The most amazing thing about this mysterious funk (to put it lightly) that Woods is going through is that the more he plays, the worse he gets. He started the season by finishing fourth at the Masters, then he posted his pedestrian 13 strokes behind the leader finish at the British Open, and now he finished in next to last place at a tournament where he's never finished worse than 5th in the last 11 times he's competed in it. Ouch.
Not only is he not winning, or being competitive, but the way he is playing is really suspicious. From striking balls fat on Par 3's, missing routine chips, slicing tee shots so bad that they're hitting trees and spectators on a routine basis it's all been a big bag of AWFUL. It's gotten so bad that Woods himself said "I wouldn’t help the team if I’m playing like this" when asked about the possibility of being on the Ryder Cup team.
There's just something really off about him right now, and again I hate to beat a dead horse, but you can't help but wonder if Doctor Galea not being able to treat him has a lot to do with this? Say Galea starts talking. Say Galea admits that he's been giving Woods steroids, HGH, and a strict regimen of Performance Enhancing Drugs over the latter part of Woods' career. Doesn't that change things? Doesn't that impact how fans will respect Woods even more than Woods cheating on his wife EVER could? Doesn't that severely diminish what Woods has accomplished, much the same way as watching A-Rod hit 600 home runs and NOBODY cares? Doesn't it explain the remarkable shot making and his winning tournaments at a record pace that we all witnessed over his career?
As William Shakespeare once said, "abso-freakin-lutely!"
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