PGA Tour: Tiger Woods Will Benefit from Delayed Majors

Perhaps no player will benefit more from the delay in golf’s majors than Tiger Woods. Find out why here.

Tiger Woods, remember him? Arguably the greatest golfer of all time. Winner of 15 majors. Red shirt. Death stare. Yeah, that guy.

Monday’s announcement that three of golf’s majors will be pushed back to the fall came as welcome news to Tiger’s camp. Rather than having to prepare his body to play, well, this week at Augusta, Woods now has four months to prepare himself for golf’s majors. And that should scare the competition.

Woods has always focused on golf’s major championships, and it shows. And in 2020, perhaps more than ever, Woods can turn his attention to adding to his major championship trophy case.

It’s not only the fact that Woods has extra time to get his body ready to play in three majors this fall. It’s also the fact that Woods will have the chance to study, play and game plan against the three courses that will be hosting those majors.

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First up will be the PGA Championship at Harding Park in San Francisco. Harding Park hosted the World Golf Championship-American Express Championship in 2005. The winner of that event was none other than Tiger Woods.

Next, the U.S. Open will be played in September at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. When the U.S. Open was played there in 2006, Woods struggled, perhaps as much as he ever has in a major championship. Tiger shot 76-76 to finish 12-over par, missing the cut for the first time in his professional career. Don’t think Tiger doesn’t remember, and don’t think he won’t try to fix that.

Finally, the Masters will be held in November at Augusta National, a place where Woods has won five times. It’s pretty obvious that the Big Cat is very, very familiar and comfortable with the track at Augusta, and playing the event in November rather than April shouldn’t be a problem for Woods.

Giving perhaps the greatest player ever more time to get healthy and additional time to game plan could spell trouble for the competition. If that turns out to be the case, Woods could climb ever close to Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major championships.