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Tiger Woods cites fatigue for disappointing Ryder Cup showing

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8 years ago

Oct 17, 2018

Many people were left scratching their heads after watching Tiger Woods at the Ryder Cup just a couple of weeks ago. The 14-time major champion had just come off an incredible victory at the Tour Championship where he produced scintillating golf to capture his first victory in five years, and there were high hopes that Woods would finally perform at his best at the Ryder Cup. What followed, however, was yet another disappointment in the biennial event for Woods, who went 0-4 and looked flat all week.

This week at a driving range Q&A at Pebble Beach at a benefit for his TGR Foundation, Woods discussed his performance at Le Golf National, and he went on to admit that fatigue had played a significant role in Paris.

“It was just a cumulative effect of the entire season. I was tired because I hadn’t trained for it. I hadn’t trained this entire comeback to play this much golf and on top of that deal with the heat and the fatigue and the loss of weight.”

Fatigue would undoubtedly be a valid reason, considering Woods played 18 times on the PGA Tour this year after coming off spinal fusion surgery. Only once in the past decade has Woods played more golf on the PGA Tour in one year than he did in 2018.

At the Q&A, Woods then spoke about the potential of him performing as a playing captain at the 2019 Presidents Cup, an event that Woods has always excelled in with a career record of 24-15-1. The American made it clear that despite being the captain that week, he hopes to improve on that impressive playing record next year at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

“I really hope to be a playing captain, I really do.”

The next occasion where you can see Woods tee it up will be on Thanksgiving weekend, where he’ll take on his old rival Phil Mickelson in a pay-per-view battle.

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24 Comments

Joro

Oct 20, 2018 at 3:42 pm

Fatigued? Gee, eldrick, you better go Home and take a nap. It is a good thing you don’t have a real job where you might get really fatigued, all for 25 Bucks an hour. Go Home now and retire, you have enough. And face it, Ryder Cup and you don’t get it done, maybe if they paid you for your trouble it would be better. But in the meantime stick with the fatigue thing.

No, before the lovers start typing, I am not a Tiger Hater, in fact I respect what he has done with and for Golf, it is what he did to his family and fans that I do not like, the guy is trash.

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Commoner

Oct 19, 2018 at 7:27 pm

What was written on the ‘anointed’ one’s face certainly appeared to be resignation, not fatigue!

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Jim Farrell

Oct 19, 2018 at 4:10 pm

Does anyone really think Furyk had a choice other than to pick these two, give me a break! The PGA wants them there so that’s it. Tiger drags every partner down. Go back and look. His record in RC is what it is, pathetic. Skip the alibi’s

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- Rick
  
  Oct 19, 2018 at 8:09 pm
  
  Always about the Money….all you volunteers out there think about that when you lay down your $30 or more to “Volunteer” at the tournaments…those guys driving around telling you what to do in the PGA carts are not working for free…
  
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TONEY P

Oct 19, 2018 at 11:28 am

Wasn’t the rest of the guys playing tired as well. His game is set for individual play , not with a partner. Nothing wrong with that but he shouldn’t have been there in the first place. They wanted big names at the event so they added some on both sides. Better luck next time.

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Greg

Oct 19, 2018 at 8:52 am

I agree with “Stump”, he didn’t seem tired while winning the Tour Championship. It’s nothing more than a poor excuse for poor play.

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Acemandrake

Oct 18, 2018 at 12:47 pm

Unfortunately, the big name players are the most marketable; otherwise, maybe have an age limit?

The younger players are usually more enthusiastic and seem to play well in these team exhibitions.

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Opi

Oct 18, 2018 at 11:12 am

He celebrate after he win Tour Championship, he got sucky sucky from girlfriend though she ugly, he tired, he no want play

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Scheiss

Oct 17, 2018 at 8:49 pm

What a load of BS. Why doesn’t he just be honest with the world. He told everybody that he was a Buddhist, right? That was a lie too? He’s so fake.
8 out of the 12 Europeans played on the PGA Tour this last season.
They also played more events than he did.
He just doesn’t care. So why doesn’t he just withdraw himself and save us all the headache.

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Jim Marshall

Oct 17, 2018 at 7:10 pm

My personal opinion, Tiger and Phi should not have been on the team. Period, it all about their eago and not the team. Yes! I enjoy both players ,however this is about retaining the cup and there where other players who I believe could have delieverd a better performance.

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- Mike
  
  Oct 19, 2018 at 11:47 am
  
  Absolutely right, Jim. Very poor choices by the people who picked them. Both have now come up with excuses for their poor play. SO DON’T PLAY!! If the fairways are too tight for your style of game or you are too tired and unprepared, do the rest of the team a favor and bow out. Give the younger and maybe less experienced golfers a chance to prove themselves and gain the needed know how to play in future matches. Tiger was brought in because he draws audience and money which is what America is all about sorry to say.
  
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Tom

Oct 17, 2018 at 6:44 pm

Maybe “Team Events” aren’t really his thing?

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- CrashTestDummy
  
  Oct 17, 2018 at 9:58 pm
  
  True. Tiger hasn’t done well in Ryder Cups. Of course, he plays phenomenal on his own ball.
  
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- Dtrain
  
  Oct 19, 2018 at 10:50 am
  
  Tom, I agree, I wish Furyk was “captain obvious” not you.
  
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Ric

Oct 17, 2018 at 5:32 pm

Waffles anyone?

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Tom

Oct 17, 2018 at 3:45 pm

Everyone was tired…what’s the next excuse?

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Ben Jones

Oct 17, 2018 at 3:13 pm

Understood.

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dat

Oct 17, 2018 at 1:51 pm

He wasn’t the only one out there who looked tired and deflated.

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Jerry G

Oct 17, 2018 at 1:28 pm

You are going to naturally have a letdown after winning when you did not expect to win after several years of rehab. As you get older, you do not have consistency from week to week or even day to day –

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Stump

Oct 17, 2018 at 12:27 pm

Wow. He didn’t seem fatigued when he won at the Tour Championship, but then spent the entire RC looking like he was fighting the flu…interesting.

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- 2putttom
  
  Oct 17, 2018 at 12:51 pm
  
  it’s a CONSPIRACY !
  
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- ht
  
  Oct 17, 2018 at 4:23 pm
  
  hmm…let’s think about that logic for a second. He didn’t seem fatigued when he was jacked up on adrenaline from winning bc who would?….then he does tons of press that night, flies out to Paris (6-7 hour time difference) to play more golf, all to cap off 5-6 weeks straight of golf.
  
  Think it makes every ounce of sense
  
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  - Getemgoose
    
    Oct 17, 2018 at 5:58 pm
    
    Better watch all that common sense you’re throwing around right there. Might get banned or lynched for not drinking the haterade some of these guys live on.
    
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  - CrashTestDummy
    
    Oct 17, 2018 at 10:05 pm
    
    Yep, I agree. Historically Tiger plays very infrequently. Only at the biggest events. Playing the stretch of the playoffs (4 weeks with one rest week) is a lot of golf let alone high level tournament golf. Not sure people realize how much golf is played during that stretch.
    
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