Sina Sports News? The 2010 U.S. Open is about to start next week at Pebble Beach Links. All fans seem to be looking forward to Woods once again awakening their memories of the 2000 U.S. Open. That year Tiger won the championship with a 15-stroke advantage, creating a legend in the US Open. AP Sports Columnist Tim Dahlberg writes to remind people that the current Woods is still a mystery to us. The only thing that is certain is that the Woods at this time is no longer the Woods of ten years ago. This year's Round Rock The beach may not be as glorious as it was ten years ago. The golf swing has changed, and so have people. Tiger Woods has been unable to stop a decade of change since he swept all players at Pebble Beach in 2000, and that change has nothing to do with the emergence of a sex scandal. At that time, Woods was only 24 years old and possessed such amazing talent that everyone dimmed in front of him. When he won the 2000 U.S. Open by an astonishing 15 strokes, the talk in the locker room was not about who could challenge him on the course, but who would be lucky enough to finish second with Woods on the court. Woods went on to win the British Open, the PGA Championship and the following year's Masters. He won four majors in one go, an incredible feat that even the great Jack Nicklaus could not accomplish. Golf enters the era of Woods' "raging". At the time, no one could imagine what would happen in the next 10 years. But Woods continued to captivate us on the golf course, even as he changed his swing, got married, lost his father and had two children. He seems to be able to handle life as easily as he handles Pebble Beach. Few people know his ugly secret, and if anyone does, they don't tell it. Then everything exploded, in the most spectacular way. ?Fans who once respected Woods now laugh at him; players who once feared Woods now begin to pity him. Woods returned to Pebble Beach with only the desire to finish the tournament, not the desire to win it. ?What happened to Woods? Everyone seems to have an answer, but no one really knows what happened to Woods. What we know for sure is that he has become different. This player who ten years ago would not say a word to his teammates during the game is now talking and joking with them on the fairway. This is the man who paid no attention to the fans ten years ago. , now makes amends by giving his signed gloves to fans after hitting them. It's all unbelievable, and Woods remains a mystery. Even with all the writing about him, we still know so little. Reporters gingerly probed for answers, but he made only public statements. We don't know where his marriage will go. And it seemed like Woods didn't know what to expect with his swing. He had pain in his neck and then his neck was not injured. "You don't have to know," Woods told a reporter at the Memorial who asked about his health. All we know is that Woods is a shell of the person he was 10 years ago, or even 10 months ago. His superb short game is still good enough for a day's play, but his tee shots are erratic, and that's how Woods will cope at Pebble Beach at the U.S. Open. Woods no longer has the help of a swing coach, but maybe that doesn't matter. Hank Haney (Woods' former swing coach) may have helped Woods in some ways, but he never told Woods how to hit the tee shot. Maybe one day Woods will solve the tee shot problem himself. He knew he was better than everyone else and his talent for golf never left him. But that day won't happen next week at Pebble Beach. Comparatively speaking, it is more difficult for Woods to win the game with a directionless tee shot than to win the championship at Torrey Pines with one leg (Woods won the 2008 U.S. Open with a knee injury). Perhaps Woods won't be able to break Nicklaus' record of 18 majors anytime soon. Woods's number of major championships has been stuck at 14 in the past two years. If he cannot win at Pebble Beach or St. Andrews this year, this goal will become more difficult. In fact, the best chance is that we've seen the best and worst of Woods. What Woods ultimately brings to us may be as incredible as the sex scandal that brought him down from the altar. At this U.S. Open, maybe we'll see Woods struggle to make the cut on Friday afternoon at Pebble Beach; maybe we'll see Woods start early on Sunday morning with another player who has no chance of winning. ball. Woods remains the world's No. 1 player for 261 weeks. But, as fund salespeople warn us - past performance is no guarantee of future results.

What's the worst that could happen? Maybe Woods will become so mediocre that he will no longer be noticeable