Should he?
+48 over his last 12 majors (including this 1st round of the 2015 US Open)
Closest finish: 4 back.
Outside of top 20: 7 times (including this US Open where he is currently so far down the list he's not even ON the Bleacher report stats, lol)
Bob Weeks from ScoreGolf blogs this today:
Once again, he sprayed his balls all over Chambers Bay, compiling a score of 80, the worst in his long U.S. Open career. It left him in 152nd position, the first time in his professional career that he?d been outside the top 150 spots after the first round.
The only positive on this day was that he managed to beat one of his playing partners, Rickie Fowler, who shot an 81.
As Woods? shots sailed into the deep fescue, missing the ultra-wide fairways at this unusual course, fans in the gallery could be heard laughing and joking at his expense. Yet he remains steadfast that what he?s doing is on the right path and he?ll eventually come out the other side.
I love that... "Into the deep
fescue" :D Haven't seen that word used in quite some time.
Anyway, with multiple bogeys, flying clubs, almost comical bunker hits, he's making this current US Open, or at least the TSN highlights if you're like me and can't stand watching golf, a fun but often painful thing to watch.
When even a mere hightlight-watcher like me finds himself facepalming the guy who was once touted as "the Gretzky of Golf" you know it's time. Or is it? You tell me.
At Tiger's age Nicklaus was still winning championships. He still has fans, many of whom still think he will launch a comeback from hell. Many others on Twitter are saying he should just pack it in though.