Tiger Now Bypassing Seve To Become John Daly
Wow. Even though I predicted Tiger’s eventual demise after last week’s debacle in Charlotte, even I am stunned with what has happened over the past two days with regard to the collapse of Tiger Woods.
After quiting (officially this time) yesterday during the final round of the Players Championship due to a previously undisclosed neck injury, tonight we learn that Tiger’s much maligned (rightfully) swing coach Hank “The Luckiest Man in the World” Haney has informed Tiger that his is quiting as well, only for good (or at least until he realizes that no one will give a damn about him in a month).
What is most remarkable about these developments is that it was just a couple of days ago when Tiger went out of his way to brag about how he is “100 percent” healthy and mock claims that Hank Haney was about to be his ex-coach.
At this rate, the man whose father once claimed was physically incapable of lying has become (even after allegedly “coming clean” and making himself a “new” Tiger Woods) is such a pathological liar that if tomorrow he tells us that it is Tuesday then I am going to question the entire calendar.
For the record, I do believe that Tiger’s neck is injuried (there are mumerous clips of him working on it during Saturday’s round, but the notion that this has been an issue since before the Masters without him saying a word seems bizarre). I also have no doubt that Tiger could have (and should have) finished the round, especially given his essentially quiting during his second round last week and the fact that he is supposely trying to fend off Phil Mickelson to keep his spot as number one in the world. The fact that he didn’t do so (he couldn’t get through 12 more holes???!) indicates that he has lost his “eye of the Tiger” and his formerly steel will has melted like a candle in a blast furnace. Instead, he is now become a drama queen who, when he is going to be embarrassed by a bad score and forced to face dead on how bad his game really is, simply packs it in.
There are many things I never thought I would think/write about Tiger Woods that I have done so since last Thanksgiving, but none is crazier than the notion that Tiger Woods is rather quickly morphing into John Daly.
I would guess The Golf Channel will start production on the “Being Tiger Woods” reality series sometime after Tiger’s exemptions run out in late 2014.