Watching the world's greatest golfer going against someone who is a "neverbeen," it was a sign of the greatness of golf. Sure, there are a lot of Tiger haters out there. But did anyone see the reaction of the crowd when Tiger sunk a 15 foot birdie on 18 in Sunday's U.S. Open to force an 18 hole playoff against Rocco Mediate. They went crazy of course.
You have to remember that in this field is the world's best. Phil Mickelson wasn't up for the challenge, neither was Ernie Els, Adam Scott or Vijay Singh. But a player with nothing to lose against Woods may actually be the best way of taming this beast. It doesn't hurt that Tiger is walking around on one knee.
Sport historians will look back on this U.S. Open as one of the greatest ever. Win or lose, Tiger's performance will be another notch on his greatness. To win the U.S. Open, a golfer has to be at the top of their game. We all know this is not the best Tiger Woods performance, or even close to it. This was a decent Tiger Woods effort. But as we all know when Tiger smells blood, he hunts you down. Just lucky for Mediate that the Tiger is a step slow.
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