On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, 8-time PGA Tour winner Geoff Ogilvy joins Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz for an exclusive, in-studio interview. Ogilvy talks in depth about his time playing against Tiger Woods in his prime.
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Met JO in Hertfordshire and Las Vegas years ago.Very nice guy.
It’s so lazy to sit in a chair for a podcast , and have your hands in your hoodie pockets 😂
Tiger and Phil played with each other in the final round of the 2001 Masters.
I love that interview… BUT, back the truck up just a little…compare Tiger's major record with Jack's…not just wins, but second and third place finishes …not even close. (I loved watching Tiger… fantastic, exciting)
I saw Tiger play in person a number of times starting when he was an amateur. Obvious crazy physical talent. What stood out was his focus. As Geoff said here, the pandemonium going on all around him affected him not at all. Calm at the center of the storm.
Also a very stark physical transformation. As a teen amateur he was 6 feet and a willowy 160 pounds. Wiry strong for that weight with incredibly fast hips and hands.
By his second year as a pro, he had built himself up to 185-190. I always wondered if carrying 25-30 extra pounds on a slight frame was a factor in his history of injuries to his left knee and his back. Not just the weight but the torque and power generated by that much more muscle.
Unreal to think about, he did it every time it mattered. I crumble when it matters lol.
Geoff was a great player in his pwn right. Obviously Tiger was the most consistently great.
I'm sure this happened all the time, but I remember one time watching him set up for an approach, yet he backed away for no apparent reason. He noticed another player on an adjacent green about to putt and knew that the roars that would inevitably follow his shot would affect the player putting. Golf is hard, and I cannot imagine dealing with that aspect on top of everything else.
3:08 Tony Finau told a story about playing with Tiger on a Sunday. How he asked how the kids were to start a conversation, Tiger deep stared at him and just said “they’re fine” then kept walking. Tony said he got the message that he didn’t want to talk lol
They used to say Arnold would walk up to the first tee, hitch up his trousers, and "count the house". Tiger walks up to the first tee and counts the TV audience. Golf is likely a declining demographic, but Tiger has kept it relevant. Interestingly, the only other golfer with anywhere near his appeal was John Daly. We were at the 2008 PGA at Oakland Hills and the split was probably 60-40 Tiger, even though he was in his prime and Daly was 13 years past his last major. Being Canadian I was also cheering for Mike Weir so it was an exciting day for me!
Me and my son watched every win of tigers career late Sunday nights and feel privileged to of watched him never mind played with him ..heartbreaking to think we will never see the game played like that again with all the hype around it too nothing came close ✌️
We were so lucky as sports fans to have seen steps above greatness in Jordan and Woods. The greatest at their sport, sure poetry in motion. Tiger Woods did more than dominate his sport, he was the sport.
Tiger is why I got inspired to play at age 63
As a fan with a perrenial 10 to 15 handicap and watched golf on the TV, it was amazing to be pulling for Tiger to make THE shot,and then he would do it.
says a lot when another pro player says that he always hit the shot that mattered…
What I don't understand is how he hit farther than everyone else when pretty much everyone now hits it as far as Tiger did or farther. The superior mental toughness I can understand, but he wasn't some physical freak of nature like Shaq.
Wow! Thanks for sharing.
tiger is a top 3 golfer who was dominant during a very weak era. i wonder how he would do now if he were in his prime. might win 7 majors total.
Rory & 75
pm is a cheater
Greatest ever golfer period!!!!!
Greatest ever golfer period!!!!!
Greatest ever golfer period!!!!!
Greatest ever golfer period!!!!!
It's great how all these professional golfers realise what Tiger did for the game. He just took it to a whole new level. The greatest by a country mile.