Tiger Woods Casts His Shadow at the Masters

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Published: April 12, 2010

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Very few athletes dominate their respective sport and their opponents the way Tiger Woods casts his shadow in golf.

Woods is among the very best to ever play his sport even when he is playing as dreadful and as awful as he can possibly play.  The final round at this year’s Masters was a prime example of just how good Woods can be even he is terrible.

Woods began the day at -8 under par.  He knew he had to get off to a good start if he was going to have a shot at another green jacket.

Tiger however did everything he could possibly do to take himself out of contention.

Woods initial drive of the day, could have also possibly have been the worst drive in his entire career, sailed over the adjacent fairway.  Tiger failed to recover and started the day off with a bogey.

The next four holes were unkind to the former Masters Champion as he carded two additional bogeys on the 4th and 5th holes to bring him to -5 under par.

Woods likely knew at that point that he had no realistic chance to win the tournament. 

The week had been long and the media spotlight had been hot.  Who could blame him for falling short of another major championship and falling back into the middle of the pack?

Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne had called him out publicly to chastise him about his marriage infidelity prior to the start of the championship.

A plane flying overhead, made sure that the last person in America who was unaware of Tiger’s unfaithfulness became aware of his failures with its banner trailing behind asking Tiger if he was a disciple of “bootyism.”

Woods detractors had to enjoy what they were seeing with Tiger dropping out of sight on the leader board after five holes of golf on a Sunday at a Major.   Finally, the public ridicule, humiliation and scorn that Woods had experienced were finally catching ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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