Tiger withdraws
 

After being all over the course today, Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the Bridgestone Inv due to back pain.

A bad back will make anyone feel old fast, aside from buggering up a golf game.

As far as I'm concerned, there are lots of questions surrounding why he would try to come back so soon and why he would go at it so hard?

In this instance, he claims the back started going into spasm after a long step back into a bunker after a shot on the second hole.
Then his shots over the next several holes became more errant.

But if we put today's unfortunate setback aside, it was clear to me up until that point of injury that Tiger was not playing anywhere near his old standards anyways.

Furthermore, I thought that all of the discussion by Tom Watson saying that he was still considering Tiger for the Ryder Cup was very disappointing.
Tiger has done nothing this year to be on the Ryder Cup.
If Watson had put him on, several other more worthy players would have been very annoyed.

If he tries to play in the PGA this week, he's a fool.
Even if the back is no longer sore, he won't win anyways.

I would like to welcome Tiger to the back spasm club. Been a member since 2001.

Next endorsement deal...........? Ibuprofen

Perhaps it's a ratings strategy for television. :D

Bingo. :ThmbUp:
That's exactly what it was. TV ratings have become more important than National Pride. I wonder why?

Damn, will they even hold the Ryder Cup now?

Lack of PED's are a bitch !!

Tiger will tell NBC he can play in the Ryder Cup before he tells Tom Watson. The issue will be settled then.

Joe LaCava has been seen walking the course at Valhalla.

As I understood it, Tiger's affliction was strictly a spasm, and, if that is correct and true, he could very well still show up.

Since the last Ryder Cup which US player has the most PGA wins?

The guy with the bad back, I'm sure.

The guy who stands 69 th this year. (Somehow that number suits him.:lol: )

Clearly Tiger should not be picked if he isn't healthy enough to play at a top level. But saying the most successful player of the last 2 years is not "worthy" of a selection is ridiculous. If Tiger plays and contends this week he should definitely be on the team.

If there's one thing that Hank Haney got right in his book "The Big Miss" it was capturing the level of commitment and obsession Tiger has when it comes to pursuing goals.

You're asking for a rational explanation and Tiger's behavior can not be completely explained on a rational level. Why did he cheat on his wife? Why did he drop his long time caddy?

The Ryder Cup is played every two years.
Selection should be based on how a player is performing this year.
After all the matches are played in the here and now, not the there and then.
I wouldn't have him on the team from what he's done to date.