Thank goodness the in-laws have a satellite and an understanding of my obsession. My Father-in-law cannot fathom why anyone would want to watch “paint dry” as he calls it. But on Saturday, Tiger, Rocco and Westwood showed all of us why we are riveted to golf’s major championships.
Even Mickelson’s nine on the par 5 thirteenth reminds us of how we all can be humbled by the game at any time. Tiger Woods looked ordinary for most of the day on Saturday until the Par 5 thirteenth. After hitting an awful tee shot way right, a spectacular second, that he almost holed, ended up some 50 feet from the hole, still on the green. What followed will be on every hi-light reel on every newscast across the world. Yes, he made the putt for eagle.
Next hole was a bogey and on seventeen, a relatively short par four, Tiger once again hit his tee shot way right and his approach in the rough on the side of a greenside bunker. Role the video once again as Tiger holes his chip shot on a bounce. As if urged on by the applause for an encore, Tiger hit two magnificent shots to reach the par 5 18th in two and again made the eagle putt to lead the U.S. Open by a shot going into the final round. Even on one good leg, Tiger finds a way to elevate himself above the field and looks poised to do it once again.
Let’s just hope the traffic coming back from cottage country are golf fans and allow me to make it back to watch the final round.
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