Tiger's Waterloo?

Tiger Woods has announced that he will play in next week’s 2015 Masters Tournament at Augusta.  This announcement came as a surprise to some since he has not played a competitive round since his two disastrous appearances in 2015 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open (two-round total score of 155, 13 over par, the worst of his pro career), and withdrawal at the Farmers Insurance Open in the first round nearly two months ago.

One More For Tiger?

However, someone of Woods’ historic stature and competitive nature was not likely to pass up a major tournament, especially the Masters, which he has won 4 times (and has finished second twice), although his last win at Augusta was ten years ago. 
Woods is reported to have shot a 74 in practice round last week, convincing him he has the chops to compete this coming week.  Perhaps, although two rounds of 74 would have barely made the cut last year, not the result Woods is looking for, I‘m sure.  And in fact, this Masters performance could be Woods’ career Waterloo. 

Is Tiger The Next Ian?

If his chipping yips persist, his career could follow that of Ian Baker-Finch and Seve Ballesteros in golf and Steve Blass and his ilk in major league baseball, i.e., players who lost the ability to perform a fundamental task of their sport they had mastered for years for whatever unexplainable reason lurking in the grey matter between their ears.  To say the pressure is on Tiger is the understatement of 2015, at least in the golfing world. 

                           AMDG