There is once again plenty of fighting talk coming from the Tiger Woods camp. The world number one – for now at least – is vocal in stating his belief that he will soon be back to near his best, which as every Golf Betting pundit knows, is good enough to start winning majors again.
Unfortunately Woods is in a steadily dwindling minority and such is his collapse in form that there must be doubts as to whether the man himself really thinks he is ‘playing great’. The statistics do not support that, as the man placed 80th on this year’s PGA money list is languishing low on most measures of form.
He has dropped from first in 2008 to 192nd this year on the PGA ranking of approach short accuracy, suggesting putting, the area Woods is most concerned about, is not his only problem. He could do with sinking a few more though – he is holing 50% less midrange puts than he was two years ago.
It is unrealistic to expect such a proud, successful and resilient player as Woods to publicly admit too much weakness, but he might be given more slack by the media if he acknowledges things are far from great.
This denial of his current form makes Woods appear disconnected from reality – hardly a surprise perhaps – and suggests his malaise could be a prolonged one, as he perhaps lacks the motivation to confront the demons in his game and life that will help put things right.
Woods is playing and practising on autopilot, expecting things to come right when they won’t unless he changes something other than his putter. Less anger and denial in the press room, more passion on the course are needed to boost his US PGA Betting odds in the coming months.
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