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By Josh Kramer
Tiger Woods has been in the “woods” for nearly three years now. The once most iconic figure in all of sports (yes a golfer) has hit rock bottom. Today, arguably the greatest golfer of all time finished off the 2nd round at a +10 clip and missed the cut at the PGA Championship.
Tiger Woods is now 35 and does not look to be close to regaining his old form. Could the days of the dominant Tiger we once knew be over?
We all are more than aware that American tennis has struggled for a good five plus years now following the retirements of Sampras and Agassi. Well now, the other lifelong sport, which is typically dominated by American players, is not looking so great.
Americans are in the midst of their longest drought at the majors (6 without a title). Luckily for golf, there are four Americans ranked in the world top ten at the moment. In addition, Tiger could play the worst round in the history of golf, and he would still get more attention than the leader on that particular day. Tiger is as close as any athlete has ever come to being bigger than the game itself (Brett Favre and LeBron James should take notes). In tennis, there is just one American cracking the top ten.
The top of the leaderboard is littered with American hopefuls. Eight of the top ten at the end of Round 2 are Americans.
Will an American come out victorious come Sunday? Or has American golf gone into the “woods” with Tiger Woods?
Stay tuned for the next edition of TheSportsKraze.
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