I Didn’t Win, It Sucks
link Mickelson leads Masters; Kim and Westwood 3 back – Yahoo! News.
The right guy won. Of course, it’s only golf and it’s only a game, but given the drama surrounding the playing of this year’s Masters tournament, the victory was indeed special and emotional for Phil Mickelson whose wife Amy is recovering from cancer. It was hard not to join into the emotion as the couple embraced after the victory. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy, a class guy and a credit to the game.
On another note, the other guy who drew so much attention to this tournament gave a pretty terse assessment of his game in post game interviews:
“…That’s not what I wanted,” said Woods, playing for the first time in five months since a sex scandal severely damaged his reputation. “I wanted to win this tournament. As the week went along, I kept hitting the ball worse. It was not very good.”
and,
“…I only enter events to win,” Woods said. “I didn’t hit the ball good enough and made too many mistakes around the green. As a result, I’m not there.”
A particularly arrogant remark given the depth of talent in the field. It’s as if he dismisses them all as mere background fillers for the Tiger show. While Woods certainly is possesed of great talent, humility is certainly not in in his makeup. This fact alone may always tarnish his legacy as much as his interesting personal adventures. After all that’s happened in the past 5 months, the entitlement and petulance still shows through. Noticeably absent were any congratulatory words to the winner as a minimum matter of graciousness, but certainly expected at a place like Augusta. There very much is an I in Tiger. By the way, he did shoot a 69; maybe just a coincidence.