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As in FedEx Cup or Sprint Cup Championship.

Thanks... I needed to clear that up.

BTW... not sure about Golf. There are many cups, but I thought their was one (FedEx) given to the top golfer at the end of every season.

Again... I stand corrected. I just worded that op piece all kinds of f'ed up huh? lol

To put it in other words...who is more likely to ever finish #1 in "point standings" (in the future)?

In golf its about major championships. Its not Tigers goal at the beginning of every season to win the Fed Ex cup. I'm not sure why Tiger and Dale Jr. keep getting compared to each other anyway. We're comparing a guy who dominated his sport in a way thats never been done before for a whole decade plus to a guy who's barely won anything. But if we're talking about which guys will win their respective "Cups" first I'll go with Tiger. He's done it multiple times before and still has a lot of golf left to be played this season and he could come on during the playoffs later in the year and win it. He's the #7th ranked player in the world right now. I'm not sure on this but I don't think Dale Jr. has ever won the Nascar Sprint Cup Series or whatever its called.

Like I said, I doubt either of them do... but if I had to pick one to finish at the top of his game as points leader, I'm going with Dale Jr. Tiger lost his claws and Dale Jr is showing some drive... and like BG said, he's currently in 2nd. For that reason...if either one can finish on top, I give the nod to Dale Jr.

As usual

Haha... just kidding

I think Jr will win another race before Tiger wins a major but I can't see him Jr ever winning a championship, don't think he has it in him!

He's healthy right now. Just has to be more diligent when it comes to taking care of injuries. He can't try to play on one leg anymore and if the achilles is hurting he has to take care of it immediately. I think he'll be fine. He creates a lot of torque in his golf swing though so its easy to see why his knees are bad. We'll see on the health part. I'm hoping he stays healthy. The game ins't the same when he's gone. But I agree he can't quite practice and hit balls constantly like he used be able to and thats not a great thing when your going through a revamp of your golf swing but I'm convinced he'll find a way.

Glad I could be of service there Big T!!!

If it makes sense, I was bored as hell when I started the damn thread... as I usually am nowadays on the Paddock.

I agree with the gist of this post. Its golf not most sports though so I do think he can stay healthy. And it wasn't just the injuries. That was probably the biggest part of why he was struggling but the swing change played a big role as well. He got into some bad habits with Hank Haney. He lost all of his power with Hanks philosophy. All he could hit off the tee was a weak fade. Matter of fact his go to shot was a weak fade. He's gotten his power back now. He was leading the tour in total driving not to long ago. He's hitting the ball much straighter now which will take some time getting used to. Its about visualizing shots and when you've visualized moving the ball quite a bit for years then you start to hit it straight you have to learn to visualize straighter ball flights. I'm saying all this to illustrate that the swing change played a large role as well. As of right now he has his health back and he's starting to hit the ball better. Next comes confidence and then putts start to fall.

Obviously health in any aspect of life is a tough thing to predict but I do however think he can stay healthy by being more dilligent with it than he has in the past.