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In Tom Kinslow’s Bleacher Report article titled Masters 2011: Ian Poulter Takes Shot at Tiger Woods, Was It Uncalled For? I found myself agreeing with much of what he wrote.   No one puts it better than Mr. Kinslow and I wished I could’ve said these things first.   The drama of the Masters may be something of seeing which golfer will play their best game and come out on top but the real money is watching Tiger Woods and seeing where he ends up. Mr. Kinslow quoted Ian Poulter saying “ Woods won't even finish in the top-five  according to the BBC . However, he didn't stop there as he continued to rip into the man who used to be the most dominant player on the tour.   The shots he [Woods] was hitting at Doral, they were very inconsistent," Poulter said according to the BBC report. "You can't afford to hit shots like that round this golf course and get away with it."   I do not think that Ian was asked about Tiger to get his professional opinion on another sup...

After reading this Doug Ferguson article for Associated Press titled Watney comes up big to win at Doral , I was left with one thought.   Could this be the end of the Woods era in golf?   I quickly came up wit an answer and the answer is “NO”. Ferguson’s article focused on Nick Watney as it should because he did win the tournament with quite an array of world class golfer like Woods and Michelson but what brought me back to the initial question was something that Ferguson had in this article and especially something Woods said.   “Tiger Woods matched his best score of the year with a 6-under 66, and when Rory McIlroy dunked his tee shot into the water on the 18th hole and made bogey, that enabled Woods to tie for 10th.   It was his first top 10 in an official PGA Tour event in nine months, dating to the U.S. Open.”   "I want to win golf tournaments ... and I didn't do that this week," Woods said. "But I showed positive signs for the next time I play, which is a...