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When it comes to professional golfers there is definitely not one single player who's gotten more publicity than Tiger Woods. That of course is due to his enormous talent level all through his career; after all, we don't squander much time discussing mediocre players. But now we are discussing the arc of Tiger's career, and following some bad results lately in major competitions, we are questioning if he will be capable of making a comeback. Any time we observe the career of high quality athletes that have long careers, those who are successful have the capability to remain at the very best competitively by reinventing themselves. With only a handful of exceptions professional athletes resemble all of us: with time our bodies alter, and what we could do easily when we were more youthful becomes a great deal more difficult. In Woods's case the tremendous torque that he put on his body early in his career to produce that extraordinary power took its toll. Even while he appeared to be always in tremendous physical shape that tension brought on by his swing action caused a lot of injuries both small and large. It goes without saying that he's going to have to make a major adjustment in his swing movement to take the stress as well as pressure from the body. From all accounts he is going in that direction, however to be able to make major alterations in the swing requires a period of adjustment, and will take a great deal of time and determination. Thanks to his God-given athleticism he should be able to work this out, provided he's still motivated to compete with the top players. It looks like the greater concern that he will need to confront might be more on the mental side. To make it possible for him to become a champion of major events again he will need to reinvent himself as to the mental approach on the golf course. Which is, he will have to learn to be a better "grinder". My idea of a grinder can be described as a player who can find a way to win when he's not at the top of his game, and prevail when things won't be going his particular way. You might argue that any player who has won as often as he has definitely has learned to win in a number of ways. Though in the majors he has only won as a front runner. That can signify that when his game is on he is tough to beat, however, if he's behind and having problems somewhat he loses the elite standing. Considering that the days of Tiger Woods dominating on ability by itself have ended, he is on a par with the remainder of the field. And because in the major events he can no longer depend on superior natural talent alone, he will have to be able to grind and more than that figure out a way to win just like other players. In other words, he has a lot to overcome. As with many top-rated courses, if you can play off-peak hours, you can usually get a reduction in price. On our website read about how you can book these tee times. Also, read more about improving you golf swing on our website. Jim O'Connell is a writer and avid golfer living in Chicago.
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