re: If Tiger is forced to retire, did his star fade too fast or was the trajectory about right

We will never know, but I think his pill use is directly related to injuries. Ambien is extremely common for people who have gone through back surgeries. Sleeping becomes torture for some of those people. I’ve seen it first hand

The personal life stuff happened in 2009

Tiger once he recovered from his surgeryies and slew of knee and back troubles still won 8 tournaments in a 14 month stretch after that. He was still dominant when healthy.