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Jordan Will Never Win A Ring
Published: 8/13/2007 9:16 AM
Last Modified: 8/13/2007 9:16 AM

"Tiger Woods can't win at Southern Hills" has plenty of company in the category of sports theories that once seemed credible but now seem ridiculous.
A few others:
Michael Jordan scores too much to ever win a championship.
The Baltimore Ravens will never win a Super Bowl with Trent Dilfer at quarterback.
The San Antonio Spurs will never win an NBA championship with Avery Johnson at point guard.
Natalie Gulbis is more interested in peddling swimsuit calendars than winning a golf tournament.
Mike Tyson is invincible and I feel really sorry for that Buster Douglas chap.
The AFL can't compete with the big boys in the NFL. (The Jets quarterback, if you can believe it, was goofy enough to predict his team will beat the Colts. Yeah, right.)
No one will ever jump further than Bob Beamon.
The U.S. hockey team will get creamed by the Russians in the 1980 Olympics.
All that said, much of the talk about Woods not playing well at Southern Hills was generated because the Tiger Slam (a string of four straight major titles) ended there at the 2001 U.S. Open.
Put two and two together, and you get a theory that when Tiger was winning everywhere, he didn't win at Southern Hills.
But -- reality check -- Woods still finished 12th at Southern Hills in 2001. And PGA Championship press conference moderator Kelly Elbin was quick to point that out any time Woods was asked about his alleged Southern Hills struggles.
Woods scalded Southern Hills with a course-record (and major championship record) 63 in the second round of the PGA Championship. It became apparent that he owns Southern Hills instead of vice versa.


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