Has Tiger fully recovered? Or is it his swing?

If you can recall the U.S. Open in 2008 where Tiger Woods was in one of the most anticipated golfing groupings in history between him, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott. Tiger ended the first round four shots off the lead +1 (71). On the second day he shot -3 (68), managing 5 birdeies, 1 eagle and 4 bogeys. On the third day he started off with a double bogey once again and was trailing by 5 shots with six holes to play. Although the Tiger he is, he managed to finish the round strong and take a one shot lead at the end of the day. He began the final round with another double bogey, and trailed Rocco Mediate by one stroke after 71 holes. I remember watching the final round and could see that Tiger was in pain. Limping and desperately trying to keep weight off of his left foot. Woods left with a 12-foot putt for birdie on the final hole, sunk it in to force a playoff hole match up with Mediate on Monday. At the end in the sudden death hole, Mediate miss his par putt, giving Woods his14th Major Championship.

Two days later, Tiger announced that he would need to have reconstructive anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery on his left knee and would miss the remainder of the 2008 golf season including the final two major championships.


Eight months later in 2009 which considered to be one of the most anticipated returns in sports history, Woods returned to the PGA Tour at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He lost in the second round to Tim Clark. In his first stroke play even at Doral in the WGC-CA golf championship he finished in ninth place. He did get back on track by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard with a purse of just a little over a $100,000,000.00. But since then he has struggled, not being able to capitalize on great opportunities. Although his comeback campaign does show that he has four top-10 finishes, Woods does seem a little out of tune.


Do you believe it is because of his surgerically repaired knee or is it just Tiger?


Tiger believes that it is not his knee but it is his swing that has been holding him back. "The knee feels great, no issues at all. That's a great sign," said Woods. (ESPN) How long will it be before we see the Tiger we have been waiting for to see again?