If Tiger Woods wants to win a major title this season he's only got one chance left. It's this weekend's PGA Championship at Hazeltine in Minnesota.
Tiger is riding a two tournament win streak after his victory last week at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone in Ohio, a course that he's dominated in recent years. Hazeltine, however, should be a whole other challenge with its PGA Championship-ready layout.
One thing I do know for sure is that Tiger really only cares about the majors. Not that he doesn't love winning every tournament he's won, but the majors are what everyone expects him to win and the only thing by which he is judged professionally.
For a guy like Tiger his season is judged by the majors and nothing else. It also should be exciting to see Woods playing alongside Paddy Harrington on Thursday, who is a guy that could very well take this tournament from Tiger.
Another reason that I want to see Tiger win the PGA is because golf is just more exciting when he is winning compared to a tournament that he's not in or one where is has fallen out of contention.
Don't get me wrong, I love to see guys like Mickelson, Anthony Kim or Paddy Harrington do well, but Tiger is the straw that stirs the drink on the PGA Tour. It's just cool to see Tiger when he's pumping his fist or to see the crowd go crazy after one of his shots. They don't do that for anyone else.
So come on Tiger, I want to see another great victory and perhaps something dramatic on the 72nd hole again like we've come to expect from you.
Epic fail...he is human after all. Now that the pressure of losing a major after 54 holes is off his back we can really see how he will react. My guess is he'll play even better.
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