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The New Tiger Woods

August 10, 2009

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We all remember Tiger Woods from the 2008 U.S. Open when he beat the whole group of 60 other players all on one leg.  His left knee was killiing his game serious, but he stuck through it and finished strong in the final round (not to mention the fact that he played in an 18 hole playoff against Rocco Mediate).  Well he had the surgery April 15th, 2008 on his knee.  He got a double stress fracture on his left tibia during his rehab of the knee in which I can’t even understand the pain involved with that. Well he came back.  He walked back onto the golf course less than 11 months after having the surgery.  February 15th, 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, Tiger Woods walked onto the course to restart his career.  He finished when he lost the second round to Tim Clark who was only ranked 8th in the Bobby Jones bracket at the time.  Clearly it wasnt Tigers day that day.  Could it have been the knee?  Well, what happens next leads me to believe that it was not his knee.  He has now won 5 out of his first 12 tournaments which has got to be some kind of record for return-from-surgery players.  He has won the last two tournaments coming into the PGA Championship which means that this championship is actually now his to lose.  Its sad, but thats when he really turns the burners on.  I am excited to watch him this weekend as he dismantles the other players at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. This is how Tiger has finished since he has come back:

8/6 – 8/9

World Golf Championships

Bridgestone Invitational

1

68-70-65-65 – 268 (-12)

$1,400,000

7/30 – 8/2

Buick Open

1

71-63-65-69 – 268 (-20)

$918,000

7/16 – 7/19

British Open Championship

Missed Cut

71-74 – 145

N/A

7/2 – 7/5

AT&T National

1

64-66-70-67 – 267 (-13)

$1,080,000

6/18 – 6/22

U.S. Open Championship

6

74-69-68-69 – 280 (E)

$233,350

6/4 – 6/7

the Memorial Tournament

1

69-74-68-65 – 276 (-12)

$1,080,000

5/7 – 5/10

THE PLAYERS Championship

8

71-69-70-73 – 283 (-5)

$294,500

4/30 – 5/3

Quail Hollow Championship

4

65-72-70-72 – 279 (-9)

$312,000

4/9 – 4/12

The Masters

6

70-72-70-68 – 280 (-8)

$242,813

3/26 – 3/29

Arnold Palmer Invitational

1

68-69-71-67 – 275 (-5)

$1,080,000

3/12 – 3/15

World Golf Championships

9

71-70-68-68 – 277 (-11)

$142,500

2/25 – 3/1

WGC: Accenture Match

17

-

$95,000

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Preseason College Football Rankings

August 10, 2009

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Thank you god!  College Football season is just around the corner now.  I was seriously going crazy having to watch Baseball 24/7 in order to fill my sports time in my life.  I am pretty much through with baseball because of all the steroids issues.  I feel like the time I found out that wrestling wasnt real.  Thank you oh football gods for making this time go faster than I thought though, because I am so ready for this season to start.  There are so many awesome teams out there to choose from.  Personally I am hoping for a Longhorn national championship again (but I am not holding my breathe).  The only thing I truly care about is that they do not hype the SEC up more than they are worth this season.  The Big 12 is where its at and the ACC, SEC, Big Ten and PAC-10 are pretty weak this season.  I will also be interested in finding out where Utah, Boise State, and TCU will be ending up as well as how June Jones does at SMU.  Anyways, I know what you guys are looking for so here it is.  This past week USA Today did their annual preseason rankings for this next season.

  1. Florida
  2. Texas
  3. Oklahoma
  4. USC
  5. Alabama
  6. Ohio State
  7. Virginia Tech
  8. Penn State
  9. LSU
  10. Mississippi
  11. Oklahoma State
  12. California
  13. Georgia
  14. Oregon
  15. Georgia Tech
  16. Boise State
  17. TCU
  18. Utah
  19. Florida State
  20. North Carolina
  21. Iowa
  22. Nebraska
  23. Notre Dame
  24. Brigham Young
  25. Oregon State
  26. Kansas
  27. Michigan State
  28. Texas Tech
  29. Cincinnati
  30. Pittsburgh
  31. West Virginia
  32. Rutgers
  33. Miami (FL)
  34. Missouri
  35. Illinois
  36. Clemson
  37. South Carolina
  38. UCLA
  39. Auburn
  40. South Florida
  41. Nevada
  42. Kentucky
  43. North Carolina State
  44. Wisconsin
  45. Arkansas
  46. Northwestern
  47. Southern Miss
  48. Wake Forest
  49. Arizona
  50. Boston College
  51. Central Michigan
  52. East Carolina
  53. Colorado
  54. Maryland
  55. Navy
  56. Tennessee
  57. Troy
  58. Minnesota
  59. Michigan
  60. Houston

I personally cannot believe how Notre Dame was ranked so high.  The Big 12 has 8 teams ranked in the top 60 which theorectically means that the Big 12 could have 8 + teams in college bowl games by the end of the season.  I can only hope that they take care of business before the conference games start.  Anyways, this is exciting for me because I just watched an NFL game on TV for the first time this season.  The Hall of Fame Game was on and it has made my life a lot better and hope it will yours too!

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