Tiger Woods hurting legacy by missing cuts
On Friday’s Felger & Mazz program, Kevin Maggiore explains why he thinks Tiger Woods should step away from competing in major championships.
Tiger Woods Hurting Legacy?
Parts of conversation abbreviated for clarity.
Kevin Maggiore: I am starting to get tired. I don’t love this guy like some people do. I don’t hate this guy like some people do. I am getting tired of watching Tiger Woods show up once a month and miss the cut by miles.
He just continues to, in my opinion, somewhat hurt his legacy. I understand that he won these previous majors. The Open you get to play until you’re 60 years old. In the Masters and PGA Championship, you get to play until you don’t want to play anymore. At least, until they start to push you aside.
I understand that he has these exemptions. But outside of the masters, I’m getting tired of watching Tiger Woods show up once a month. You know?
He shoots 14 over in this tournament this week. In the last three majors, he shot a combined 28 over par and missed all of those cuts.
For the sake of his legacy, I’m just getting tired of Tiger Woods showing up for 2 days and packing up the plane on Friday. I watch it and I just get so upset because I remember 2019. I remember how awesome that Sunday was at the Masters. How many people were so excited for that? I remember 2008, winning in the playoffs, and winning the US Open with a torn ACL and broken leg.
Now I’m starting to remember Tiger Woods limping around golf courses. Tiger Woods is not even coming close to making the cut, and earlier this year I know this is kind of outside of everything, but having to back out of Riviera because he had the runs. These are the memories that are starting to build of Tiger Woods.
If he’s not going to play more than five tournaments a year, and he’s going to keep showing up to the majors and just missing cuts by miles, then I don’t want to watch that anymore. I don’t want to sit there and see him hit a 25-footer for bogey. Like I saw it this morning. He just inches further away from the cut line. I hate seeing that.
I mean, look, we’re never going to forget who Tiger Woods is. So, if you’re going to keep showing up and shooting 15 over, realize you’re not going to contend and stop showing up. You don’t want him to ruin his legacy.
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