Has Tiger Woods Lost His Competitive Edge?
Has Tiger Woods Lost His Competitive Edge?
Feb 15, 2024; Pacific Palisades, California, USA; Tiger Woods on the twelfth hole during the first round of The Genesis Invitational golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst-USA TODAY Sports
has probably lost his competitive age after so many injuries. The big cat has won 82 PGA titles and 15 majors in his career, yet as the crowd gathered around him at Riviera, he seemed nervous.
Woods was coming back to professional golf on the PGA Tour after he withdrew from the Masters Tournament last April. Although he started the first round with a birdie, it followed plenty of bogeys throughout the day. Then, Woods finally went on to admit that he was nervous.
Woods joined an interview post-round and shared his experience:
“Definitely nervous…I care about how I play, and certainly I was feeling the nerves starting out.”
After his nerves subsided, he was shedding off the rust at Genesis that had accumulated in his period o
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