There are some out there who are of the opinion that Tiger's enforced break from his beloved profession will leave him sorely wanting when the level of competition becomes really tight - but these are the critics who clearly do not understand the man who has changed the game of golf for perpetuity.
Discipline & self sacrifice Woods may be blessed with an enormous amount of natural talent but it takes an inordinate amount of discipline and self sacrifice to translate talent into success and the man, who has become the first golf billionaire, clearly has oodles of both.
Nowhere has a top competitor played in a major tournament with a broken limb, and Tiger did just that in this year's US Open..
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and he went on to claim the crown.
He is a man with an excess of tenacity, skill and strength and judging by his career performances he is unlikely to allow his crown to slip, let alone tumble as some critics have alluded to.
Anthony Kim tipped to dethrone the king Young gun, Anthony Kim, has been tipped to dethrone the Tiger but is he really good enough to be mentioned in the same breath as the genius of golf? Granted, he is talented but he has also shown his immaturity, especially in his Ryder Cup campaign when his gamesmanship was rather disappointing - Woods would never have allowed himself to even embrace the notion, let alone resort to it in an effort to claim victory.
Quite simply, he doesn't have to; he is just far too good to have to rely on tactics of a dubious nature.
Kim will become a golfing great but he is unlikely to outshine Tiger Woods during his career.
Rampant Sergio Garcia could be the one Spain's Sergio Garcia has shrugged off the form that seemed to derail his career last season and this year he has been at his brilliant best.
Although he has been on the professional circuit for what seems like eons, he is still a young man and when he is playing like he has throughout the year, he indeed could be the one man who could challenge the Tiger on his comeback trail.
Garcia has claimed three titles in the 08/09 season - The Players Championship, the Castello Masters and most recently the HSBC Championship.
He also missed out to Vijay Singh and Kevin Sutherland in a playoff at the Barclays and Camilo Villegas got the better of him in a playoff at the Tour Championship.
Number two on the Official World Golf Ranking The 28 year old is clearly finding the form that made him so very famous as a youngster and he has recently knocked Phil Mickelson from the number two spot on the Official World Golf Ranking.
He claimed both the Vardon Trophy and Byron Nelson Award this year and for my money, Garcia could very well be the man to test the precocious talent of the king of the Fairways.
Discipline & self sacrifice Woods may be blessed with an enormous amount of natural talent but it takes an inordinate amount of discipline and self sacrifice to translate talent into success and the man, who has become the first golf billionaire, clearly has oodles of both.
Nowhere has a top competitor played in a major tournament with a broken limb, and Tiger did just that in this year's US Open..
..
and he went on to claim the crown.
He is a man with an excess of tenacity, skill and strength and judging by his career performances he is unlikely to allow his crown to slip, let alone tumble as some critics have alluded to.
Anthony Kim tipped to dethrone the king Young gun, Anthony Kim, has been tipped to dethrone the Tiger but is he really good enough to be mentioned in the same breath as the genius of golf? Granted, he is talented but he has also shown his immaturity, especially in his Ryder Cup campaign when his gamesmanship was rather disappointing - Woods would never have allowed himself to even embrace the notion, let alone resort to it in an effort to claim victory.
Quite simply, he doesn't have to; he is just far too good to have to rely on tactics of a dubious nature.
Kim will become a golfing great but he is unlikely to outshine Tiger Woods during his career.
Rampant Sergio Garcia could be the one Spain's Sergio Garcia has shrugged off the form that seemed to derail his career last season and this year he has been at his brilliant best.
Although he has been on the professional circuit for what seems like eons, he is still a young man and when he is playing like he has throughout the year, he indeed could be the one man who could challenge the Tiger on his comeback trail.
Garcia has claimed three titles in the 08/09 season - The Players Championship, the Castello Masters and most recently the HSBC Championship.
He also missed out to Vijay Singh and Kevin Sutherland in a playoff at the Barclays and Camilo Villegas got the better of him in a playoff at the Tour Championship.
Number two on the Official World Golf Ranking The 28 year old is clearly finding the form that made him so very famous as a youngster and he has recently knocked Phil Mickelson from the number two spot on the Official World Golf Ranking.
He claimed both the Vardon Trophy and Byron Nelson Award this year and for my money, Garcia could very well be the man to test the precocious talent of the king of the Fairways.
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