***Tiger Woods Express Destination World Number 1***

not going well

Tiger Woods 41 today, and nine years since he won a major.

Mark O Meara was 41 when he won at Royal Birkdale

Well Tiger was ranked 898 a few weeks back so 652 is progress.

interesting blog from tiger

http://www.tigerwoods.com/news/2017/01/05/212899716/tigers-blog-my-goal-remains-to-win/?tcid=tw_article_212899716

After nearly a year getting urgent much needed repairs the express is less than twenty-four hours from firing up and starting the greatest comeback in the history of sport.

Currently world number 1199 the only way is up.

To quote the great man from 21 years ago 'I've heard i'm not ready for you, the question is are you ready for me'

Let the greatest show on earth roll once more!

1199 to 668 in one week - come on Tiger. Top 100 by the Masters? Too much to hope for?

cantlay went from 1866 to 42 last season, so its not impossible

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope he plays a lot, nothing better than reps after the last few years he's had. I think for once there is cause for optimism as the speed is there and doesn't look like an old man swing protecting his back. Short game especially chipping look a problem and difficult to know whether that is rustiness or yips that might never go away.

Moved up 155 spots this week to 389. If he keeps that pace up, will be no 1 in 3 weeks

Up 800 spots in three months!

Very impressive at the Honda,

Fastest club head speed

Longest off the tee

Best proximity to the pin

The signs are looking good


Choo Choo

Bay Hill price Mighty? Go on have a stab. I'll estimate something around the 17s mark.

His game is in unbelievably good condition.

iron play last week was great esp distance control,
putting mostly very good-just the odd blip,
chipping getting better all the time
better off the tee too

The only thing I was worried about was when Tiger was asked about forthcoming plans-he said something like "back to the gym for some hard work". I hope he doesn't overdo the gym stuff.

Wonderful to see Tiger back, a true great of Sport.
Best player I've ever seen, comfortably.
My only concern from weekend was when truly under the gun, ie at 15,17 Tec, he really really hit some very very poor shots.
Clearly not fully trusting himself.

Augusta really punish him if can't address that. It did the last time he was up there .

Think thats a bit harsh zaf

on 17 he birdied on saturday and hit a good shot on sunday into the heart of the green

on 15 on sunday he was firing at the pin and was a couple of yards right of the target.


Not sure what price he will go off rhino will depend who else is in the field. Bay Hill not an over popular destination. The market stayed higher than I thought it would on saturday when he was going well so think there are a few yet to be convinced.

It will be interesting to see if he plays valspar. Personally think he would benefit from a couple more starts prior to the masters.

Tiger commits to the Valspar and AP Invitational

Great news a couple more competitive events should help him sharpen up for the masters. Also shows the back is holding up well

Is he doing the ceremonial tee-off?

ttt

Another superb week for Tiger on the comeback trail only disappointment is it wasn't a win.

Up to 149 in the OWGR

Choo Choo

Rhino can I have some of the 17s you were mentioning for the AP Invitational

Rhino can I have some of the 17s you were mentioning for the AP Invitational

It would be nice wouldn't it. Of course, that was post Honda - had he not played last week think it would have been about right.

Another good week for tiger up to 105 in OWGR

90% of the job done in 3 months

choo choo

we will be seeing him in WGC events soon

Surprised not to see a ((((TIGER WINS THE MASTERS)))) thread tbh

Back in top the top 100 as express reaches the destination of two fat ladies - number 88

Most PGA Tour wins by players currently under age 45.....

Tiger overall - 79
Tiger WGCs - 18
Dustin Johnson - 17
Tiger in Florida - 16
Tiger Majors - 14
Tiger in California - 14
Rory McIlroy - 13
Tiger in Ohio -13
Adam Scott - 13
Zach Johnson - 12

tiger has played 11 events since his comeback and is currently top 100 in world rankings

if you work out his true average ranking he is just outside top 10 at 5.53 points per event

more magic over the weekend from the goat shame he dunked it on 17 cost him a top five finish.

Up to 80 in the world now next step the top 50

true average of 5.77 now would put him 11th !

Next up Muirfield Village. Apparently he likes it there.

Has made qualifying for the Firestone send off a big priority, how he makes it.

* hope

Found the big announcement would play in The Open a tad strange.
Of course he plays FFS....

Donny, I'm pretty certain Tiger has played only 8 events since his comeback in December.

THE PLAYERS Championship    USA    19    2018    T11    8.60    1    8.6    80th
Wells Fargo Championship    USA    18    2018    T55    1.20    1    1.2    92nd
Masters Tournament    MAJ    14    2018    T32    4.15    1    4.15    88th
Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard    USA    11    2018    T5    12.76    1    12.76    105th
Valspar Championship    USA    10    2018    T2    26.00    1    26    149th
The Honda Classic    USA    8    2018    12    6.24    1    6.24    389th
Genesis Open    USA    7    2018    MC    -    1    -    544th
Farmers Insurance Open    USA    4    2018    T23    2.86    0.9674    2.77    539th
Hero World Challenge    USA    48    2017    T9    6.96    0.8804    6.13    668th
Omega Dubai Desert Classic    EUR    5    2017    WD    -    0.413    -    674th
Farmers Insurance Open    USA    4    2017    MC    -    0.4022    -    666th
Hero World Challenge    USA    49    2016    15    4.38    0.3261    1.43    650th

YANKS currently hold all 4 Major Championship titles.
The last time the USofA held all 4 Major Titles and The Players' Championship simultaneously was in 2000-01, when Tiger Woods won all five of those tournaments in a row.

Doesn't even register that he won The Players in that year. Absolutely mind boggling.

The highest average World Ranking Points someone has managed.....we can assume it was probably Tiger in the early 2000’s.....YES, Tiger went beyond 32 average points at his peak. Different galaxy.

At one point his average was more than the next three combined.

Donny--3 of those tournaments were before his latest comeback

These are the total scores (Rd1+2+3+4) over the last 5 holes (14-18) at THE PLAYERS Champ for the top finishers:

W. Simpson -3 (winner finished -18)
J. Walker -4 (T2nd at -14)
C. Schwartzel -5 (T2nd at -14)
X. Schauffele -3 (T2nd at -14)
J. Dufner -1
J. Day -1
H. Varner III -3
T. Fleetwood -3
K. Bradley -5
D. Lee -4
B. Koepka -5 (with a quad on 17th in Rd2. and Albatross on 16th in Rd4.)
J. Thomas +1
T. Woods +5 (T11 finish at -11)

indeed they are jml

but to do a fair comparison i can only take the 2 year time frame provided, i dont have an app to
calculate everybody's results since tigers latest comeback, so ive done an average over the period

there is a facility on the ranking site to see points gained in 2018 and if you click on it , ..it reorders
the players by ranking points gained in 2018

Another good week for Tiger wasn't sure we would ever go favourite on the back nine of a major again wasn't to be but up into the world's top 50

Bridgestone here we come

Would still say the best player ever to play Golf

certainly tiger at his peak was a level or two above what anyone around now is capable of. also he had cajones under pressure that they could only dream about. you could make arguments for players in the past like nicklaus of course.

ANOTHER MAJOR in the bag

for peds user brooks?

tiger making people like rory and jordan look like what they are... crap.

the bogey, double start on thursday ultimately cost Tiger but another great performance in a major - great to see him in the mix on the back nine on sunday.

OWGR now 26 - if his points were divided by the number of events he has played Tiger would be 4th!

choo choo

Tiger has to be a factor in playoffs,gets a win?
Let's hope so,thoroughly deserves one imo.

Much of the stuff in this thread is misguided.

Tiger has no points to lose from last year so has to do this over mush of a 2 year period.  He has gained the 16th best total of points in 2018, so that (not 4th) is probably the best assessment of where he currently ranks.

To get to Number 1, you have to win and keep winning tournaments - even Luke Donald did this - or have stellar non-winning performances in pretty much every major and WGC over at least a year. DJ currently has 460 points which is pretty typical (Tiger was consistently over 600 in the halcyon days of 2001-02), sole 2nd in 8 majors over a 2 year period would give you 480 points before the decrementing for all but the most recent 13 weeks, so without winning you need to do very very well very consistently.

It is great to see a fit fighting Tiger back but he has some way to go be be close to Number 1.

When the original thread was posted in 2011 he was world number 28, now, seven years later he is World number 26

In January 2001 Tiger's points were 28.8 nearly three times as many as Ernie Els in second.

After he won the Us Open on one leg Tigers ranking was 20.68 Adam Scott was third with a total 5.857!

Wessex is right that he has accrued the 16th most points this year although he will get a boost from being eligible for WGC events going forwards which carry big points and limited fields.

To get back to number one it is wins and high finishes that are required but of the current bunch we are not getting the 6, 7, 8 or 9 wins in a season rather 3 or 4 so it is possible. There isn't currently a player who is consistently better than the rest 5 or 6 wins over a 2 year period with some consistent form can get you to the top.

In January 2001 Tiger's points were 28.8 nearly three times as many as Ernie Els in second.

After he won the Us Open on one leg Tigers ranking was 20.68 Adam Scott was third with a total 5.857!

Wessex is right that he has accrued the 16th most points this year although he will get a boost from being eligible for WGC events going forwards which carry big points and limited fields.

To get back to number one it is wins and high finishes that are required but of the current bunch we are not getting the 6, 7, 8 or 9 wins in a season rather 3 or 4 so it is possible. There isn't currently a player who is consistently better than the rest 5 or 6 wins over a 2 year period with some consistent form can get you to the top.

after winning the us open his ranking was actually 21.542 almost double the current tally required to be number 1

From 1199 to 13 in 9 months. Assuming his body stays healthy he will surely have another 6 years at the top so the no.1 spot and more majors(even 5 more!) are back on the table.

think he will get back to world number one at some point.

he's just better than the other players, even if the overall standard has arguably gone up (some would argue otherwise) in his peak. amazing ability to strike the golf ball and seems to have this uncanny ability to hole putts from everywhere when he's on. reminds me of spieth that, although spieth doesn't hit the ball as well as tiger does.

whether he can win 18 majors, who knows. think he will have to have a year where he wins more than one to get there, that's just my view, although his good friend mark o meara won two in his early forties, so if he can tiger certainly can.

next year is huge for tiger i feel he has to build on this momentum and win another major, the scary thing for the opposition is that he will only get better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdRQoTl76PA

Fans perspective of the 18th hole. Incredible scenes, not sure have ever heard anything like that on a golf course. Well done to whoever filmed it to keep going till the end.

If Tiger's points were divided by the number of events played(22) he'd be at No.1 now.

choo choo

To those who question why Tiger is shown so often when he is playing

viewing figures for saturday up 136% on last year

Sunday up 206%!

the rest of the tour needs him to bring in the big bucks.

they know it, he knows it. tv knows it





tigers average in points has been above his official world ranking for a good while now.

Can't deny he deserved that win

He'd been banging on the door for weeks

Agree rhino incredible scenes.
Stock Exchange needs to lift it's game when Tiger wins Dow Jones goes up. . not down !!
The Golf Industry trends have slowed and are now moving north again.
Tiger undoubtedly the biggest Marketable Commodity in Golf by miles.
Geez Golf companies were sweating bullets,thinking we gotta hope for the Orange kid(RF) or the British Mullet(TF)to revitalize the Industry.

Might even cause some to swap the flag at Le Golf National this week.
What if the Tiger,Tiger chant out decibel's the Usa,Usa chant.

Sep 24, 2018 -- 1:32PM, Mighty Whites 2008 wrote:

To those who question why Tiger is shown so often when he is playingviewing figures for saturday up 136% on last yearSunday up 206%!

So for every 100 of us golf fans, there are 206 Tiger only fans. He truly is bigger than the game itself.

Tiger Woods 1/1/ v Justin Thomas 8/11 - To Score Most Points Betting

OWGR projections for the Hero:

Win - guaranteed to move to #6
Solo 2nd - as high as #8
Solo 3rd - as high as #9
Solo 5th - as high as #9
A 2-way T7 finish is the minimum he needs to start having a chance to make it into the top 10.

Last time Tiger was in Top 10 was following the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone where he withdrew. He was 10th and fell outside the following week.

OWGR Jon Rahm 8th to 6th. Rose narrowly misses taking over #1 from Koepka, but is playing in Indonesia in 2 weeks and TIGER drops a spot to 14th.

Not enough old threads bumped this week so let's pull this bad boy out

CHOO CHOO

He's defiantly still got it

This might give him the motivation to chase down JN and so number 1 is a given if he does

he's the best player as he's the most naturally gifted. the things he was doing in junior golf was just stupid.

All the way up to no 6 with an average point total of 7.73. If you divided his total events though by the 26 he has played and not the minimum 40 though, his average is 11.90 which would be clear number 1 in the world.

Did anyone see the current World number 1 throw his toys out the pram last night?

Embarrassing. Poor play followed by the huff,throwing shots and points away.

Something never ever see the Goat TW do. Never.

Pebble Beach Rd1 was Tiger's first round under par in the US Open in 7 years (2012, Rd 1).

This week will be the 450th professional major championship in history.

Only four times has a player won by a dozen or more strokes. Tiger achieved the feat twice – at the 2000 U.S. Open (where he won by 15) and the 1997 Masters (where he won by 12).
The other two to achieve this were Old Tom Morris at the 1862 Open Championship and his son, Tom Morris Junior, eight years later. Not to disparage two legends of the sport, but in both instances when the Morrises won the course was only 12 holes long, and there were fewer than 20 players in the field.
What Woods did at Pebble Beach 19 years ago will never be matched. We should remember it – and celebrate it – when the opportunity presents itself.

ON THE MOVE AGAIN TODAY... -1 thru 2 (on back nine).

"Right now I'm still in the ball game," said a defiant Tiger after walking off the course seven shots off the lead.
But is he?
Has Tiger ever won a major from such a deficit?

Here are his 36-hole deficits/leads in his 15 major wins:

Masters: 1 back, 6 back, 4 back, 2 back, 3 clear
U.S. Open: 1 back, 3 clear, 6 clear
The Open: 1 clear, 4 clear, 3 clear
PGA: 2 clear, 1 back, 1 clear, 2 back

Overall, Tiger held the lead in eight of them, was 1 back in three, 2 back in two, 4 back in one and 6 back in one.
In other words, from this point, Woods has to break new ground.

The third round has been the one for Tiger in the last three majors, shooting 66 at Carnoustie, 66 at Bellerive and 67 at Augusta for an aggregate -14 -- the best score to par of any player..... Cue a 64

No nope..not today.

One-over 36 for Woods on the front nine....not to be

Tiger is somehow going to shoot -2 for the day despite starting with 4 bogeys from the first 6, the man never gives up, a magnificent fightback

Woods last OPEN Championship win was 2006.

Where's TIGER staying this week ???

15 holes later and TIGER has his first birdie of Day 1.

What's the odds of Tiger making the cut?

75 players at +1 atm = no chance imho

Tiger gets straight down to business at the BMW Championships...BOOM ! Birdie at 1 from the bunker...Let’s go.
This was the first time all season Tiger Woods has birdied his opening hole of a tournament.

Woods is 38th in the FedEx Cup Standings.....He needs to finish solo 11th or better in the BMW to extend his season.

Woods has something like the same chance of winning the Fedex Cup as  Kerry have of winning this years All Ireland.
He's a has been, and a cheating scut.   Sickening to hear them SKY commentators crawling
all over him during the red button coverage of particular groups.   
The sooner that **** rides off into the forrest the better for the game of golf and TV coverage.
Rory, Koepka, Hovland and Cantlay are the future of this great game and they are CLEAN.

On this day 23 years ago, a baby-faced TIGER WOODS edged Davis Love III in a playoff at the Las Vegas Invitational (now called the SHRINERS Hospitals for Children OPEN) to claim his first career professional title at just 20 years old.

#6 now - what odds he gets to #1 at any stage before he retires? Almost impossible given how little he plays but here's hoping. Personally I think he should shy away from the bombers courses nowadays and cherry pick more strategic courses. Like a Molinari for example.

#6 now - what odds he gets to #1 at any stage before he retires? Almost impossible given how little he plays but here's hoping. Personally I think he should shy away from the bombers courses nowadays and cherry pick more strategic courses. Like a Molinari for example.

The Most PGA TOUR WINS of all-time.....
82: Snead, Tiger
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52: Nelson
51: Casper
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add some 'active' to the list...
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45 Hagan
44 Phil
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39 Watson
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34 VJ
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29 Trevino
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25 Miller
24 Player
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22 Floyd
21 Wadkins, Love 111
20 Irwin, Norman, DJ
19 Kite, Crenshaw, Els
18 Price
17 Furyk, McIlroy
16 Burke Jnr, Weiskopf, O'Meara
15 Pavin, Couples
14
13 Scott, Duval
12 Day, Zach, Bubba
11 Spieth, Thomas
10 Sergio, Rose
...…..
Brooks + Rory + DJ + JT + Rahm + Cantlay + Rose + Xander + Bryson = 79 PGA Tour wins.
(These are the nine players who were ranked ahead of Tiger entering this week.)

https://www.golfchannel.com/news/listing-tiger-woods-and-sam-sneads-pga-tour-victories?utm-tags=golf1308000

15 time Major Champion (18 WGC's) Tiger WOODS vs SNEAD seven time Major Champion (never won the US Open, though he was runner-up four times).

Sam played in 434 tournaments from the year he won his first event until the year he won his last. Tiger has played 348.

“Living legend! Congrats on No.82 @TigerWoods!” tweeted Tony Finau as reactions poured in.
The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, where Woods got his first win in 1996, also tweeted congratulations, as did Jack Nicklaus and Condoleezza Rice.

“Just a crazy number,” Gary Woodland, who played with Woods the last two rounds, said of his 82nd victory. “You look at the guys that have won 10 times and it’s pretty special.”
Snead was 52 when he won for the 82nd time; Woods is 43. He converted a 54-hole lead or co-lead into a win for the 55th time in 59 chances, including his last nine.

It is tempting to look ahead. Vijay Singh won 22 times in his 40s, Kenny Perry 11, Steve Stricker nine. What if Woods, who now has three victories in his 40s, is just getting going again?

From 2014 through 2017, Woods often couldn’t even swing a club. Captain Woods will lead the US Presidents Cup Team at Royal Melbourne, 12-15 Dec. and is expected to be the first playing captain since Hale Irwin in ’94. Woods will turn 44 in two months (30th Dec).
Making his first competitive appearance since a minor knee operation in August, he said his recovery is right on schedule. Any question marks were answered with scores of 64-64-66-67 at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, keeping a world-class field at arm’s length in Japan amid a typhoon and 10 inches of rain - the seventh different country in which he has won. (The others: America, England, Scotland, Spain, Canada and Ireland.)

“To battle through the injuries he’s dealt with (spinal fusion surgery) – gosh, he’s young and he’s playing unbelievable,” Woodland said. “The ball striking exhibition I’ve seen the last two days is a joke.” Added Woods: “I didn’t really know that I would come back and play at this level.”

When will he break the record with No. 83? That depends on when he plays next – the Farmers Insurance Open is a good bet – and whether and for how long he stays healthy.
Bay Hill? Torrey Pines? The Masters in 2020 would be my fav and also tie Jack's six green jackets record (12's to 10's in recent days).
If his career longevity mirrors Snead’s, then watch out. “As far as playing until 52, I hope that’s the case,” Woods said. “If you would have asked me a few years ago, I would have given you a different answer, but certainly the future looks brighter than it has, and hopefully I can be as consistent as he was well into my 40s and early 50s.” Three wins in the last 13 months are an awfully good start.

Wyndham Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in Greensboro, and was originally the "Greater Greensboro Open."
Less than two months shy of age 53, Sam Snead set PGA Tour records in 1965 for his eighth win at an event, and as the oldest winner of a tournament - both records still stand.

Fred Couples career PGA Tour wins: 15...….Tiger career PGA Tour wins IN FLORIDA: 16..... and now has won a total of $120.4 million throughout his PGA Tour career.

Wins by decade

1990s
Woods - 15
Price - 15
Mickelson - 14

2000s
Woods - 56
Singh - 26
Mickelson - 24

2010s
DJ - 18
Rory - 17
Day - 12
Bubba - 12
Woods - 11
Spieth - 11
Thomas - 11