Is Tiger Ready to Roar Again?

By Brian KeoghSpecial to ARMCHAIR GOLFBrian Keogh is a golf correspondent for The Irish Sun and a contributor to The Irish Times, Golf Digest Ireland and other golf publications. The following excerpt from Brian’s Irish Golf Desk is used with permission. Tiger Woods is fit and determined.TIGER WOODS IS BACK ON THE PROWL again—fitter, stronger and more determined than ever.At least, that’s the message he sent to his potential rivals when he gave a trademark, combative press conference before his well-rewarded appearance in this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.Whether he is secretly in agony or on top of the world, Woods will always try and project an aura of confidence and invincibility. But it remains to be seen if the current crop of young guns ahead of him in the world ranking these days will be as overawed by his presence as they once were.Has he regained his aura? As Graeme McDowell said last year: “Until he starts winning again, he’s not going to get that back.”Roll on ...