There is no doubt that whether you are a critic of Tiger Woods or a fan, you will concede that at the moment his short game is not what it was. His sand save statistics are very poor, he misses puts that he never missed before and despite that, he has already climbed to No 3 in the world golf ratings, and on current form there is no doubt in actual fact that he is the best player in the world. He is the first player to have won three events on the toughest tour in the world, the US PGA Tour this year, and he is winning an extremely high percentage of the tournaments he turns up at. All of that, despite the fact the he is clearly not at his best. His performances this year have already embarrassed all of those who subscribed to the “he is finished” group, and if he can produce the results he has, without having those parts of his game that he used to be able to rely on, there can be no doubt if once he’s had more time to practice on his short game, his bunker shots as well as his putting, is going to dominate golf again other than the usual problems of injuries.