Sunday, June 15, 2008

He Is Not Human


On one knee and his entire tournament on the line, Tiger Woods needed to sink the 10 foot birdie attempt to force a playoff.

Tiger played poorly all day, as his knee effected him much more than the previous day. Woods was in agony through almost all of the 18 holes, and his shots were at times untiger like. He started off on the first hole the same way he did yesterday, with a double bogey.

As he stayed around even par and at times going to -1, it was clear that if Tiger wanted to win he would need to suffer through the pain and make some solid swings. It took till the 18th hole and a birdie try for all the marbles and to force a playoff with Rocco Mediate. As Lee Westwood missed his chance at a playoff with a very similar shot to Tiger's, it was all on Woods' shoulders.

He calmly walked up to the ball, and sank it. In true Tiger fashion, never one short for the dramatics.

Now an 18 hole playoff on Monday between Rocco, who if he wins will be the oldest player to win the Open and the only player to ever beat Tiger after he has had the lead after 54 holes, and Tiger who is just adding of to his highlight reel of a career. Now the pressure is on, and that means one thing, its Tiger time. Can Woods continue to climb his way on the Majors title ladder and inch one more closer to The Golden Bear?.

The stage is set, 18 holes, best score wins, Tiger vs. Rocco, tee time 9 PT, 12 ET. Buckle your seat belts, this will be a bumpy ride.

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