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There is no doubt that Tiger is making serious progress and is going to win TaylorMade RocketBallz Fairway Woods
very soon. He made some good putts, his irons were more consistent and he seemed fairly even-tempered throughout the four days. I knocked him when he could only play one good round per event. That turned into two, and now three. I think he\'ll play four at Pebble Beach.
Jim Herre, managing editor, SI Golf Group: Tiger was the best closer in golf history. He is not that player anymore. However, he played well for three rounds in Abu Dhabi, and that\'s progress. It\'s troubling that it was the driver -- again -- that cost him on Sunday. He just can\'t seem to get any consistency with that club.
Gorant: To be fair, though, two of those missed fairways were with the 3- TaylorMade RocketBallz Fairway Woods
, and at least three of them were in the first cut, just two or three feet off the fairway. Still, he looked sloppy out there.
Van Sickle: Tiger Woods vs. Robert Rock and the winner is... Robert Rock? It\'s a brave new world for Tiger.
Damon Hack, senior writer, Sports Illustrated: Tiger said his issue was distance control: 3-woods flying 320, 8-irons going 180. We should all have such problems. At the end of the day, he just didn\'t hit it well enough to win. He knows that.
Rick Lipsey, writer-reporter, Sports Illustrated: As Woods always says, winning is the only thing. He hasn\'t won a full-field tour event anywhere in more than two years. Close doesn\'t count, especially for TaylorMade RocketBallz Fairway Woods
Jeff Ritter, senior producer, Golf.com: It\'s probably a little of both. He\'s certainly closer to winning a full-field event now than he was last summer. But after hitting it straight all week he hits two fairways in the final round? Not a good sign. It\'s amazing he only lost by two.
Mick Rouse, editorial assistant, SI Golf Group: You\'re not going to win every tournament you play, even if you\'re Tiger Woods. You can\'t win unless you put yourself in position to win, and he did that. Rock just played better on Sunday. I don\'t expect it to take Woods much time to win again.
Ryan Reiterman, senior producer, Discount Price Of Golf: Drivers,Irons,Putters,Fairway Woods,Hybrids,Wedges Tiger didn\'t have his best and still nearly won. I\'m still predicting 3 or 4 wins this year.
Shipnuck: He didn\'t make a bogey in two of the first three rounds and was pretty close to flawless during a Saturday 66. His problems are mental, not mechanical.
Lipsey: You\'re all missing the point. Woods had the title on the line and lost to the 117th-ranked player in the world. That\'s all that matters.
Mike Walker, senior editor, Golf Magazine: It\'s almost like Tiger needs to re-learn how to win TaylorMade RocketBallz Fairway Woods
. Based on his progress so far, I think he\'s going to figure it out.
Lipsey: Once the losing slide starts for great athletes, it\'s almost irreversible. Look at Federer. The odds are stacked against Woods regaining his winning ways.