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VSGA Member
Masters Water-Logged
Hole at Sawgrass
by SCOTT MICHAUX
“(Tiger) needs a win—I don’t care if
it is the Hershey Bar Open—to get
his confidence level up.”
— NBC GOLF ANALYST JOHNNY MILLER
expects to play “a pretty full schedule”
in 2015. At press time for this edition of
Virginia Golfer, Woods announced he’d start
the PGA Tour season by playing in Phoenix
for the first time since 2001 before going to
Torrey Pines. There, he’d entered the event
having won eight times, including the last of
his 14 majors at the 2008 U.S. Open.
His quest to catch Jack Nicklaus’ record
of 18 majors looks more doubtful with each
passing year given the toll it has taken on
his body.
“Father Time is undefeated,” Woods said.
“We all eventually are losing some of the
things we are able to do when we were
younger. As an athlete, yeah, you do notice
these things. We all have to make adaptations
as athletes, and we have to make adjustments.
And I’m no different.”
When the Masters arrives in April, it will
be Rory McIlroy taking center stage trying
to comp ]H\