At Augusta, A Story With a Happy Ending for All…Almost

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Published: April 12, 2010

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This past weekend at Augusta, the PGA got everything it could have possibly wanted and more. The sporting public got everything it could want from the 2010 Masters Tournament…and more.

Phil Mickelson, a man whose personal life has been wrought with mountainous obstacles in the form of nearly simultaneous diagnoses of breast cancer in both his wife and mother, gave us a magical ending that Walt Disney would have been jealous of. In Mickelson, we have a guy who took a hiatus from the sport to be with family for the right reasons. And not to misplace the meaning of the situation, but stories like his are why we root for the individual in any sport.

Meanwhile, there is Tiger Woods.

Tiger’s story is an interesting one to follow. Last we saw of the world’s best golfer and highest-profile athlete, his carefully crafted image—an image larger than the Great Wall of China and one that took more than a decade to build—imploded…spectacularly. He caused the biggest North American sports story since the trade of Wayne Gretzky to gri, not only the sports world, but mainstream pop culture in general.

It was Tiger that was the story heading into Augusta, and he had been the story for weeks. Every angle magnified. Every scenario speculated to no end.

Will Tiger be accepted?

Will Tiger fold under the pressure?

Will Tiger be heckled?

Will Tiger be stonewalled by his fellow pro golfers?

Will Tiger be affected by the layoff?

Much like the PGA was before Tiger Woods’ issues surfaced, all of the major storylines at the sports biggest event revolved around Tiger Woods.

Then there was the rest of the field, featuring Lee Westwood. Westwood is a 36-year-old Brit who was, and now still is, searching for his first major win. Westwood got the typical ESPN treatment after his round on Saturday left him in the lead with 18 ...
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