No matter what you think about Tiger Woods, the one thing we can all agree on is his intmidation factor on the golf course. Just watching him on the television gets you a little out of your element.His stare boars through walls, his fist pumps break into more senses than just sight and his build and distance almost blankets what his opponents are donig. I think it's safe to say Tiger bothers his playing partners.
Flash in the 2008 pan Greg Norman thinks even stronger about this. He thinks the opponents, especially the young lads, don't even give themselves a puncher's chance when Woods is lurking.
"This generation of golfers has just been whipped by Tiger. They go out there thinking that they can't beat him, so they don't."Well, I think it is a little jab at the players but isn't this just fact? When people play with Woods, they're beat before they tee off, right? Who in their right mind was sitting around watching Rocco Mediate playing Tiger and thought, for a second, that Woods was defeated?I also think this theory is a touch dated. When Tiger was absolutely dismantling the PGA Tour between 2000 and '03 nobody thought they stood a chance. If Woods opened with a good round you could book it and if he struggled on Thursday you just waited a day or two before his name found the top spot. I think some of the young guys now, like Anthony Kim or Hunter Mahan, think if they're at the top of their game nobody can hang, not even El Swoosh.
It's also strange to say this about Tiger when he's both injured and probably going to lose the Player of the Year award for just the third time since his 1997 Masters victory.
