Golf is missing the old Tiger Woods

Throughout more than a decade of mastery, Tiger Woods (pictured), operated behind a veneer of confidence that left some golfers quaking in their spiked shoes, and others aiming no higher than second place.

After the rare round in which he fell shy of his stratospheric expectations, Woods was inclined to dismiss it, laying the blame on bad luck. Or it was nothing that a few hours on the driving range or the practice green would not resolve.

He was hardly the type to let his veil of self-assurance slip, exposing any vulnerability that would give other golfers hope.

So it was jarring when Woods spoke like the mortal he has become after missing the cut by six strokes in the recent US PGA Championship. He was buried at 10 over par.

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