Showing posts with label Golf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golf. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Tiger Charts

Here are our updated charts of the "Tiger Era" -

MAJOR WINNERS SINCE TIGER WOODS TURNED PRO:

YearMastersUS OpenBritish OpenPGA Champ
1997WoodsElsLeonardLove
1998O'MearaJanzenO'MearaSingh
1999OlazabalStewartLawrieWoods
2000SinghWoodsWoodsWoods
2001WoodsGoosenDuvalToms
2002WoodsWoodsElsBeem
2003WeirFurykCurtisMicheel
2004MickelsonGoosenHamiltonSingh
2005WoodsCampbellWoodsMickelson
2006MickelsonOglivyWoodsWoods
2007JohnsonCabreraHarringtonWoods
2008ImmelmanWoodsHarringtonHarrington
2009CabreraGloverCinkYang
2010MickelsonMcDowellOosthuizenKaymer
2011SchwartzelMcIlroyClarke--

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And Tiger's Results in said majors:

YearMastersUS OpenBritish OpenPGA Champ
19971st19th24th29th
19988th18th3rd10th
199918th3rd7th1st
20005th1st1st1st
20011st12th25th29th
20021st1st28th2nd
200315th20th4th39th
200422nd17th9th24th
20051st2nd1st4th
20063rdCUT1st1st
20072nd2nd12th1st
20082nd1stDNPDNP
20096th6thCut2nd
20104th4th23rd28th
20114thDNPDNP--

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Monday, August 17, 2009

MGM: Y.E. Yang, Tiger, and Jordan

yangIt has happened. The last time it happened was in 1995 when Michael Jordan and the Bulls were taken down by the Orlando Magic. The time before that was probably when Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson. The category is "When the Invincible becomes Vincible."

It certainly happens to everyone eventually, and yesterday, on the final day of the PGA Championship at Hazeltine, it happened to Tiger Woods. He finally choked on the biggest stage. Woods, who is most certainly the most invincible figure in sports today, has shown that he bleeds like a human. And yes, he occasionaly can have such a bad day that it costs him a major in which he seemed to be in complete control.

It was a Sunday at a major, and it seemed that most competitors of the PGA took themselves out of the mix as the weekend went on. Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, and then Padraig Harrington with his 9 on a Par 3 was further elimination of what appeared to be the "real" threats to Tiger winning his 15th majors.

But, here was Y.E. Yang. A Korean who most of us - at least those of us who are obsessed with the greatest golfers in the world - had no idea who this guy was about 72 hours ago. And not only was he not reminding us of Jan Van De Velde in the 1999 British Open , by blowing up - but he was hitting winners.