Tiger back to competitive golf, but for how long?

Tiger Woods played his first PGA Tour event of the season last week at one of his favorite venues, Torrey Pines. Unfortunately, he missed the cut after rounds of 76 and 72. Yesterday was his first round in the European Tour event in Dubai, and that didn't go well either...+5. I read a tweet by Golf Channel instructor Martin Hall today that suggested it looked like Tiger was swinging to avoid pain. Not a good way to play golf, and certainly not a good way to try and play competitively. Let's face it, he's rusty. Nothing wrong with that after a long layoff. It was reported late last year before he played his Hero World Challenge event that he had shot a 64 at Seminole in FL, which is arguably the best track in FL. Hank Haney tweeted that if Tiger indeed shot a 64 there, then he could definitely win his own event at the Hero World Challenge. Well, that didn't work out too well either...one decent round out of four. Now it looks like he may miss his second consecutive cut. I really haven't watched him play, but for a few holes last week. Still has the two-way miss off the tee. This is due to the fact that he clearly wants to play a draw. That's a mistake. Tiger just needs to get it in the damn fairway off the tee and he can be dangerous any given week. His iron game was so good at one time, and it is easier to get those irons dialed back in than the driver. He's got two more events in the next three weeks, and then I suspect if he's not competitive he may go back to the drawing board. He always said he would not play if he didn't think he could win. Well, he clearly can't win right now. Well, enough about Tiger. What does the tour look like so far this year? Well, it looks like a bunch of young studs are dominating and I think they are ready to leave some of the old timers behind. It looks to me that only a handful of the old timers can still compete with these young guns...Phil, when he can keep it in play and putt...Henrik, and Justin Rose. These young guns...Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm and a few others are going to make life difficult for even Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rickie. I guess I could even throw DJ into the old guy mix since he is over 30. He can still hang for sure. But, it's clear these young guns have no fear and are ready to dominate.