Tiger Out for the U.S. Open

Well, with no Tiger Woods in the field for next week's U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club, it seems as though this year's tournament will lack the drama and excitement that Tiger brings to every tournament that he plays in.  But, with Tiger out, this opens the door for many other golfers to make their mark.  Others, such as American's Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar, world number one Luke Donald, the Europeans Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood, and the Aussies Jason Day, Adam Scott, and previous U.S. Open champ Geoff Ogilvy.

14-time Major winner, Tiger Woods

But in my opinion, this is what Tiger needs to do if he ever wants to continue playing and becoming dominant again in the golf world.  If he continues to play in the bigger tournaments every 2-3 weeks on an injured Achilles, then all he is doing is causing more harm.  He needs to take time off until everything wrong with his body is fully healthy and then start playing again.  Also, if he was to play next week(end) and not perform well, the last thing that I want to hear about for the following week is how bad he played, his injuries, and if he will ever return to the Tiger pre-2008 Thanksgiving.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy

But who am I kidding, even if someone breaks the course record next week and wins the Open by 10 strokes, the main talk will still be Tiger's absence.

America's next big star, Dustin Johnson

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