While Tiger Woods remains one of the biggest names in golf in 2025, there’s an element of sadness that comes with seeing him in the modern era and his scores over the last three years tell a big story.
Woods is one of the best golfers to ever live, with many considering him the greatest of all time alongside Jack Nicklaus.
Woods’ 15-major wins are only surpassed by Nicklaus and his 82 wins on the PGA Tour are matched only by the great Sam Snead.
Indeed, Woods’ return from injury and huge redemption story in winning the 2019 Masters remains one of the greatest sporting fairy tales of all time.
However, while everyone in golf wants to see Woods do well, his actual scoring leaves a lot to be desired and looking at his results since the 2022 Masters, it’s evident just how hard Tiger now finds the game.
Tiger Woods’ recent scores paint a bleak picture
Whenever Tiger Woods turns up to a major or any tournament for that matter, everyone watching on wants him to show some signs of being close to his best.
But as time goes on and Woods approaches 50, it’s more obvious than ever that we’ve seen the best of him and won’t be seeing it again.
Indeed, in a statistic shared by golf analyst Lou Stagner on X, Woods’ scores in the last three years show just how far he’s fallen.
As we can see, Woods has broken 70 just three times in that period of time and even looking back at the 2022 Masters where the snapshot is taken from, he carded rounds of 78 and 78 again at the weekend that year to finish at 13 over par.
For a point of reference, Rory McIlroy’s average score in 2024 was under 70, while Scottie Scheffler averaged 69.02 over the year.
With an achilles injury keeping Woods out of things for the short-term, it would be bordering on a miracle to see Woods back out on the course and breaking 70 again.
Tiger Woods’ time has come to join the PGA Tour Champions
While pride, ego, or just a will to win might be stopping Tiger Woods from making the jump, the stark realism of the situation is that he needs to be playing Champions Tour golf now to have any chance of success.
The three round format, the use of golf carts in some events, and not relying on length so much, all play into Woods’ hands.
Indeed, should he move to the Senior Tour, then he would no doubt have a chance at winning again and he could easily follow the likes of Padraig Harrington and Bernhard Langer.
Yes, Woods would still want to play the majors and even some signature events.
But in terms of him enjoying his golf again and fans getting the chance to potentially see him win and not limp and struggle his way around the course, then the Champions Tour is the way forward.
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