Witnessing Greatest at its Finest
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by user LastRow
This just in to the LastRowSports.com news desk…Tiger Woods can play golf. Not just any golf I might add. He has an unmatchable ability to take his game to the next level in the biggest golf tournaments…The Four Majors. Was there any doubt today who was going to win the 88th PGA Championship? Well, if there was I guess some people still think the Red Sox are still going to make the playoffs. The question of the day was not if he would win, but by how many strokes would the margin of victory be and who would place second?
It’s hard to not wonder the “What If” question. What if Phil Mickelson wouldn’t have choked at Winged Foot on the 18th tee? Two individuals would hold two of golfs four majors…Thus catapulting this rivalry or so-called rivalry to epic proportions. What might have been? Now the questions we’re asking, “Will Phil ever recover”, “Has Phil reached his peak?”. For Tiger, it’s quite simply, the question isn’t anymore, “Will he surpass Jack’s record for majors?”, it’s now quite simply “When?”. It’s not anymore how does Tiger compare to Jack?”, but now “How does Jack stack up to Tiger?”
The drive that Tiger brings to the golf course every time he tees it up is unparallel to anybody in sports. The last time we saw this drive to be the best was on the basketball court in Chicago sporting the number 23. Isn’t ironic that when TW reasserts in golf, it comes in MJ’s city? As Woods stepped on the first tee this afternoon, we as well as Woods, knew the tournament was his…All he had to do is go out there and perform. Just the presence of TW makes so many competitors buckle & give in…Just as Michael did for so many years over on Madison Street. Both of these “rare” individuals never, ever leave anything to doubt. Everybody finds themselves chasing this man, with no real answers how to catch it in sight. Is this concept even possible? Or is this just even preposterous to think? Can or will this task ever be accomplished? With Tiger, we don’t have to stay tuned until the end of the golf tournament…Well, not unless you want to see him kiss another trophy he’s going to add to his collection.
Today, realistically the PGA Championship was well in hand before making the turn. Having a share of the lead on the first tee…To extending one lead by five strokes when making the turn. It’s not like the field was giving shots back to the golf course either…Again, it was just Tiger’s magnificent links play. If there’s a so-called “zone” in golf, today he found himself in it. Hole after hole, shot after shot, amazing anybody who sat in front of the boob tube to watch. Amazingly only recording two bogey’s on the week to in tune to shooting 19-under par. 19-under par after only managing a 69 in the first round.
There’s something to be said for karma too. Back in April it was Tiger rewarding Phil his second Green Jacket all the while looking as if Phil & Tiger were on even keel. Well, four months later that day in April seems so far. As now it’s Phil’s turn handing over his Wanamaker to TW for his amazing performance yet again in another major…Old Hat. But then again, this is what we’ve come to expect. Watching greatest at its best on a Sunday afternoon…What can be better? With no choking episodes to be weary of. We all thought Michael Jordan had an unmatchable desire to win…Being from Chicago and seeing all his outrageous performances many times, I’m willing to go out on a limb & say Tiger Woods surpasses MJ when it comes to this…Doesn’t that take some ONIONS to admit? Am I the only one out here on this limb? Just not too many…I might be like the bear who fell out of the tree on to the trampoline.
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Date
Sun 08/20/06, 4:53 pm EST
