Last week, Tiger Woods had a 3 foot putt for birdie, on the second play off hole, to win his match, at the Accenture Match Play Competition, on Friday, and get to the quarter finals on Saturday. Unbelieveably he missed that putt, and went on to lose the next play off hole.
And today almost the same thing happened again to another golfer.
Boo Weekley had a one stroke lead going in to the final hole of the Honda Classic today. All he had to do was par the last hole, a 604 yard, par 5 hole. He reached the green in regulation and his 30 foot (???) putt for birdie, came up 3'-3" short.
Still an easy putt you would think. Well not so when $990,000 is on the line, and Boo missed the putt, leaving the ball 3'-2" from the cup. Fortunately he made the putt coming back, but it left him in a 4 way tie for first place, with a play off to continue tomorrow, from the 10th hole.
But I know exactly how it is. Other than trying to hit a baseball traveling at 100+ mph, there is no other sport that requires so much skill. Maybe that is why so many ex baseball players make such good golfers.
It might even make living with lymphoma seem easy.
And today almost the same thing happened again to another golfer.
Boo Weekley had a one stroke lead going in to the final hole of the Honda Classic today. All he had to do was par the last hole, a 604 yard, par 5 hole. He reached the green in regulation and his 30 foot (???) putt for birdie, came up 3'-3" short.
Still an easy putt you would think. Well not so when $990,000 is on the line, and Boo missed the putt, leaving the ball 3'-2" from the cup. Fortunately he made the putt coming back, but it left him in a 4 way tie for first place, with a play off to continue tomorrow, from the 10th hole.
But I know exactly how it is. Other than trying to hit a baseball traveling at 100+ mph, there is no other sport that requires so much skill. Maybe that is why so many ex baseball players make such good golfers.
It might even make living with lymphoma seem easy.
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