Chubby Chandler doesn’t think Tiger Woods will compete in any of the four major championships this year.
Chandler claims Woods’ competitive appearances are “damaging his legacy” and he thinks the 49-year-old is no longer able to hold his own in the four biggest events of the season due to the serious injuries sustained to his right leg in a life threatening car accident in February 2021.
“I don’t know if Tiger will even be playing in the Majors in 2025 but does it even make a difference anymore? Do I want to see him down the field? No, I don’t,” Chandler explained to Vision4Sport.
“If he plays in the Majors, I hope he’s at least semi competitive. Not like how he is at the moment. The poor lad. Did you see his right leg? He’s shattered. He’s not in great shape. I don’t know what’s in his head. If he stepped away and just watched his boy grow up and do all the things you do, if he then came back he’d then be far enough away from the real Majors to be teed up as an elder statesman.
“I used to love watching Palmer and Nicklaus playing The Open when they were gone 60 because it was real respect, wasn’t it. They stood on the smoking bridge and all that. That should be Tiger!
“I’m not doing him down. Stewart Cink nearly won the Open but Stewart Cink was fit. Tiger’s not fit. Tiger’s broken. To be doing all that with a broken body I think it’s very tough. You’ve got an awful lot of kids now watching a broken Tiger and that’s not how he should be remembered. It’s all very sad, knowing his record and knowing he’s not competitive.
“That comeback win in 2019, that was his moment. That was it. All Tiger is doing now is damaging his legacy.”
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