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Article: Golf: The Ryder Cup: Mystery of the lost spirit of Tiger

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September 29, 2002
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What has happened to Tiger? Not his golf, I mean, which was back in shape yesterday morning and remained mostly intact during a long and sultry second afternoon here at The Belfry yesterday. No I am talking about his spirit, his competitive instinct, which, whether he likes it or not, is routinely revealed in the spotlight of the Ryder Cup.

Somewhere on the journey to becoming the greatest golfer in the world, the Tiger has mislaid his passion, the joyous spirit which made him play the game in the first place. Maybe winning too much is the cause, but standing on the 10th hole yesterday, brandishing nothing more threatening than a seven-iron, he must have felt like the gunslinger whose ...

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