Tiger's "scoop"

Since his win at Bay Hill, Tiger Woods has finished 40th at the Masters, MC'd in Charlotte and was 40th at the Players—the first time in his career that he has been outside the top 30 in three consecutive starts. Is Tiger worried? Nah. At Sawgrass, Woods said he had a "big scoop" for ESPN's Tom Rinaldi. "I just fired Sean Foley as my swing coach," Tiger "revealed" to Rinaldi. "I'm hiring Brandel Chamblee."

Funny. Chamblee, the call-'em-like-I-see-'em analyst for Golf Channel, has been Tiger's most outspoken critic. Give Woods a birdie for keeping the game in perspective.

The numbers don't lie, and they say Woods is struggling with the scoring clubs—the short irons and the putter. Here are Woods's stats in 2009 compared with this year's.

IRONS

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PUTTING

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