In case you missed it on the wild, wild world of internet videos on newsok.com …
We interrupt this college football season for a very important announcement.
This just in: Tiger Woods is really, really good.
OK, so this might not be much of a breaking news update, but it wasn’t so long ago that we wondered if Tiger was even having a good year. You remember. When he showed up for the PGA Championship last month at Southern Hills, he’d just won the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational by eight shots. But he was still without a major championship.
Was Tiger in a slump?
Uh, apparently not.
He won at Southern Hills, claiming that first major of the season and the 13th of his career. Since then, he finished second, first and first. He won the FedEx Cup, which frankly I have no idea how it works except that Woods is now $10 million richer for having won it.
Let’s review: Tiger won the PGA Championship, the Tour Championship, the Fed Ex Cup and four of his last five tournaments.
Anyone who still thinks this guy isn’t the world’s greatest athlete needs to get their head examined.
Listen, I know there are plenty of golfers who aren’t athletes. You know the ones I’m talking about. Beer guts. Golf carts. Tiger Woods is about as far from the Lincoln Park crowd as humanly possible.
The guy runs and lifts and works out every day. He has the body of an NBA shooting guard. Heck, earlier this year, he looked more like an NFL linebacker. He was ripped.
He has re-defined what it means to be a great golfer. Things like endurance and arm strength and leg drive have always been important, but to keep up with Tiger, they are mandatory.
And that doesn’t even hit on his mental approach. The guy is a complete gamer.
Tiger could’ve picked any sport and been great. Football. Basketball. Ping pong. He would’ve willed himself to be the best. His sport just happened to be golf.
Tiger will finish his career as the best golfer to ever walk the planet, but for the time being, he’s already the best athlete going. Don’t let the creased pants or the collared shirts make you believe otherwise.