{"id":1567,"date":"2011-06-14T16:48:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2011-06-14T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T16:48:42","slug":"a-new-way-of-looking-at-tiger-in-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/a-new-way-of-looking-at-tiger-in-08\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Way of Looking at Tiger in 08."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did playing and winning the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines actually hurt Tiger Woods\u2019 chances of surpassing Jack Nicklaus\u2019 career record of 18 major championships?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the thought San Jose Mercury News columnist Mark Purdy puts forth in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalonews.com\/sports\/golf\/golf-wire\/article453764.ece\" target=\"_blank\">his column this week.<\/a> He suggests that the damage Woods may have sustained by playing on his bum knee that week may outlast the glory that came from his gutsy, against-odds win.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit of a new perspective on the event that is often remembered as one of Tiger\u2019s finest efforts. If he\u2019d hung up the Nike\u2019s that weekend would he be playing at Congressional this week? Would he have already replaced that major victory with a 14<sup>th<\/sup> and possible 15<sup>th<\/sup>?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no way to know one way or the other, but Purdy sets an ominous tone when he closes with the phrase, \u201cWoods called the victory \u2018probably the greatest tournament (08 US Open) I\u2019ve ever had.\u2019 Let\u2019s hope it is not the last great tournament he has.\u201d<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did playing and winning the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines actually hurt Tiger Woods\u2019 chances of surpassing Jack Nicklaus\u2019 career record of 18 major championships? That\u2019s the thought San Jose Mercury News columnist Mark Purdy puts forth in his column this week. 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