...Aint What She Used To Be

Well that's three now Eldrick. With the electric tournament run by newly minted British Open Champ Louis Oosthuzien, Woods is now 0-3 out of the 4 majors this year. Any thoughts from you as to why you suck now, Tiger? He says it's the iron play and putting that's been off for him. So much so that he abandoned his Nike putter for his previous putter of 13 of his 14 championships, Scotty Cameron for the final round today. That obscure and random move reeks of desperation first of all, second and most important, it didn't work either as after a nice start on Sunday he pulled Double Bogey's on 4 and 7, to finish a pedestrian 13 shots off the leader.

Here's the deal. Woods can talk all about his iron play, his putters, his ball striking, yada yada yada. It's all B.S. A lot of people speculate it's all between the ears with Woods. I actually disagree with that theory. I believe it's a physical thing with Woods....REAL physical and I'm not talking about "Perkins Waitress" physical. I'm talking about Doctor Anthony "Doctor Pee-Pee" Galea physical.

Let's go to the Eye Test by reviewing some of the unreal shots Woods has made over the years:

1. 2000 U.S. Open -Woods took a 7 iron and drove the ball over a huge tree, a tall hill, and the cut of the cove onto the cusp of green.
2. 2008 U.S. Open - Woods made a playoff forcing putt with a broken leg and a torn ACL.
3. 2000 Bell Canadian Open - Woods takes a 6 iron out of a fairway bunker, hits the ball over the water and part of the gallery to stick it on the green within 15 feet of the hole.

Remarkable, almost legendary performances indeed wouldn't you say? Whether or not you personally believe that Woods used performance enhancing drugs over his career is up to you at this point, but ask yourself this. It's certainly clear that the remarkable shot-making that used to be a trademark of Woods' tournament performance are certainly missing aren't they? What's a more realistic explanation for their absence? He's not mentally there because his wife is going to take him to the cleaners in the divorce settlement, or does he no longer have the muscle strength to make impossible shots and the muscle memory of what his putts are supposed to feel like anymore?

You answer that, and you may start to understand why Woods is no longer Tiger on the golf course these days...