I agree with everybody - even the friends that would like to see others win.

I think there are a lot of players that deserve to win on the PGA Tour, but no matter how much they deserve it, they have to beat the other challengers to get that win.

At the moment, one golfer sets the bar, and sets it high.

That golfer is Tiger, and unless somebody suddenly proves that he is on steroids and mind altering drugs or something, nobody can whine about the height of that bar.

Watching Tiger on the 18th hole - and not just on the green - is what pro golf is all about. Making sure, over 71 holes, that you are there, in contention, going up the 18th on sunday.
And once you are there - in the clutch - keeping your act together and deliver on the challenge.

Nobody - and I do mean NOBODY - does that better than Tiger. He was down by SEVEN shots after friday, but still did enough to be in the last pair on sunday. From that position, he was able to constantly evaluate the need to take risks or ease off the throttle.

From the fairway at the 18th, knowing that birdie would win it and par would tie, Tiger chose the risky shot, a fairly long carry over water, in an attempt to get close to the pin and have a shot at the birdie.
He made a good shot, and while he was in no way 'safe', he was in with a reasonable shot at that birdie putt.

And at that point, Tiger's mental strength takes over. Despite not having sunk a single putt from that distance all day - if at all during the tournament - Tiger knew that he had scored on similar putts lots of times.
That positive mental ballast lead him to see the long breaking putt as an opportunity more than a challenge. He believed he could sink it, and he did.

The burst of energy Tiger released when that putt dropped wasn't about 'surprise' or 'joy'. It was about understanding that the execution of that putt was pure perfection, from mental preperation, through read, to stroke.

Nobody does it better!

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//Mox
2007 bag:
Mizuno MX-500 460cc 10.5* Fujikura Tour Platform 26.3 stiff.
Wilson Deep Red strong 3w 13,5* and 5w 18* graphalloy fatshaft stiff
Cleveland HALO 3i hybrid 22* graphite regular
Mizuno MP-60e forged 5i-PW True Temper Dynamic gold R300 steel
Mizuno MP Black OX raw haze 50/6 GW, 54/9 SW, 58/10 LW
Odyssey White Steel 2-ball SRT putter
Titleist NXT Extreme