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Tiger will return to glory

By Ron Sirak
Golf World

Monday, November 8, 2004

As the comic filmmaker Mel Brooks says, "It's good to be king." The flip side of that truism comes from the fable about the emperor's new clothes. What happens to the king when his subjects realize he's naked? While performance is what sports is all about, sometimes success is tied as much to perception as it is to reality. Some athletes, some teams, have their skills enhanced by the myth of invincibility that grows from their success. Remember when it was felt that a post-season game was ...

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