Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and the end of an era

Red Shirt and Philly Mick are now in the golf history books in a new way.

At the Open at Royal Portrush, for the first time in 83 majors they were both entered into, they both missed the cut. That said, it wouldn't surprise me if it is not the only one in the next three years, even.

Phil's floundering and who knows where his arthritis is at. Tiger we know is a gimpy old man.

So, it also wouldn't surprise me one bit, despite the Woodsaholics and Tiger fellators, is if they're permanently capped at 15 majors and 5, respectively.

Ian O'Connor at ESPN fellated the hell out of Tiger Thursday, making a pun on Portrush being "no country for old men," which I easily refuted:

Oh, Ian, your attempt at metaphor-pun aside, Portrush was INDEED "a country for old men." Just not Red Shirt Tiger.
Darren Clarke, 50, even.
Ernie Els, 49, even.
Lee Westwood, 46, -3.
Henrik Stenson, 43, -1.
Just stop the Tiger Woods fellating, Ian.

— reallyDonaldTrump  🚩🌻 (@AFCC_Esq) July 19, 2019

Dave Shedloski, while not fellating Red Shirt as much as O'Connor, bad enough, claiming the weather is the only reason Tiger didn't do better in non-Augusta majors this year.

No, not really.

The real reasons are twofold.

One is that Eduardo Molinari and Brooks Koepka, both of whom know better, yakked away the 12th hole on Sunday at Augusta. The toooneyment was given to Tiger as much as  he won it, arguably.

Second, the reason Tiger did better at Augusta is that it's the first major of the year. Once the golf season gets rolling after that, the new schedule of a major a month simply will not accommodate Tiger if he's not playing at least a little bit in between, no matter the weather. (So, just as The Masters DID Tiger-proof Augusta National, if only to make it lefty-friendly, per Hank Haney, the PGA Tour and the FedEx pot of gold have Tiger-proofed the tour schedule, I guess.)

And, per Woods' comments about his 2018 schedule being too much, don't expect a lot of changes in 2020.

As I told O'Connor, the same to Shedloski. Tiger ain't winning anywhere else on majors, and he ain't winning three more, let alone four more times at Augusta National.

So put away this "he could still pass Jack" bullshit as the bullshit it is. Hell, contra Shedloski, I'm not sure Tiger passes Sam Snead's career wins record.