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| Woods will return to form sooner rather than later. |
Woods was one of the most celebrated athletes in the world before his personal issues reached the surface in November of 2008. Since then, Woods has gone through a messy and very publicized divorce and has yet to win a PGA tour event. His last win coming at the '08 U.S. Open, defeating Rocco Mediate in an epic eighteen-hole playoff on a torn ACL.
There is now the question will Woods ever regain his form and surpass the great Jack Nickalus for the most majors of all-time? Only time will tell, but don't count the former No. 1 out yet. Despite Woods now being 35, with his best golf probably behind him, he is only four away from tying Nickalus' 18 major championships.
It is almost inevitable that Woods will pass 'The Golden Bear's' mark one day and be widely considered the greatest golfer to ever pick up a golf club.
Woods has now gone 17 straight PGA tour events without a win, by far the longest stretch in his 16-year professional career, but does not seem it will last much longer. When, and it will happen again, Woods wins his first tournament since all the drama in his life occurred, the rest of the golf world better watch out. Woods is now lacking confidence, a problem he has not had at any point in his career.
When Woods use to step onto the course he had a certain aura about him, almost has if he was invincible and his opponents could feel this.
Along with his unbelievable talent and extraordinary work ethic, this is what has made Woods so great during his career. It seems as if that aura has disappeared recently and will need to recapture that if he wants to get back atop the mountain. Woods will never be the golfer we once remember, in part of father time will catch up to Woods eventually, it always does, but plenty of good golf is still in front of him.
This includes the passing of the torch from the Bear to the Tiger as the greatest ever.
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