Tiger was back last week at the tournament he hosts, the Quicken Loans National.  Why did Tiger pick this tournament as his first tournament since his back surgery? Good question.  My guess is that Quicken Loans asked Tiger to play since they are the title sponsor of the event and if Tiger is in the field a LOT more people will watch the tournament.

Tiger played very mediocre and missed the cut. His back must have been okay, seeing as he averaged 300 yards on his drives. Where Tiger really stunk was in his short game, which is odd because he had been saying that he could chip and putt for over a month.  I guess he COULD chip and putt, but based on his stats, he could have spent a lot more time actually chipping and putting.

You probably will not see Tiger again until the British Open.

I did not watch much golf last weekend. I did see the very end of the Quicken Loans National. Justin Rose beat Shawn Stefani in a playoff.  It was Shawn Stefani’s best finish on the PGA Tour ever. His previous best finish was 5th.

With the win, Justin rose (see what I did there?) from 31st to 11th place in our Power Rankings, and Stefani went from 338 to 55th.

Since Tiger was returning from back surgery, Martin and Holly from “School of Golf” gave a tip on how to play better golf with a bad back.