Reflecting on Tiger Woods...

I've tried putting this off all week to give myself time to digest just how impressive Tiger was last weekend at the British Open (It's not "The Open championship"....I think US Open is better). Not only was He flawless, but He now has 11 majors...11...11...unbelievable. I'm not a Tiger guy or big fan, but it's like the Bulls in the 90's--you have to watch. I had a four yeard debate with a few of my friends in college about who had to be more mentally tough, a pro golfer or a pro QB? I have immense respect for both sides, but i always defended the pro golfer (i have a 4fold reason list if you disagree). Now after 11 amidst the height of competition, Tiger Woods has got to be bar none the most mentally tough athelete ever (i would think it valid though to challenge that with Michael Jordan). Can you really disagree with that? Anyway, the way He won last weekend despite the Hellacious summer he's had emotionally...one of his most impressive wins. To me, this is the order of his most impressive major wins in descending order:

11 - 1999 PGA Championship...Held off 19 yr old Sergio to win 2nd Major at Medinah
10 - 2002 Masters...Held of Retief Goosen to win btb Green Jackets, but was barely challenged
9- 2005 British Open...Dominant, Colin Montgomerie was chasing him--basically Tiger chuckled for 18 holes
8- 2005 Masters...#16 is forever remembered, beat Dimarco in a playoff-but should have closed the deal (he bogeyed 17 and 18)
7- 2002 US Open...Bethpage killed everyone, but Tiger
6- 2006 British Open...For Pops, Flawless on Sunday and once again held off Dimarco
5- 2001 Masters...closed off the Tiger-slam
4- 2000 PGA Championship....maybe most exciting of them all, Remember he and Bob May in that Playoff the putt where Tiger starts walking to the hole when the ball was half way there b/c he was so sure it was going in...he also hit a 8 foot par putt to send it into a playoff
3- 2000 British Open...I don't think he stopped playing after the US Open that year, I think he just kept hitting the ball from California to Scotland. He absolutely dominated St. Andrews
2- 1997 Masters...-19, 12 shot victory at 21 yrs old. Basically that's When the people at Augusta decided to change the course and coined the term "tiger proofing"
1- 2000 U.S. Open...It was the most impressive thing i think i've ever seen in sports. Broke every record, won by 15 shots....15 at the US Open. He was the only player under Par.



On top of all of this, maybe the most impressive thing about him is how he dresses. It's almost unfare how sharpe he looks in Nike compared to some of those fatties out there...but then again, other golfers wearing Nike to me would be like other NBA players wearing 'Air Jordans' in the 90's.