{"id":1630,"date":"2018-05-08T16:06:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T16:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebureaugh.com\/addons\/thegolferonline.com\/golfer\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2018-05-08T16:06:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T16:06:57","slug":"when-tiger-and-phil-go-head-to-head-a-tale-of-the-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegolferonline.com\/golf\/blog\/2018\/05\/08\/when-tiger-and-phil-go-head-to-head-a-tale-of-the-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"When Tiger and Phil go head-to-head: A tale of the tape"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Players Championship wants to attract attention. It likes to create drama. If you haven’t heard, there’s an island green sitting, waiting for the players at 17. Rinse one — or four in <\/span>Bob Tway<\/a>‘s case in 2005 — and you’ll hear the groans from the fans and the sound of someone else cashing the winner’s check. Stuff one close — like <\/span>Sergio Garcia<\/a> did in the 2012 playoff with <\/span>Paul Goydos<\/a> (after Goydos’ ball went in the water) or like <\/span>Rickie Fowler<\/a> did <\/span>three<\/em> times in an hour (one in regulation, twice in the playoff to win in 2017) — and people will remember it for a long, long time.<\/span><\/p>\n

So it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that the Players Championship made some noise earlier this week when it announced Tiger Woods<\/a> and Phil Mickelson<\/a> — oh, and Fowler, too — will be paired together for the first two rounds this week. The tournament committee wasn’t done either. Because every main event needs an undercard, it put Rory McIlroy<\/a>, Jordan Spieth<\/a> and Justin Thomas<\/a> together.<\/p>\n

Nothing against those three, but let’s be honest: All eyes will be on Tiger and Phil. (Oh, and you too, Rickie.) It’s just the way things work.<\/p>\n

Tiger and Phil have met on the first tee 32 other times in PGA Tour stops, most recently at the 2014 PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

Looking for someone to have a big advantage over the other? Well, stop. It’s incredibly close.<\/p>\n

Scoring average when paired together: <\/strong>Woods 69.41, Mickelson 69.66
\nNumber of times Mickelson has shot the lower score: <\/strong>15.
\nNumber of times Woods has shot the lower score: <\/strong>14.<\/p>\n

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