Tiger Woods does the amazing…
While fulfilling the dreams of one particular gambler, who understood how Great a Talent lives inside of Tiger, and turned that knowledge into a Million Dollar payday — to the people who can appreciate how many improvements Tiger has made to his fundamental golf swing… it’s a phenomenal achievement… one of the greats in human history! And certainly as close to the greatest in Sports History – any sport.
Not quite as great as Winston Churchill’s marshalling the political, and national resolve, to defeat Nazi Germany in WWII. That needs to be said, for the sake of sanity. But Tiger Woods, just as ole Winny said, about winning, being the defining virtue of human life, Tiger has demonstrated a human resolve and capability to which we have seldom witnesses, to ascend to the top.
It could be said, that playing 18 holes of golf in impeccable fashion, under stress, stretched out across a 5 hour period, for 4 days consecutively is immensely difficult for anyone. Golf, as anyone know who plays, is a very hard game. Even for those of us who can and do shoot Scratch golf, it’s always a challenge. And just when you think you have it, it turns around to take you down! I often sing the old Beatles tune when playing golf… “yesterday, golf was such an easy game to play, now I need a place to hide away, oh I believe in yesterday!”
After years and years of medical problems, surgeries and personal strife… Tiger would come out for a try… and you could easily see he was not ready… many said he was done. Then he would come out again… and again he was not ready… and again people often said – he was done. But I said to my wife and friends, that he is adapting his swing to his injury and his swing is getting better! Then he had the chipping yips… something that is really hard to overcome. For those of you who are suffering, I will tell you it simply comes from losing the ability to move the bottom of your swing from the behind the ball (the place of the club at address) to the target side of the ball, which is the place the club should hit the ground for the first time. It’s relatively easy if you have the know how. And I knew for certain he had the know how. So that was just another bump in his comeback road…
And then there was last year, when he played beautifully in the British Open (The Open), the PGA championship and then winning the Tour Championship at the very end of the season. The ultimate PERIOD on the end of the sentence. To my eye, he is a significantly better golfer, TEE TO GREEN, than he has every been, simply because his swing fundamentals are now better than they have ever been – at least according to my eye. So now, very much like the injured Hogan, this magnificent athlete with enormous competitive and emotional reserves, can play through the next 10 years, giving little back to his younger rivals in athletic ability, but overwhelming them in feel and golf skill! Of course, for him and all the rest of us… it will all be determined by the putting stroke… and I am always betting on Tiger to find it!
I feel confident we will see more!
The Jerry J’s Power Page for Gulfstream is now available… however its’ just Race #5 thru Race #11…
We are back up and running at Gulfstream, but only from Race #5 thru Race #11… This will be the product for today…
Sunday’s Menu
Aqueduct … The Jerry J’s Power Page Classic and the JJPP – PLUS
Santa Anita … The Jerry J’s Power Page Classic and the JJPP – PLUS
Gulfstream — JJPP Classic – Race #5 thru Race #11 only