Tiger Woods: New ... but is he improved?
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CREDIT: Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP
3. His Desire
Not Himself: Winning never gets old ... unless you're Tiger. He knows
he can't top winning the Open on one leg, and
among his sundry business pursuits, he is delving into his third course design. He's had more time than ever
to think about what comes after golf. Such musings
won't help him power through rehab.
His Old Self: Questioning Tiger's hunger is silly. He has a lot going on,
always has, but when it's time to rev up the engine and
perform, he performs. Yeah, it seemed unlikely that
he'd top the 1997 Masters, the 2000 U.S. Open and
the 2000 PGA but he did. Until he wins five more majors
to pass Jack, don't even start talking about complacency.


