Tiger Woods In Hibernation

Tiger Woods of the United States gestures to a fan to be quiet from the fifth green during first round play at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron

Tiger Woods In Hibernation?!?

When will we see Tiger Woods again since he made a statement Wednesday that he was taking a leave of absence, so is Tiger Woods In Hibernation?

You might say that statement is too STRONG about Woods, especially when he left open the possibility that he would return to competitive golf in two weeks at the Honda Classic.

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Now here is the conflict, which ESPN reports:

You can’t call it a leave if you are not going to skip a tournament you were planning on playing in the beginning.

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Tiger Woods said his golf is not acceptable for the PGA Tour and he will not return until it is.

What’s more important is that Woods acknowledged he has some serious issues with his game, needs to pay attention to them and is better off doing that away from the glare of public scrutiny.

However, Woods said on his website:

“My play, and my scores, are not acceptable for tournament golf.”

And that was fairly clear over the past two weeks, when he showed up in Phoenix optimistic about 2015 but just nine days later had completed only 47 holes, shot his highest score as a pro and had another unseemly injury withdrawal.

Not to mention all the horrendous short-game woes that left average golfers gasping in disbelief.

Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, said in a phone interview Wednesday night:

“He needs time to work on his game but not in a public setting.”

“He’s going to get out to the Medalist [his home course near his Jupiter, Florida, home) and work on his own. He’s going to get after it and when he feels he’s ready to go, he’ll come back.

“He is not pleased with his game and you all saw it. He is going to work on every single facet.”

And that is exactly what Woods needs to do, so where does that leave Woods?