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February 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Feb 8 (Reuters) – Padraig Harrington believes that
Tiger Woods will surpass the record 18 major victories achieved
by Jack Nicklaus without ever regaining his dominance of the
late 1990s and early 2000s.
Woods won the most recent of his 14 major titles at the 2008
U.S. Open before his game went into decline after the 2009
season following assorted leg injuries and the breakdown of his
marriage.
However, the American has been in good health since October
and he ended a two-year winless streak with victory in December
at the limited-field Chevron World Challenge which he hosts in
California.
“I’ve played with him and the way he hits the golf ball,
there wouldn’t be very many players who wouldn’t want to hit the
golf ball like him,” Irishman Harrington, a triple major
champion, told reporters on Wednesday while preparing for this
week’s Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
“I’d be still backing him to beat Jack’s record, absolutely.
If he turns up and plays well, he’s going to win. He’s in the
position that he knows his best game is a winning game.”
Harrington felt Woods might lose some of his major drive
should he move past the Nicklaus total of 18.
“If he gets another five (majors), motivation could hamper
it,” the Irishman said. “But when he plays well, he’ll win
majors, no doubt about it. He’ll win plenty of tournaments.
“There’s no question he will win plenty going forward. There
are other guys out there, (but) their best game ain’t going to
win them. His is still a winning game.”
Woods, the greatest player of his generation and arguably of
all time, was once renowned for his aura of dominance and his
uncanny ability to pull off magical shots or sink crucial putts
at the best possible time.
That seemingly permanent aura is now gone forever, according
to Harrington.
“Over the years I’m sure he came down the last hole in many
tournaments just believing that he was going to birdie it, full
stop, because it’s happened so many times,” the 40-year-old
Dubliner said.
“Over the last 18 months it hasn’t happened, so that leaves
a little bit of doubt the next time he’s in that position. He
doesn’t have the fear factor and the dominance as much to do it
every week.”
Harrington, who has not won on the PGA Tour since his
victory at the 2008 PGA Championship, is making his first
appearance of the season on the U.S. circuit this week.
(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by
Frank Pingue; To query or comment on this story email
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