OT - What has happened to Tiger Woods golf game?

(BTW, I'm setting Bobby Jones aside for this discussion -- different era, way different equipment.)

I'm assuming Tiger keeps playing for a while, maybe even wins a few tournaments if he's lucky, but never sniffs another major.

Peak Tiger was something to behold. When he was on, he was so utterly dominant. Winning the 2008 Open at Pebble Beach basically on one leg was one of the greatest competitive feats I've ever seen. I'm too young to have seen the Bear at his peak; I have childhood memories of him winning the '86 Masters, that's about it.

As things stand today, I think you have to give the nod to Nicklaus; while his peak might not have been as dominant as Tiger, his sustained his peak for much longer. And you can argue that Jack's rivals during his peak -- first Arnold Palmer, then Trevino and Player, then Watson -- were stiffer competition than what Tiger faced when he was racking up many of his majors (no Rory yet, Mickelson still getting his act together, David Duval flaming out spectacularly after his brief run of greatness, Sergio never living up to the hype).

The PGA Tour began their drug testing program the week after his US Open victory over Rocco Mediate. They only test those who play. He took 9 months off after that win. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not. Has not won a major since.

Prenuptual (power up) agreements are null and void in mosts states....

this is his first real competition since the change last fall.  He's been gushing about how much further he's been hitting it the last few weeks.  The guys has barely played competitive golf for a year. 

relax man, he'll be fine

Jack won one major from the age of 35 to 40

since he is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and he has played golf every waking moment of his life up until now, he is simply bored and his heart isn't in it anymore. 

I mean, how much of one sport/lifestyle can you take?

Here it goes......he has lost the "eye of the Tiger", so to speak /s

If I were him, I would be interested in doing anything BUT golf for the rest of my life, but then again I am not a big fan of the game to begin with. 

that I read years ago when Tiger was in his hayday.  I am not sure what the question from the reporter was, but I think it was about Tiger catching his win total for majors.  Jack said some very nice things about Tiger and then added: "Let's see how well he does once he marries and starts raising a family."  It was an odd statement and kind of surprised me at the time, but I think it has proven to be somewhat prophetic, if not spot on.

The talent on tour these days can absolutely rival the late 60's early 70's (Nicklaus, Palmer, Hogan, Snead, Trevino, Ballesteros, Player etc..)  These days every single player in the field can win on any given week.

Tiger came out of a cannon and started blowing the ball 40 yards past everyone in the game.  He was playing courses that weren't suited for this and he just completely overpowered them, and intimidated every player on tour who wasn't ready for this.

The PGA to combat this started setting up courses that were so long, Tiger was literally one of the only people in the field who could compete on them.  Now the field has caught up to the course set ups.

Now he's facing an entire field that hits it just as long as he does, and is not afraid of him anymore.  Combine this with injuries and lack of confidence, and you have the Tiger Woods of today.

grip it and rip it. He's become waaaaay too technical over the years, thinking he should be able to control the golf ball the way we can when we have controllers in our hands. It's just not possible. He's thinking too much, trying to be too perfect. He just needs to go out there and "Nuke LaLoosh" it.  One of the best things my golf coach ever told me was that I needed to stop "paralysis by analysis" trust my game and "see ball, hit ball". ESPECIALLY with the short game. The short game is more of a feel than anything else. If you're specnding too much time in between your own ears, you'll be spending a lot of time swearing after chunked shots.

He should ease up and try and have some fun. Quit worrying about the major record. He has enough money to last 100 lifetimes. He should go out there and play with "house money" because at least then if he shoots an 82, he can have a sense of humor about it.

I believe he felt invincible before the Elin debacle. I'm sure he thought he'd never get caught. Perhaps that superhero sensibility - the one that made him almost unbeatable - withered away when he realized he was fallible. 

He hasn't been the same since all his marital problems started. Between that and his injuries, he's not mentally or physically the same golfer he was. And I think most of it is mental. A confidence thing.