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Faldo: Woods no longer the top draw
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September 30, 2011, Friday
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TIGER Woods will not be the star of the show when he joins the United States team for November's Presidents Cup, three-time Masters champion and former world No. 1 Nick Faldo said yesterday.
"Well everything has affected him, he's had two seasons now with total up and down, very little golf," Faldo said in an interview at the Singapore Island Country Club.
"From his self-imprisonment and getting away from the first troubles, then to physical injuries and now the swing change, he's bombarded himself over these last couple of years.
"So I was quite surprised he got picked for the Presidents Cup; he's only had six competitive rounds since the Masters and still obviously a lot's going on, still struggling to find the swing."
Surprise inclusion
Faldo, in Singapore representing the Augusta National event at the Asian Amateur Championships, where the winner will gain a place at next year's Masters, said Woods was a surprise inclusion in the US team given his lack of competitive rounds coupled with his well-publicized personal issues.
The former world No. 1, who has failed to add to his 14 major titles since his 2008 US Open win, has plummeted to 49th in the rankings.
"The big difference is there's no foregone conclusions, there's no certainties, whereas before he led something like 68 times and won 66 of them," said the 54-year-old.
"That's all changed. Now when he gets in position - and he's only been in position once at the Masters - this year he realized he's not competing against one guy anymore, trying to beat Phil (Mickelson) or Ernie (Els), they're coming at him a dozen at a time.
"Tiger now has to join the party to make it happen and so far he hasn't found the consistency in his game."
Woods, who has been trying to rebuild his golf swing and his private life since the break-up of his marriage, has said he will play in the October 6-9 Frys.com Open in California and the November 10-13 Australian Open before the Presidents Cup.
"Well everything has affected him, he's had two seasons now with total up and down, very little golf," Faldo said in an interview at the Singapore Island Country Club.
"From his self-imprisonment and getting away from the first troubles, then to physical injuries and now the swing change, he's bombarded himself over these last couple of years.
"So I was quite surprised he got picked for the Presidents Cup; he's only had six competitive rounds since the Masters and still obviously a lot's going on, still struggling to find the swing."
Surprise inclusion
Faldo, in Singapore representing the Augusta National event at the Asian Amateur Championships, where the winner will gain a place at next year's Masters, said Woods was a surprise inclusion in the US team given his lack of competitive rounds coupled with his well-publicized personal issues.
The former world No. 1, who has failed to add to his 14 major titles since his 2008 US Open win, has plummeted to 49th in the rankings.
"The big difference is there's no foregone conclusions, there's no certainties, whereas before he led something like 68 times and won 66 of them," said the 54-year-old.
"That's all changed. Now when he gets in position - and he's only been in position once at the Masters - this year he realized he's not competing against one guy anymore, trying to beat Phil (Mickelson) or Ernie (Els), they're coming at him a dozen at a time.
"Tiger now has to join the party to make it happen and so far he hasn't found the consistency in his game."
Woods, who has been trying to rebuild his golf swing and his private life since the break-up of his marriage, has said he will play in the October 6-9 Frys.com Open in California and the November 10-13 Australian Open before the Presidents Cup.
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