Tiger Woods of the United States, right, embraces his caddie Steve Williams after winning the British Open Golf Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, England Sunday July 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Posted on 07/23/2006 10:13:35 PM PDT by Pyro7480
Emotional Tiger Woods wins 11th major
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer
HOYLAKE, England - Tiger Woods bottled up his emotions when he buried his father in May. Even as he stalked the brown, baked links of the British Open on Sunday, his steely focus never wavered. Until he tapped in his final putt.
That gave him his third claret jug, his 11th major championship, but the first victory he couldn't share with Pops. And that was all too much for him.
"I saw this coming last night," said Steve Williams, the caddie and confidante who stood with him at Earl Woods' gravesite. "He played at the Masters, and it was the only time I saw him try too hard. Today, there was a calmness about him. No doubt he wanted to win this for him."
...He buried his head in Williams' shoulder, sobbing uncontrollably, chest heaving. Tears streamed down both cheeks as he hugged his wife, Elin, for the longest minute....
"I've never done that," Woods said. "But at that moment, it just came pouring out. I was pretty bummed out after not winning the Masters, because I knew that was the last major he was ever going to see. That one hurt a little bit. And to get this one ... it's just unfortunate he wasn't here to see it."
...Woods became the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win golf's oldest championship in consecutive years....
...It was only the third time Woods has played since his father died May 3 after a brutal bout with cancer. Some questioned whether he could regain his focus after taking nine weeks off, especially after his 76-76 at the U.S. Open to miss the cut for the first time in a major.
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Tiger was amazing today. It is such a gift to be able to watch this man play golf.
Tiger IS human!
Bump to the top.
Tiger seems like an awfully nice chap, and on the face of it this seems all very touching... but it's just a game, regardless of whether you're an amateur or a pro who can retire with all the income he made with product endorsements. If you feel this bad about a golf game while your father is dying and after he's dead and buried, you have to wonder A) why didn't you skip the golf tournaments to spend more time with your dad, even against his dad's wishes, and B) does the fellow has some emotional scars that his pop laid on him? Maybe Tiger's more obsessive about golf than anyone else on Earth, but I still find it hard to understand how a few mulligans could bring about a nervous breakdown with anybody. Otherwise, I'm glad I don't know much of anything about golf and pity the poor twits who think of it as a good form of leisure time relaxation.
Tiger should take a year off to live as a hermit in the Himalayas, meditate, sleep, and carve napkin rings. Only then can he hope to be the patron saint of golf players.
Man you really have a thing for him don't you?
Another asterisk on a major as Tiger looks more and more like Barry Bonds everyday.
I used to play golf a lot. I quit, just today, when I finally realized that hitting the ball well once cannot make up for hitting it badly over and over.
Hitting a golf ball well is very satisfying, but not satisfying enough to make up for all my bad shots.
I like watching Tiger.
Fortunately for the rest of us we don't have to share your ignorant view of losing a loved one, teacher, and best friend. Which all of these things Tiger's father was to him. It's not the game he was crying about, it's the fact his guide in life is missing from that moment and all too quickly.
6'1" and 175 lbs? Hardly. Tiger works as hard or harder than any other golfer out there. Mentally, he is unequaled, like Nicklaus was in his era. He also arguably has the best short game today.
Tell that to Archie Bunker on Steroids.
geeze dr_wHo_2 - you need a chill pill. A big one.
Nice of to trash Tiger too - you must be a dr of psychiatry? - they do like to tear everything apart in tiny pieces - leaving nothing but a pile of rubble. Make you feel bigger?
Anyway, It appears you're half right: You "don't know much of anything..."
Your second Tiger-rant. You sound like you have some very serious issues.
I suspicion those around you wish YOU'D hie off to the Himalayas.
Do you always wax pompously? ("to speak about something in a knowing and self-important way, especially when not qualified to do so")
That's not really a question - just an observation...
That confession was utterly superfluous after you had exposed as to this assertion:
I still find it hard to understand how a few mulligans could bring about a nervous breakdown with anybody
Not even Clinton gets mulligens in The Open.
The release of emotion is entirely human under the circumstances. The game is diabolically disigned to test the character more than the physical ability of the contestants, especially at these levels.
Tiger Woods, like Nicklaus, demonstrates at every opportunity, both on and off the links, that he is a human of admirable character. Without possesing that character, which he believes is a legacy from his father, he could not suceed at the game. Without the game, he would not have tempered his character.
hmm - think dad had him on steroids at age 3?
Tiger had been playing since he was a tot. And he shows no signs of 'bulking up" He's just plain great.- you are pitiful
get a life - jealousy is corrosive
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