DORAL, Florida – A golfer is never really satisfied, but to try and find fault with Tiger Woods’ game at this point is difficult.
Sure, Woods made a sloppy bogey at the final hole to win by two shots – the closest anyone got to him Sunday – and he could hit a few more fairways and maybe he needs to figure out a way to climb up the occasional tree when his ball comes to rest in one.
But his performance at the Trump Doral Resort this week in winning the WGC-Cadillac Championship was simply his best since the fourth major overhaul of his swing began under Sean Foley in August of 2010.
Woods already has two PGA Tour victories this season, and he has some improved iron play from 50-125 yards out to thank.
His proximity to the hole on such shots this year is 14 feet, 1 inch, the ninth-best total on the PGA Tour – and significantly better than his previous two seasons.
That doesn’t mean he will win the Arnold Palmer Invitational in two weeks or the Masters next month; the game is too fickle, too unpredictable, too maddening to make those kinds of assumptions.
His caddie, Joe LaCava, said this was Woods’ best 72-hole performance since hooking up with him in October 2011.
Woods took only 100 putts, the lowest total in his PGA Tour career. His 27 birdies were just one short of the most he has ever made in an event. – ESPN
