Jack: Tiger Struggling, But He Doesn't Know What With
I'm not sure the bigger reveal, that Jack Nicklaus senses Tiger is struggling with is rehab/return, or that Jack knows this from an occasional text.
Joell Beall with the report on Nicklaus' latest remarks.
"He's struggling. I don't understand what he is struggling with," said the Golden Bear. "But I know he is struggling and he would be playing if he could play."
Geoff
**Nicklaus is also backing off of his criticism of Olympic sitter-outerers. Alex Butler reports from the opening of Golden Bear Grill.
"Then I started thinking more about it and thought maybe I shouldn't have said that because it's not about that. They aren't about growing golf right now. They are into playing golf. I'm into growing golf because I'm past my time. I look to the future of what happens to it. These guys are thinking 'how do I make a living, how do I perform?' If they get sick, and then all of the sudden they have a family that gets sick, then they've got another issue other than what they are trying to do...making a living in golf and to be able to perform at their best and highest level.
"I've taken the opposite side of my own opinion."
Reader Comments (24)
Golf goes on fine without him.
I used to ice my back for 45 min everytime I played golf and prayed it would not tighten up. I would tighten up when it felt like it.
No way he can play professional golf with all the practice it takes and no throw his back into spasms. No way with his huge turn, can he keep from hurting himself.
I could go on and on, but 3 back operations, no way he returns to golf
http://www.golfdigest.com/story/shane-lowry-has-a-brutally-honest-and-hilarious-response-on-his-british-open-pairing
That aside when and if TW ever comes back he will be grouped with whoever he wants. Once you win on tour you get out of playing with the non winners/qualifiers in the first two rounds of an event.
I believe that Jack had a very high opinion of himself in college and when first on the Tour. He learned quickly how to act like a gentleman.
Re: Jack - it's not a shock to hear that he's changed his mind regarding Rio. His change of heart might be due to nothing more than reading the unbiased weekly reporting detailing just how unorganized and dire the situation is there. But he's right - growing the game isn't the top priority for the guys playing today. Nor should it be. The top players are playing all over the world and giving the game as much exposure as they can. To expect them to risk their health and safety all for the sake of generating what amounts to more revenue for the corrupt IOC and the golf industry in general is incredibly short sided.
1) He has to physically become healthy enough to play again (if he can). That means he has to physically be able walk around a golf course, swing the golf club, and play all the shots that he needs to over the course of a tournament. He also has to be able to practice - he is never going to return to competitive golf if he can't put time in on the range and on the putting green.
2) He has to find a new swing to go with the new back condition. He can't swing with all the torque and strain that he has in the past. He has to find a motion that will take the stress off his body - if not he will permanently be in sick bay and his time on tour will be over.
3) He has to have/find the desire to do the above. Does he want to undergo the endless physio and conditioning that he will need to remain flexible and healthy enough to play golf? Does he want to undergo another swing change? Does he want to put in the practice time? And ultimately, does he want to risk failure in any of the above areas?
OWGR, do you like to just make things up? Ask Vaughn Taylor and Parker McLachlin if this statement is true.
Parker McLachlin has not had status on the PGA Tour since 2010. He has no status.
Here is an excerpt taken from the PGA Tours website.Notice the second sentence.
How are player groupings decided?
Each week, groupings are made according to procedures outlined in the PGA TOUR's Tournament Regulations. For example, players are grouped into different categories depending on prior accomplishments. Also, to ensure fairness, players cannot play early Thursday and Late Friday (or vice versa) too many weeks in a row. In addition to these examples, there are many other rules which seek to ensure fairness of the groupings each week while addressing the needs of many different constituents.
Then try this.
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/pga-tour-pairing-question.90403/
While it might be difficult for a man of your limited intelligence, read up on and understand what I posted, click on the link provided and you might, just might, begin to understand how PGA Tour players get grouped in the first two rounds of an event.
If you are incapable of understanding the information provided perhaps you shouldn't be posting about something you know obviously nothing about.
You're the one who seems incapable of digesting information OWGR fan. You're word of ALWAYS would seem to be the miscommunication between the two of you.