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September 16, 2011, Friday
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WORLD No. 1 Luke Donald does not recall declaring the Tiger Woods era over but the Briton did not rule out that possibility after his practise round at the BMW Championship on Wednesday.
Backtracking slightly from comments made recently, Donald said Woods has a steep hill to climb to reclaim the mantle of golf's dominant player but hedged his bet adding that he would not wager against the 35-year-old American winning again.
As Woods's struggles continue, more of his fellow golfers, including US Open champions Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, have felt emboldened enough to step up and declare the 14-time major winner no longer a force to be feared.
"Whether the Tiger era is over, I don't know," Donald, told reporters. "I don't recall ever saying Tiger era is over.
"Obviously there's a lot of great young players coming up and showing a lot of talent but certainly I would never be naive enough to write Tiger off."
A five-time winner of the BMW Championship, Woods is not here this week after failing to qualify for the season-ending FedEx playoffs.
His world ranking has slipped to 46th and he has not won a tournament since the 2009 Australian Masters.
Backtracking slightly from comments made recently, Donald said Woods has a steep hill to climb to reclaim the mantle of golf's dominant player but hedged his bet adding that he would not wager against the 35-year-old American winning again.
As Woods's struggles continue, more of his fellow golfers, including US Open champions Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, have felt emboldened enough to step up and declare the 14-time major winner no longer a force to be feared.
"Whether the Tiger era is over, I don't know," Donald, told reporters. "I don't recall ever saying Tiger era is over.
"Obviously there's a lot of great young players coming up and showing a lot of talent but certainly I would never be naive enough to write Tiger off."
A five-time winner of the BMW Championship, Woods is not here this week after failing to qualify for the season-ending FedEx playoffs.
His world ranking has slipped to 46th and he has not won a tournament since the 2009 Australian Masters.
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