Nick Faldo on Espn talks about Tiger Woods possibile return at the Masters.
Nick Faldo, statements
"Everybody wants to talk about Augusta but that's the toughest walk of the year, isn't it? Downhill, you get shin splints, and that's being fit".
Also Joe LaCava, the caddie for Tiger Woods, talks about former number one's condition in Espn. "I don't want to say shocked, but I'm a little pleasantly surprised. A lot of quality long-iron shots. Short game is midseason form.
Good touch. Good distance control on the 60-, 70-, 80-yard shots. Obviously, physically you can see he's in a lot of pain. He's not even close to being there yet, to be able to walk a golf course and play at that level. But in terms of the golf, not all bad.
He doesn't have the speed and the strength back yet. Justin Thomas was hitting it 30, 40 yards past him at times on Saturday. But I think that'll come when he gets some of his stamina back.' ' A new career as a mental coach, alongside some of the best golfers in the world to drag them to success and support them in times of difficulty.
This is what Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in the history of the Olympics, seems to have undertaken (also in the name of friendship). A great golf enthusiast, many now define him as the "secret weapon" of green totems such as Jon Rahm, number one in the world ranking, and Jordan Spieth, the Texan who, after a long period of crisis, is back in 2021 to amaze.
"He's a good guy, he's been through a lot as a sportsman and he's the greatest Olympian of all time with a lot of tricks up his sleeve. I'm not going to reveal what I asked him but I can say that he has helped me a lot in the last period.
". These are the revelations of the Spaniard Rahm. For the legendary swimmer, nicknamed 'the Baltimore Shark', important words also came from Spieth, today 12 / o in the world ranking. "The mental aspect is something I've worked on a lot with him lately.
I'm really lucky to have him around. Besides, he's a great lover of golf and having him now more and more in our world is an added value." This is the opinion of Spieth who yesterday, alongside Phelps, played the Pro-Am of the BMW Championship, the second event of the Play-Offs of the Pga Tour starting today in Owing Mills (USA), Maryland.