There’s at least one milestone Tiger Woods hasn’t achieved just yet: turning 50. But that’s about to change. On Dec. 30, Woods will hit the half-century mark, an occasion we’re honoring here at GOLF.com by way of nine days of Tiger coverage that will not only pay homage to his staggering career achievements but also look forward to what might be coming next for a transformational player whose impact on the game cannot be measured merely by wins or earnings or even major titles. In our last “Tiger @ 50” entry (below), Nick Piastowski talks to someone … who tries to predict Woods’ future.
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Angie Kuschel says she’s heard of Tiger Woods.
Maybe even heard him, too.
“If I had a really good pitching arm,” Kuschel said, “I could probably hit his house from where we’re sitting right now.”
But she’s just a neighbor. She’s certainly not a fan.
When you ask Kuschel what she knows about him, her list is short.
“You know, he’s on Jupiter Island,” she says, “and I lived where you swing around to go to his house to the left, you’d swing around and go to mine on the right. I know he has a restaurant. And some of the political, tabloidy kind of stuff. And that’s really about it.
“And that he’s a golfer. And that he’s really good at it.”
That he is, should you believe 15 majors and 82 PGA Tour wins are credible tallies. But you’ve called Kuschel to talk about 50, the age he recently turned. Or that’s kind of the reason. To recognize his milestone birthday, this website has profiled Woods through a number of thoughtful essays that look back — but this one hopes to spin things ahead. To the next 50 years.
And now you’re speaking the language of Kuschel, proprietor of Angie’s Spiritual Readings in Jupiter, Fla.
She is a psychic, and for the purposes here, maybe the best one. There’s the proximity. There’s also no preconceived notions. Since she’s not a Woods follower nor a golfer herself, her expertise can be thought of as uncompromised.
It also offered answers to the author’s questions, which are below and in bold. And below Kuschel’s responses are attempts at analysis.
The first query is maybe the one you’re wondering about the most.
NP: Could you briefly, if possible, explain what your process of looking into the future looks like?
AK: “So basically what I do is I kind of just sit with it. You know, you contacted me, I had an idea and then all of a sudden — I don’t know what you’re going to ask me, but all of a sudden, I start getting kind of images in my head. And then as we move through, the images will make more sense as we get to where we’re going in this process. Right now, it’s just a bunch of random images that don’t necessarily make sense until they all make sense. And then once I have a question, it becomes clear. Sometimes I use tarot cards. Most of the time for me, it’s very intuitive. It’s very spirit guide-based. And to be honest, I wish I knew how it worked. I always say it comes in my brain and shoots out my mouth, usually with zero filter. And yeah, so good thing there’s an editor because sometimes things are weird or come out kind of weird.”
(My read? Kuschel and I have her last point in common.)
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NP: Over the next 50 years, what will Tiger Woods have done on the PGA Tour?
AK: You mean like, is he going to win or is he going to play or — what specifically do you mean, what will he do on the Tour?
NP: Win and play, I think would be one question. And with that, if not playing, would he be involved with the PGA Tour in any kind of way?
AK: OK. I see him being involved. Not directly. Do I see him? I do see him playing, but not for an extended period of time. I don’t see him winning, if that was part of the question. I do see him having some … top-3 finishes? I don’t know what the right term is. But I don’t see him winning. I don’t think he’s going to be healthy enough long enough to win. I think he’s going to re-injure himself. It doesn’t feel like a new injury. It feels like an old injury that’s going to kind of get re-injured or re-flare up or something to that effect.
(My read? A Woods fan would happily take top-3s. But not another injury.)
NP: He is currently tied for all-time wins on the PGA Tour. Do you see someone either tying or passing that mark in the next 50 years?
AK: In 50 years? Not for the next 10. I think not for the next 10. I do feel like someone’s going to give him a run for his money after that period of time. I think it’s going to be somebody that’s going to come around after that. Shouldn’t say ‘come around’ because they’ll still be there, but not really. It’s almost like they’re just going to be, and after that 10 years, they’re just going to kind of be on the rise. But not for the next 10 years. He’s going to make a run for the title.
NP: Would you have a guess at whom this person would be?
AK: His name starts with a B and it feels like it’s like a Brett or some name like that. He’s going to make a run for it, but I feel like he’s going to fall short. But he’s going to fall short probably because he gets injured something — not a major injury, nothing that’s going to put him on the sidelines. But yeah, that’s why he’s going to fall short. Something’s going to happen that’s going to stop him.
NP: At the end of the next 50 years, how many majors will Scottie Scheffler have won? Scottie Scheffler is currently the world’s number one golfer.
AK: So how many majors is he going to win?
NP: Yes.
AK: Seven.
(My read? Scheffler will win only three more majors? Tough to see after a year in which he won two — but easy to predict if you consider that only six players have won more than seven. But who is this ‘B’ golfer??? Could it be Bryson DeChambeau? Richard Bland seems like a stretch. But maybe Daniel Berger gets hot.)
NP: In the next 50 years, how will Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour Champions’ career have gone? PGA Tour Champions is for players ages 50 and older.
AK: OK. I think that his skill level is still going to be up to what it needs to be. But I think he’s going to — the skill level, OK, great. But there’s going to be some emotional aspects to the game that are going to interfere with the way that he actually performs. It’s like he’s suffering with some self-doubt, second-guessing himself, and that could lead him to making mistakes that are surprising to everybody who knows how he normally performs. They’re not characteristic of how he plays.
NP: Will he have won any PGA Tour Champions tournaments?
AK: No. But for reasons that are unrelated to his ability, meaning like it looks like he’s going to be kind of taken out of it, out of eligibility or something, because he’s going to sign a contract. He’s going to play in several before whatever that contract is, but that contract’s going to kind of remove him from being able to play.
(My read? Out of eligibility? Hmm. I have an obvious question now.)
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NP: I want to continue on that thought then. The next question I would have is, in the next 50 years, will Tiger Woods have won any LIV Golf tournaments?
AK: No. But it looks like he’s going to be a big spokesman for it.
NP: Really?
AK: So yeah, and to be honest, I feel like he feels like this is going to be this — he’s going to enjoy that part of his career. The whole ‘second-guessing’ thing — kind of what we already talked about — takes joy away from him. But this kind of adds that joy back. And I think he’s going to be happy about that. He’s going to gain more fans. Whatever that is, that LIV thing, whatever that is, it’s going to gain popularity. And I think that there’s going to be a real push for that. I don’t think right now. It doesn’t look — I don’t want to say that people tee-hee it or don’t think it’s — legitimate is not the right word. But people aren’t giving it a lot of respect necessarily. I think that that’s going to shift. I think it’s going to get some momentum and some steam and some really good faces behind it. So that criticism is going to kind of go away a little bit and then it picks up some momentum.
NP: To key you in on what LIV Golf is, LIV Golf started in June 2022. And it is a rival of the PGA Tour. And if any PGA Tour player were to be a part of LIV Golf, they would then be banned from the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
AK: So that all makes sense.
NP: It does. That’s why I followed up with that question.
AK: Because to me, none of it still kind of makes sense.
(My read? I’m not seeing this one happen. But then again, I’m not a psychic.)
NP: Over the next 50 years, will we ever see Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson play together again?
AK: Yeah, but I don’t think it’s going to be for a tournament, per se. Feels like something that’s charity related. Or promotional kind of related. It doesn’t feel like a tournament. I mean, I guess it’s still a tournament, but it doesn’t feel like — it’s for financial gain just for them. Feels like it’s for some other factor.
(My read? I wouldn’t have predicted this, either. Nor would probably Woods and Mickelson. But hey, they use golf balls, not crystal balls.)
NP: In the next 50 years, will Tiger Woods have held a political office?
AK: He’s going to consider it. I don’t think he will consider a major position. Because he really doesn’t want to. He doesn’t want to put more of his life in the spotlight. And I think that’s protecting his children more than anything. I don’t think he wants to do that. Does it feel like it’s worth it to him?
NP: Any guesses on whom the president would be in 2075?
AK: Not a clue. No, not a clue. That is way too far out for me to even — I can tell you that his name starts with a W.
NP: Whoa, OK.
AK: That’s the best I’m going to be able to give you. Starts with a W. I don’t know if that’s first name or last name. But I can give you a W and that’s about all I can give on that.
NP: I can take it. The next question then. Tiger Woods is currently dating Vanessa Trump, who was once married to Donald Trump Jr. In the next 50 years, how will Tiger Woods’ relationship with Vanessa Trump have gone?
AK: I think that they’re going to have a really pretty good, solid relationship for probably the next three years. Looks like even an engagement. Long engagement. But it doesn’t look like it ends in a marriage.
(My read? W? Hmm. Wait! Is Wyndham Clark going to be president? Or Johnson Wagner???)
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NP: In the next 50 years, will Tiger Woods have served as the honorary starter at the Masters? The honorary starter at the Masters is the person who hits a tee shot to start the tournament.
AK: Yes. Multiple times. Yeah, four or five times, not in a row.
NP: When he does that, who will be hitting beside him? Which players?
AK: Can you ask me that in a different way? Because I don’t, it’s not …
NP: When Tiger Woods serves as a Masters’ honorary starter, who will be the players joining him? Any guesses as to their names?
AK: OK, so he hits the ball off.
NP: And then there will be two or three other honorary starters.
AK: OK, gotcha, gotcha. OK, and this is the Masters. You said Masters, OK. Who’s going to be? Ohhhh! OK. Oh, my gosh, I can see his face. Maybe if I describe him to you, you’ll know who I’m talking about.
NP: Sure. Give it a shot. All right, I can try.
AK: OK, he’s got blond hair that probably comes to about here. [Just above the shoulder.] And he speaks with an accent. Not like an Australian accent or something like that, but he speaks with almost a Southern-ish kind of accent. Real calm kind of guy. Every once in a while, though, every once in a while, he gets a little rambunctious.
NP: Wow. Long-haired, Southern accent.
AK: Kind of long hair, yeah. And the accent sounds Southern to me. It might just be a deliberate, slow kind of pace talk. It’ll hit you at about 3 o’clock in the morning.
NP: It will, yeah. I’ll have to look this up when our interview stops. But I like that. That’s very specific.
AK: Yeah, so I see that person. And then I think there is an opportunity also for his son to be behind him. I don’t know if that makes sense or not.
NP: Could be there to watch, yeah. There are patrons around the area, yeah.
AK: OK, that’s all I see.
(My read? Days later, this still stumps me. Kevin Kisner has the accent, but not the hair. Tommy Fleetwood has the hair, but not the accent. Sam Burns is whom I’ve settled on — he has the Southern accent, and he once had a mullet.)
NP: What will Tiger Woods’ life be like at the age of 100?
AK: When I say this, please know that I’m not insinuating that he won’t make it to 100.
NP: OK.
AK: I see him still involved with golf. I don’t see him actually golfing. I see him doing things that look like a little more school-based. Since it’s sports, maybe that’s training facilities? Maybe commentating. Because I do see him. I see him as a presence and having an important part but not actually out there doing it.
NP: Could we dig into that visual that you have in your head? Could you describe that a little?
AK: So what I’m seeing is, I see a very kind of relaxed presence. It’s like some of the hype and some of the anger and some of the frustration has kind of gone away and I see him much more relaxed and much more at peace with just who he is as a human being and some of the decisions that he’s made. And we said earlier that he was going to get in his head with some of that self-doubt. I feel like once he gets past about the late 70s, he kind of offers himself some forgiveness about some of the choices that he’s made that he’s questioned along the way. And I just see him setting in nice and calmly into the rest of his life. He doesn’t want to be seen. He doesn’t want to go out. He doesn’t want to be a spectacle. He just wants to exist.
(My read? Well, we’ll find out in 50 years.)
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