[Hal 2000]

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I don't play golf, but I was watching some pro golfer being interviewed who said, "Tiger is no longer as untouchable as he was back in 2000." If this is true, why? Have his opponents gotten better, or is he just not as good as he was? Or maybe a combination of the two?

Thanks

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Although he's not quite as dominant himself, some of his rivals have just started working harder to bring their games up to his level. The best example is Vijay Singh, who by all accounts is the hardest working man on the tour today.

Courses themselves have gotten more difficult too, namely in the bigger tournaments. They punish golfers who tend not to hit fairways consistently; the X factor for Tiger is that he can blast out of a terrible lie from 200 yards out and knock it stiff like no one else.