Paige Spiranac Comes Up Drastically Short With Recent Tiger Woods Prediction

Paige Spiranac has left her professional career behind but still remains active in the golfing community. The American recently started a podcast, ‘Playing-A-Round with Paige Renee’, in which she discusses her opinions and thoughts about the game.

In a recent episode, Paige talked about The Open Championship and her favorites to win the Golf Champion Trophy. “I think it’s going to be an incredible tournament. Honestly, though, it’s weird. I’ve been thinking about my picks, and there’s not really anyone that really jumps out at me.”

Spiranac’s picks for The Open Championship

Paige put forwards names such as Andrew Schaeffler, Scottie Scheffler and more. “Of course, Andrew Schaeffler has been playing really well. He’s won three events in a row. Granted, one of them was a program but still it mattered. He won. Can he win four in a row, he seems to play really well on link-style courses. His game sets up well for it. But winning four in a row is just I mean, it’s difficult to do for you know, very, very best in the world.”

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She further added, “Scottie Scheffler you can’t bet against him Zala tours. I know he plays well in the majors and I am a new Zoll tours fan. But you need a lot of experience at this golf course. And I think that might be a bit of an issue for him that he just doesn’t have the experience that some of the other players do.”

Spiranac thinks European players have an advantage

Paige also revealed why European players would be ones to watch out for considering the style of the golf course in St. Andrews. “Always have to look out for all the European players when it comes to a link-style golf course they grew up playing on these courses. It’s like in tennis when you’re on a clay court, grasscourt players who grew up on that surface will play better because they’re so used to it. Same with link-style golf courses.”

For the unversed, link-style golf courses are generally built on a sandy coast land, which provides a firmer playing surface. The difference between a links course and a regular golf course is that the golfer is forced to work with the natural elements of the course. As the former is not manufactured, it maintains the original lay of the land. It is said to be unpredictable, and it requires an array of skills to be successful in these courses.

Paige Spiranac and her take on Tiger Woods

Making a rare third successive Grand Slam appearance in the Open was none other than Tiger Woods, who had withdrawn from the PGA Championship midway through the third round. “I would take Tiger to make the cut,” Paige predicted on her podcast. “I think he has a shot to win. This is a course that he could definitely do it on. It’s a little bit more flat than the PGA or the masters. I think that obviously took a toll on his body too. So that will help he has a lot of course history here. This would be the time to do it.”

“And if he doesn’t do it in here, then I think I’ll probably be at another open or at Augusta. If he’s really going to win another major, that’s where it’s going to happen.”

Alas, Spiranac couldn’t have been more wrong, as Woods failed to make the cut for the final round of the Championship. Her choices for the victors didn’t go as planned, either, as Australian golfer Cameron Smith proceeded to win his first Open Championship.

The next edition of The Masters will take place in April next year. As for whether Tiger Woods will win it at the Augusta National, we can only wait and watch.

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