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David Feherty “not sure Tiger will come back”
Another golf media luminary is asked to weigh in on the battered Tiger Woods’ return to competition, and another golf media luminary obliges. And because headlines featuring the keywords “Tiger Woods” outperform all others, you’ve got a story.
Except in this case, the luminary in question, David Feherty, is arguably golf’s most interesting, candid, and insightful (and funny). So we’ll listen.
Feherty, speaking in Dublin at GolfNow’s “Golf for Life” event (are you surprised it isn’t “fore”?), was asked about the former world No. 1. And while headlines in the golf media sphere proclaim that Feherty has doubts about Woods return, the analyst’s reasoning behind those doubts is well worth noting.
“I am not sure that Tiger will come back because it is a nerve in his back,” Feherty said. “It’s not muscular or skeletal. It’s not something you can deal with in a physical way.”
Regarding how Woods looks, Feherty offered:
“He is in phenomenal shape – just ripped as usual. But he is not able to make a full pass at it. I saw him a few weeks ago in Houston and he hadn’t played in five months and he hit some good shots and some awful skanky looking things.
“I think he has a feeling that if he doesn’t make it back this time, he might be done from a physical standpoint…But he is too stubborn and too good and too physically gifted to be able to just give it up. He loves it too much.”
Woods most recently addressed the subject of his return to competitive golf at an event at Congressional Country Club on May 16, saying:
“I have been practicing at home, and I’m progressing nicely. I’m hoping to play. That’s the overriding question I keep hearing: When are you coming back, when are you playing? I get it all the time. If I knew, I’d tell, you, because it’d be fun to know.”
The 40-year-old golfer hasn’t teed it up since the Wyndham Championship last August. And on an unrelated note, at the same GolfNow event, Feherty also said,
“It’s hard for me to commentate on Rory in the U.S. without a massive boner because I love the kid and want him to do well.”
So there’s that, too.
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GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
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GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
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ooffa
May 27, 2016 at 10:05 am
Feherty may not be sure, but I am. Tiger is not coming back. His abuse of steroids has ruined his body. He should try to get a weekend game at the local muni, that’s all the competition he has left to pursue.
william elliott
Jun 18, 2016 at 3:11 am
He didn’t use steroids. I had a build similar to Tiger without steroids. Diet, exercise and legal supplements like creatine are all you need to have a physique like that. 6′ 1″ 185lb is not a steroid body.
Double Mocha Man
May 26, 2016 at 4:50 pm
I’m still holding out for watching Tiger on the Champion’s Tour…
Officer Smizzle
May 26, 2016 at 8:06 pm
What’s the loft on tiger’s putter?
Adam
May 25, 2016 at 9:50 pm
I wonder how uncomfortable Rory is with that last quote. I personally thought it was awesome.
Johny Thunder
May 25, 2016 at 7:29 pm
to Jim Jacob’s comment from Facebook; I don’t see a *single* thing Feherty said here about Tiger that was humorous or trying to be humorous. He’s giving his honest opinion and not cracking wise about Tiger’s health problems. Sounds like you don’t like Feherty, so you make up your mind about anything he says without actually listening. The only thing in that article he says jokingly is the Rory comment, and I think you’d find that’s straight from the heart (if a little exaggerated).
Park Ave
May 25, 2016 at 2:42 pm
I really think Woods could benefit from Dr. Sarno. I really think its a subconscious mental problem. I cannot believe how a $7 book got rid of my chronic back pain in a matter of weeks.
mlecuni
May 25, 2016 at 3:19 pm
+1
So many case at work, were people on stress for years have back pain. What they often don’t know is that it’s related to your internal energy and meridians.
Jay
May 25, 2016 at 6:24 pm
Back pain in the general public is completely different than a professional athlete who has been swinging a golf club nearly every day of his life. Tiger had a rather aggressive/violent swing for many years which is likely the cause of his back issues. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that it’s not his “meridians”.
Johnny
May 26, 2016 at 1:24 am
Tiger’s back pain is more likely from his insane military training with the Seals (including Halo jumps) or his obsessive work outs, than meridians or his golf swing.
Sc
May 26, 2016 at 11:22 am
No, it’s from his skirt chasing
Avery
May 25, 2016 at 2:00 pm
I do think there is some permanent damage to Tiger’s back that is a given, but I would never rule him out. I know he has struggled, and when I say struggled trust me I have seen it all. But it is just hard for me to believe that he won’t ever come back. I think he will win a couple of tournaments in the next couple of years. I could be wrong, its just so hard for me to give up on the guy that I looked up to so much growing up. I just hope that he has one more run in him.
Jack Nash
May 25, 2016 at 1:11 pm
After watching Tiger walk up to last weeks Presser for his Quicken loans Tourney I knew he didn’t look good then. I’ve had a ton of back problems over the years and watching him walk up that incline towards the camera area I said to myself, there’s a guy who doesn’t look physically well. Then after that he went and rinsed some balls on the short par 3 you could tell all things aren’t as smooth as his camp would want us to believe. Too bad. I’m worried more about his long term health than coming back to play golf.
cgasucks
May 25, 2016 at 12:36 pm
What ever happened to Feherty’s nose?!!? It is more pointed and narrow compared to 20 years ago. Can anyone please enlighten me?
Pt
May 25, 2016 at 12:59 pm
He quit drinking, so the “drinker’s droop” is gone. And of course Hollywood’s make-up and touch up doesn’t hurt either lol
cgasucks
May 25, 2016 at 1:28 pm
Drinking can actually change the shape of one’s nose?!!?!?
Sc
May 26, 2016 at 11:26 am
Just do a search for “drinker’s nose” and look at the images
Feherty's Large Mouth bASS
May 25, 2016 at 12:22 pm
When was the last time Feherty was right about anything?
steve
May 25, 2016 at 11:17 am
It’s obvious that this is most likely not going away