What do ya'll think of his chances playing in the 2010 Masters. I personally don't think its happening bc he is a total emotional wreck right now. He won't play unless he is 100% certain that he can win and I think he won't want to deal with the media hoopla for a tournament he actually cares about like the Masters for his first one back. I've got a friend who says 100% he's in the field and is willing to lay me 3:1....

Thoughts on this bet?

He won't miss The Masters, imo.

I don't see how he will miss the Masters...I just don't see it...but I have never cheated on my wife with a lot of bitches and been the best in the world...so its hard to get a feeling how he is doing emotionally...

 

Originally Posted by TigerWho

Jeez, I hope you're right. I have tickets to the Monday and Wednesday practice rounds.

no worries, you go to the Masters for the course...not for Tiger...

Tiger has to be an emotional trainwreck right now. I wouldnt be surprised if he sits out the whole year.

His biggest fear right now is probably the thought of having to do an interview. He is currently such a circus in the media that I would guess it'll be 6 to 9 months before you ever see him make a public statement/interview... much less play golf.

sigh this sucks, the guy was already private with his life and interviews now cuz of the idiot media were never going to see or hear from him again...hope he plays a full schedule asap

He plays in the Masters, no one will care about this by the end of January.

The Masters without Tiger definitely would suck but like someone said above, the Masters isn't great because of Tiger, it's because of the course and history. I would lean towards him playing in it but it's definitely like a 60-40 play/not play to me.

 

Originally Posted by XquiziVex

Tiger has to be an emotional trainwreck right now. I wouldnt be surprised if he sits out the whole year.�

His biggest fear right now is probably the thought of�having to do an interview.��He�is currently�such a�circus in the media�that I would guess it'll be�6 to�9 months before you ever see him�make a public statement/interview... much less play golf.

This. Tiger is a control freak. He is the best because he is in control of everything he can be in control of on the course, which is why you see him throwing clubs when the wind changes, or a camera goes off, or he gets a shit bounce. He has to be in control.

Thus his whole "I never play unless I'm 100% positive I can win" means he doesn't play unless he's in complete control. Right now he's not, and he won't be for a while. This is why you get 1/2 million dollars for any picture of him right now. Guy is not in control of anything so he's literally gone hiding in his network of caves (mansions). He had speech problems through childhood, has always been terrified of the media, and now he's been dragged through the mud as much or worse than any A-list celebrity in memory. His kids are being taken away from him, which I imagine is exponentially more emotionally shattering than any of the media/mistress/golf/sponsor/wife situations going on.

I take the Masters bet all day. This guy is a trainwreck right now and will be for the year.

GL

PS - I'm a huge, huge, huge Tiger fan and I hope to god he plays and wins every tourney this year. Just don't see it happening.

My guess: If he gets a divorce, he'll be in the Masters. If he does not get a divorce, he'll be back for the US Open.

 

Originally Posted by XquiziVex

I wouldnt be surprised if he sits out the whole year.

This, now.

When this story initially broke, I thought, "he'll miss a few tourneys, but still play in a decent amount and definitely in all the Majors." But, with bitches crawlin' out the woodwork, day in, day out, this story isn't going away in a month. It's only going to get worse as more and more details emerge.

That's why I think at this point, he might just shitcan the whole season.

It's the PGA's wet dream/worst nightmare. The rest of the field is doing a group chest bump that they won't have Tiger to deal with on the weekends, while the Association is shitting themselves because they won't have Tiger to deal with on the weekends.

�I think you're drastically underestimating the state he's in right now. He isn't just embarrassed and afraid to face the media -- his entire life was just flipped upside down. His wife hates him. His kids are being taken away from him. The media hates him. His life will be committed to getting these things back. He isn't going to be just sitting around waiting for things to "blow over," he has to actively work to get his life back on track, which is why he's stepping away from golf.

Do I think he's going to retire? No. What I think is that it is going to take a while, perhaps the entire year, for him to get his life back to where he is in control, and only then will he be in control of golf as well -- which is the only way he will return -- if he's in control.

 

Originally Posted by Basics

Tiger won't miss a major this year, and I bet he wins at least two while he's at it. All he has right now to take his mind off of his personal life is golf. I bet he devotes all of his time to practice and winning tournaments in 2010.

Becauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse he didn't do that before this shitstorm?

I think you're grossly underestimating the effect that this is having on his life. Despite what people want to believe, he is human. If nothing else, I think this situation has proven that much.

If I was a betting man (and I am) my money is on Tiger to play the Masters. I really think the most important thing in Tiger's life is his number of major wins. He isn't going to skip one without injury being involved (I really wonder if he had a family tragedy if he would miss).

My guess right now is that he'll wait until February, by then things will cool down, and everyone will be on to the next big story (New Years is almost guaranteed to bring in something new). Then, Tiger will play 1-2 small events, get all the media pressure out of the way, and then go to the Masters focused on winning it.