91 Holes Later
With all the questions about Tiger returning from surgery and the condition of his knee, who would have guessed that he would be forced to hold out for not the regulation 72 holes, not even the playoff 90 holes, but sudden death 91 holes, and he would win by one stroke with a final score of one under par for the tournament. One word: UNBELIEVABLE!
Bully for Rocco Mediate for giving the number one player in the world a genuine run, more than anybody ever has, I think. Rocco’s surely earned a lot of fans out there this week for being a great golfer, a personable fellow, and a real class act. Kudos to him on his performance this week.
My prediction of Tiger by seven ended up way off, but I have no reservation in saying that this was the single most exciting golf tournament I have ever watched. Great stuff. The PGA ought to be paying Tiger for what he’s surely doing for their ratings.
I joked during the sudden death, “When did the PGA start writing scripts to make their events so compelling?”
To which somebody responded, “They’re learning from the NBA.”
June 17th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Actually, the PGA in fact does (and rumor has it, did) pay Tiger to show up. Obviously they know who their cash cow is, and the other players can’t and don’t complain, because when he shows up, people watch, and when people watch, sponsors pay and purses grow. After all, do you think 10 years ago a guy like Rocco Mediate–basically a no-name outside of the golf inner-circle–could have expected to walk away from a single event with $730,000…for coming in second? Not a chance.