Why does Tiger Woods keep going on vacation after majors?
Tiger Woods has take a lot of vacations to the Bahamas recently after, uh, not playing very well in major championships. Why?
By
Kyle Porter
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2 min read
For somebody known for his work ethic, Tiger Woods sure does seem to take a lot of time off, doesn't he? I don't mean this as a hot take, and I apologize if it comes off like that. It just seems like there's a, forgive the colloquialism, pattern going on here.
After Woods played the Masters in April, he didn't play again until the Players Championship which was a month later. "I took a full week, didn't lift at all," he said in reference to the wrist injury he suffered at Augusta.
Ok, fine. I get that. Take some time off to get your body back after a grueling week at the first major you've played in eight months.
Then, after he played the US Open, a tournament where he missed the cut, Woods said this.
"I didn't touch a club for a while. Took my kids down to Albany and we were down diving in the water every day all day pretty much. Had a nice family vacation down there. It was nice to have a summer break with them like that, especially after the way I played. It was nice to get away from golf for a while and just be with my kids."
Ok, because that weekend at Chambers Bay was so rough?
And now this week after another missed cut at the British Open.
"I took a week off. I didn't touch a club for a week. I was down in Albany with my kids and we just went diving everyday and in the water checking out new islands and new keys each and everyday. I did a week of that and started gearing back up."
Great, Woods likes to vacation with his kids. He has priorities and perspective. Two things far more important than winning major championships. The part I don't get is why he's acting like he's grinding out 72 holes of major championship golf? He acts like he's in the thick of it mentally and needs to unwind with a vacation when the reality is that he's touching off 36-hole scores that aren't even close to the cut line.
Woods can take all the vacations he wants to. He certainly has the money to do so. I've been saying all year that it's commendable that he seems to be taking a genuine interest in being a dad.
However, it's starting to feel like he's just not as invested in the game as he used to be. An understandable position for somebody who carried the sport for so many years. But one that shouldn't engender optimism for future success among his fans.
