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# WGC-Cadillac Championship: Tiger Woods goes on the defensive as he struggles
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to get in the swing
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## A vision of Tiger Woods chasing around the mansion in the exclusive
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Florida suburb of Isleworth, after the kids, dashing off to birthday parties,
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writing thank-you notes, flashed across the lawn by the 18th green at Doral.
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Getting in the swing: Tiger Woods chips onto the 12th green during practice
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for the Cadillac Championship in Doral, Florida
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[![Kevin Garside][2]][3]
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By [Kevin Garside][4] 7:44PM GMT 09 Mar 2011
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[Follow Kevin Garside on Twitter][5]
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[Comments][6]
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In his penultimate tournament before the Masters next month, **[Woods][7]**
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was asked why he did not enter more events to groove the swing changes he is
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making.
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"Because I have a family. I am divorced. If you had been divorced with kids
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you would understand," Woods said. You would be correct in detecting a drop of
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acid in the reply.
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Though the paternal indignation was plausible, Woods's marital state is not
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the issue.
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That someone might question the Woods way was the trigger, the thing that
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irked him. What Woods was really saying in that answer was this: what do you
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know, and who are you to ask?
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As ever it is about power and control with Woods. All other pre-tournament
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interviews at the Cadillac Championship were conducted in the media suite.
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## Related Articles
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* ['Woods should ditch the swing guru'][8]
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10 Mar 2011
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* [Life just the same for Kaymer][9]
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08 Mar 2011
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* [McDowell shows McIlroy the way][10]
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06 Mar 2011
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* [Westwood's No 1 quest spoilt by weather][11]
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05 Mar 2011
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* [Westwood charge comes to a halt on back nine][12]
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04 Mar 2011
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* [McIlroy caught in new Tiger storm][13]
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03 Mar 2011
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Woods was accommodated by the 18th green, where snap interviews take place
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during the event, immediately after his practice round.
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The comparison with former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, as in the
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rise and fall, offered by Johnny Miller leading golf analyst for American
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broadcaster NBC Sports, raised a smile.
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"Well I don't think I'm as big as he is. That's Johnny being Johnny, making
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statements like that."
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If Miller's coupling of Woods with a convicted rapist was a stretch, the issue
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of decline is not. Woods insists that his reconstruction is progressing nicely
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under Sean Foley.
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He has a backer in Jack Nicklaus. The hunting down of the Golden Bear's 18
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majors by Woods is the great theme of the age. Nicklaus said this week he
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believes Woods will get the four he needs. Woods liked the validation.
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"It's nice to have Jack say that. I respect the heck out of Jack, what he has
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done and the person he is. And for him to believe that I can still play top-
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notch golf is a confidence booster there's no doubt."
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Foley will be relieved, too. The Nicklaus testimony reinforces Foley's
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defences in the face of increasing criticism in the golfing community, not
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least from Lee Trevino, who suggested that the remedy for Woods's ills is to
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sack his instructor.
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The statistics are damning. In three tournaments contested this year Woods is
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ranked 185th in driving accuracy and 79th in greens in regulation. "It takes
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time. I have been through these periods before and they have all been
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challenging," Woods said.
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Woods is grouped with Graeme McDowell and his great non-friend, Phil
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Mickelson, on Thursday, the first time that has happened in the opening rounds
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of a tournament outside a major for 13 years.
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McDowell, at No 4 in the world, carries the highest rank, if not the prestige,
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of his partners. The Northern Irishman shot a course-record 64 on the final
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day of the Honda Classic last week, the kind of form that did for Woods at the
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Chevron World Challenge in December.
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Telegraph
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## [Tiger Woods][7]
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* ### [Sport »][19]
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* ### [Kevin Garside »][3]
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* ### [Golf »][20]
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* ### [European Tour »][21]
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In sport
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[![Health check: the troubled times of Tiger Woods][22] ][23]
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### [Health check: Tiger Woods][23]
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[![Tiger Woods][24] ][25]
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### [Tiger on prowl in China][25]
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[![][26] ][27]
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### [Woods dropped from video game][27]
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## TIGER WOODS ON THE WEB
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### [Tiger Woods links][7]
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* [Tiger Woods official website][31]
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* [Tiger Woods PGA Tour profile][31]
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* [Tiger Woods Foundation][32]
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* [Tiger Woods Learning Center][33]
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