Entering Tiger’s lair: doom
There is no doubt that playing in the final group with Tiger in a major has a negative effect on his competitors. As ESPN reports, everyone except Chris DiMarco and journeyman Bob May has hit worse than Tiger, usually by 3 strokes or so.
Frankly, knowing this information, Tiger’s competitors should now attempt to NOT play in Tiger’s group — even if it means purposely bogeying the last hole in Round 3, just to get into the next to last group.
MASTERS
2005 Woods 71, DiMarco 68*
2002 Woods 66, Goosen 69
2001 Woods 68, Mickelson 70
1997 Woods 69, Rocca 75
U.S. OPEN
2002 Woods 72, Garcia 74
2000 Woods 67, Els 72
BRITISH OPEN
2006 Woods 67, Garcia 73
2005 Woods 70, Olazabal 74
2000 Woods 69, Duval 75
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
2006 Woods 68, Donald 74
2000 Woods 67, May 66*
1999 Woods 72, Weir 80
* — Woods won in playoff
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