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Originally Posted by GuntShot
FWIW, I remember Tiger's game being one of consistency.. Rounds always around -4, and coasting to the win on Sunday. These guys like JT, Rory, and Dustin have the potential to just blow the competition away.. And if you look at some of the recent major winners, they all did it in incredibly impressive fashion. Day at PGA, Walker at PGA, Stenson, DJ, Thomas, etc.. Will Tiger adjust to play more aggressive, or will he look to play a conservative game and win with his 'B game'?
Tiger blew away the field plenty in his prime. Whether he can still do that? I would guess yes, if he stays healthy and given more reps to reach his best form at this point in his life... But who knows? If the real question is can his current "blow the field away" A game beat DJ, Rory, JT, etc on their current "blow the field away" A game, probably not at this point in his career... But if that's a once or twice a year thing for each of them, it's unlikely to matter. I think he still has it in him to blow the field away if none of the other top ~5 in the world goes off like that.
The memory of Tiger coasting to wins on Sunday was probably because he was nearly impossible to come from behind against and also built a lot of big leads... but it's likely/possible that the rest of the field was playing more conservatively than they do now, and that it'll be a different challenge.