Woods Battling To Stay In Top Spot

 Tiger is facing a whole host of potential problems while at the same time trying to play some decent golf. Over the last month he at times has shown flashes of brilliance and at others, just struggled to stay in the tournament. He's trying to keep his top spot in the world, stay in the FedEx playoffs and possibly be in the Ryder Cup. Whew!
    . . June


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Woods must battle to hold on to top spot
CNN.com: "(CNN)

 Tiger Woods faces a twin threat to his world number one spot heading into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.

Either Phil Mickelson or fellow American Steve Stricker can end his five-year reign depending on their respective performances on Monday.

Current world number two Mickelson has his 10th chance this season to overtake Woods after a series of near misses.

A top-four finish, with Woods outside the top 24, will see him over the line but their are a series of other permutations, with Mickelson trying not think about the outcome.

"I haven't paid attention to what needs to happen, but I'm looking forward to getting in the hunt and seeing if I can get off to a good start and make some birdies," Mickelson told AFP.
Defending Deutsche Bank champion Stricker could also gatecrash the party.


He must retain the title at the $7.5 million tournament, which is part of the PGA Tour playoff series, while Woods finishes outside the top nine and Mickelson not in the first three.
Stricker is in fourth place, four shots behind leader Jason Day of Australia, after the third round, with Mickelson one further behind and firmly in the mix.

Woods carded a two-under par 69 on Sunday to continue his generally improved form but is sharing 23rd and needs a strong finish to protect his status and also impress U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin.

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