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Tough to Break Tiger’s record

Tiger Woods has been in hiding since admitting the issue that he had been unfaithful to his wife. He is four majors behind the record set by Jack Nicklaus going into a year in which three majors will be held on Woods’ favorite courses. Jack Nicklaus believes Tiger Woods will find it tougher to break his record of 18 major wins if he sits out this year.

There has been all kinds of speculation as to his whereabouts, but nobody seems to be sure about where he is holed up.

 

 

“If Tiger is going to pass my record I think this is a big year in that regard. If he doesn’t play this year obviously the chore will get tougher.” Nicklaus said Friday

 

“I don’t know what he is going to do or play, only he can answer that,” said ‘The Golden Bear’ in a teleconference yesterday.

 

The 2010 US PGA Championship will be held at Whistling Straits for only the second time, the first winner being the big Fijian Vijay Singh, who won there in 2004.

 

Nicklaus, who will be 70 on January 21, does not expect the golfing world to collapse without Woods, who turned 34 on New Year’s eve.

 

He said: “There was golf after Bobby Jones, and after Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, the game has always survived us and the game will continue to go forward.

 

Woods has not been seen in public in nearly two months. Along with speculation on when he will return is how he will play with more scrutiny of his personal life than he has ever faced.
Without alluding to Woods, Nicklaus offered some insight into the emotional state required to win majors.

 

“Tiger always has been a big influence on the game,” Nicklaus said. “But the game had Bobby Jones, the game had Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Nicklaus. The game always survived that. The game will continue to go forward. Tiger is a big influence, probably the largest one we ever had. And certainly, we hope he comes back and plays.”It’s not all about one person,” he said. “The game is a big game.”

 

Yes, let’s remember it, the tour is not all about one person, this game is a big game.

 

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