Let’s forget talent. Tiger and Phil are evenly matched in my opinion.
Let’s focus on the work ethic. I’ve preached about this many times before but the real eye-opener for me was seeing Tiger practicing at the Ryder Cup. The American team had all played their morning rounds and the range was empty. [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Tiger vs Phil Part Two: Work ethic.
Posted in Ben Hogan, Golf, Jack Nicklaus, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, VJ Singh, phil mickelson on September 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tiger vs Phil part One (and a half): Fitness
Posted in Fedex Cup, Golf, Golf Channel, Golf Fitness, John Richardson, Rich Lerner, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, man boobs, phil mickelson on September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Part two is coming soon but I just wanted to put a little update to the fitness post, particularly in the light of Tiger’s utterly dominant game at the weekend:
Here are some facts: (the golfing world is full of Tiger facts and figures but here are some relevant ones at the moment)
Tiger is 31 – [...]
Tiger vs Phil. Part one – fitness
Posted in Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Fedex Cup, Golf Fitness, Jack Nicklaus, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, man boobs, phil mickelson on September 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It just gets no better than this. A win each in the Fedex Cup and Phil manages to get past Tiger in a head to head battle. The critics and players may moan about various aspects of the new format but you can’t deny that a Phil vs Tiger battle is a [...]