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Le circuit a vécu une révolution en 2010. Tiger Woods

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Le circuit a vécu une révolution en 2010. Tiger Woods a ainsi été délogé de sa première place mondiale et n'a pas remporté le moindre tournoi. Une première depuis 1996 et ses débuts professionnels. Un passage à vide que l'Américain minimise et explique par les modifications apportées à son jeu.

Il a pourtant tout tenté. Relégué à 10 longueurs du leader Adam Bland à l'entame du dernier tour du Masters d'Australie, Tiger Woods est passé tout près d'un exploit dont il a le secret. Malgré une excellente carte de 65, à 6 coups sous le par, l'ancien roi de la discipline a cependant dû s'avouer vaincu se contentant d'une quatrième place, certes belle, mais surtout synonyme d'une première saison sans le moindre titre depuis 1996 et ses débuts sur le circuit professionnel.

Une page s'est bel et bien tournée sur la planète golf en 2010. Intouchable au sommet de la hiérarchie mondiale pendant 281 semaines consécutives (un record - 623 au cours de sa carrière), Tiger Woods a été écarté de son trône cette année, donnant l'impression de ne jamais avoir retrouvé le fil de son jeu et de faire sportivement les frais de ses frasques extraconjugales et son récent divorce. L'ancien maitre incontesté de la discipline est rentré dans le rang en 2010, n'intégrant le Top 10 en tournoi qu'à cinq reprises. Les saisons 2000 et 2006 pendant lesquelles il a accroché 13 titres à son compteur donnent le sentiment de n'être plus que de lointains souvenirs.

Enterrer le Tigre serait cependant prématuré. Certes, pour la première fois de sa carrière, il n'a pas connu le goût de la victoire en 2010, mais ce passage à vide ne serait dû cependant qu'à des modifications apportées à son swing. Constamment soucieux d'améliorer son jeu, mais également de réduire les contraintes sur un genou gauche, opéré à plusieurs reprises, Tiger Woods, vainqueur de 14 tournois du Grand Chelem, n'hésite pas à se lancer régulièrement dans de grandes campagnes de ravalement comme en 1997 et 2003, avec les suites que l'on connait. "Je suis déjà passé par là. J'ai gagné le Masters en 1997, puis j'ai changé mon swing au milieu de l'année et jusqu'à mi-1999 je n'ai eu qu'une seule victoire", rappelle l'ancien numéro un mondial alors qu'en 2003 et 2004, il n'a pas gagné le moindre Majeur. Il a su à chaque fois revenir plus fort, c'est pourquoi tous ses rivaux, notamment le nouveau numéro roi, Lee Westwood, ne doivent pas forcément dormir tranquille

Tiger Woods -GOLF-

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Tiger Woods

    * Full Name: Eldrick "Tiger" Woods
    * Residence: Orlando, Fla.
    * Children: Sam Alexis (6/18/2007)
                       Charlie Axel (2/8/2009)
    * Parents: Earl and Kultida Woods

    * Born: December 30, 1975 (Cypress, Calif.)
    * High School: Western H.S. (Anaheim, Calif.)
    * College: Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.)
    * Height: 6'1"
    * Weight: 185
    * Turned Pro: 1996

Biography

Eldrick (Tiger) Woods, now 35 years of age, has had an unprecedented career since becoming a professional golfer in the late summer of 1996. He has won 95 tournaments, 71 of those on the PGA Tour, including the 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005 Masters Tournaments, 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007 PGA Championships, 2000, 2002, and 2008 U.S. Open Championships, and 2000, 2005 and 2006 Open Championships. With his second Masters victory in 2001, Tiger became the first ever to hold all four professional major championships at the same time. He is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA Tour, and is the career money list leader.

In winning the 2000 British Open, Woods became the youngest to complete the career Grand Slam of professional major championships and only the fifth ever to do so, following Ben Hogan, Gene Sarazen, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus. Tiger also was the youngest Masters champion ever, at the age of 21 years, three months and 14 days, and was the first major championship winner of African or Asian heritage.

Woods holds or shares the record for the low score in relation to par in each of the four major championships. His records are 270 (18-under par) in the 1997 Masters, 272 (12-under par) in the 2000 U.S. Open, 269 (19-under par) in the 2000 Open Championship, and he shares the record of 270 (18-under par) with Bob May in the 2000 PGA Championship, which Tiger won by one stroke in a three-hole playoff.

The U.S. Open and Masters victories came by record margins, 15 strokes and 12 strokes, respectively, and the U.S. Open triumph swept aside the 13-stroke major championship standard which had stood for 138 years, established by Old Tom Morris in the 1862 British Open. The record margin for the U.S. Open had been 11 strokes by Willie Smith in 1899. In The Masters, Woods broke the record margin of nine strokes set by Nicklaus in 1965. Tiger won the Open Championship by eight strokes, the largest margin since J. H. Taylor in 1913.

He is the career victories leader among active players on the PGA Tour and is the career money list leader. He is third in PGA Tour career victories, trailing only Sam Snead (82) and Jack Nicklaus (73).

Tiger increased his record total on the PGA Tour career money list to $94,157,304 through 2010, and had won $113,602,123 worldwide.

In addition to his playing exploits, Woods is busy off the course, too.

He answers questions and writes regularly for his website

Palmarès de Tiger Woods-GOLF-

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Palmarès de Tiger WoodsPGA TOUR (55 victoires)
1996 Las Vegas Invitational, Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
1997 Mercedes Championships, U.S. Masters, Byron Nelson Classic, Western Open
1998 BellSouth Classic
1999 Buick Invitational, Memorial Tournament, Western Open, PGA Championship, World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational, National Car Rental Golf Classic/Disney, The Tour Championship, World Golf Championships-American Express Championship
2000 Mercedes Championships, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Bay Hill Invitational, Memorial Tournament, U.S. Open Championship, British Open Championship, PGA Championship, World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational, Canadian Open
2001 Bay Hill Invitational, The Players Championship, U.S. Masters, Memorial Tournament, World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational
2002 Bay Hill Invitational, U.S. Masters, U.S. Open Championship, Buick Open, World Golf Championships-American Express Championship
2003 Buick Invitational, World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, Bay Hill Invitational, 100th Western Open, World Golf Championships-American Express Championship. 2004
2005 Buick Invitational, Ford Championship at Doral, U.S. Masters, British Open Championship, World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational, World Golf Championships-American Express Championship
2006 Buick Invitational, Ford Championship at Doral, British Open Championship, Buick Open, PGA Championship, World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, Deutsche Bank Championship, World Golf Championships-American Express Championship
2007 Buick Invitational
INTERNATIONAL (10 victoires)
1997 Asian Honda Classic
1999 Deutsche Bank Open-TPC of Europe [European Tour], World Cup of Golf [Individuel]
2000 Johnnie Walker Classic
2001 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe (European Tour)
2002 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe (European Tour)
2004 Dunlop Phoenix (Asian Tour)
2005 Dunlop Phoenix (Asian tour)
2006 Dubai Desert Classic (European Tour)
AUTRES (12 victoires)
1998 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
1999 World Cup [with Mark O'Meara], PGA Grand Slam of Golf
2000 World Cup [with David Duval], PGA Grand Slam of Golf
2001 Williams World Challenge, PGA Grand Slam of Golf
2002 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
2004 Target World Challenge
2005 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
2006 PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Target World Challenge

Golf Swing Tips
Whether you are completely novice golfer or a more experienced player looking to become a successful tournament player, we have useful golf tips and strategies to help you learn how to play golf, shoot lower scores and reduce your golf handicap and become as good as you choose to be.
Learn about golf swing tips, putting tips, golf driving tips, mental game strategies, golf fitness exercises, how to get rid of putting yips, golf training aids, shotmaking and much more. Start with some simple golf swing tips in our article below.
Golf Swing Tips – Learn Simple Golf Tips to Help you Hit the Ball Farther and Straighter
Learning how to swing a golf club and how to play golf well can be one the most challenging things anyone can learn. There are many golf swing tips that you can follow but it is important to follow simple approaches that you can apply to help you play better and to improve your golf swing. Often the simplest golf swing is also the most effective at hitting the ball farther and straighter.

Beginners Golf Tips
There are many books and websites out there that demonstrate the problems beginners face when learning golf, but many skip over the actual resolutions to those problems. You must realize that the most critical beginners golf instruction is simply to put in enough practice. This is the key factor which will deterine your success as a new player.
Before anything, you need to get yourself a club that is suited to you. Young players will often just borrow their parents clubs. This is not an ideal way for young golfers to learn how to play golf. The reason for this is because clubs go by height. If you dont have the right size club, you can start hitting some bad swings.
It's always a good idea for a new golfer to watch experienced golfers play some rounds. Sometimes it can be difficult for a new golfer to comprehend the rules behind touching the club on the ground, formalitities of a sand trap, or why a rake is sitting there.
A proper swing is essential for a beginner to learn. It can be a good plan to learn the fundamentals of the swing from a more experienced golfer than yourself. Learning the exact technique of a swing by yourself can be hugely frustrating. An experienced player will be able to show you the ropes, help you set up, address, swing, and pick out your faults.

Playing Golf Is Good For The Health
Yes, it is official. Golf is good for you. This has also been verified by the United States Golf Association and their advice is that you should play golf and walk the course while playing rather than riding the golf cart. That is how it is good for health.
Walking is known to boost the pumping of the heart for the blood to circulate through the body to carry out this activity and this in turn provides the essential nourishment for your body. Walking is good for the body so golfing carts should be avoided as much as is possible.
Besides golf carts do a lot of damage to the green, adding to the pollution in the air. Now, grass is artificially grown even in places where it’s not meant to grow and here the cart can cause damage. Repairing then becomes an expensive affair.
Some argued that the start and stop system that is part of the game of golf is not really good and can actually do the body harm but they were silenced when it was proven that even the start and stop pattern has a lot of positive benefits to it.
People have actually chronicled their experiences and what they gained by the very act of walking the course rather than riding it.
This is the simplest and cheapest form of exercise and researchers in Sweden discovered that if eighteen holes were played then one has equaled about forty to seventy percent of any high intensity aerobic workout.
This is very good given that you are getting a lot of pleasure out of the game and it does not ever get monotonous. Bad cholesterol levels were found to have dropped while good cholesterol remained steady.
These results were not seen among the cart users. Golf Science International came up with the fact that four hours of golf are more or less equal to at least forty five minutes of a fitness class.
Northern Ohio Golf Association came up with the theory that walking across the golf course is like walking three to four miles and this is including the walking around trees and hillocks that form the green.
But if you feel that this can’t really be true, then try it out for yourself.
At your next game, try to walk alternate holes so that once the game is over you have effectively walked nine holes. Do this for some time and slowly you stop taking the cart as you find that walking gives you a new high as well as lets you play.

Most Famous Golf Course You've Played
What's the most famous golf course you've ever played?
Of course, the definition of famous is up for grabs, but I'm talking about courses like Augusta National, St. Andrews, Pebble Beach, etc.
As for me, when I was in college I caddied for someone on Pebble Beach but I've never played on a famous course. The place where I worked that summer used to take clients there to play and sometimes I'd caddy for one of them. Super-beautiful course. It was one of the highlights of my life to even be able to be there as many times as I got to that summer (plus made some good tips even though they weren't supposed to tip me).