Did anyone catch the final round of The Open today?
It the first title for Tiger Woods since the passing of his father. His dad had taught him to play golf, and had been there with to hug him at the 18th hole of so many championships. Today, after sinking the final putt Tiger broke down into tears and sobbing while hugging first his caddy, then his wife.
I thought it was a very genuine and moving moment. In a day of inhumanly arrogant professional athletes, here is a man at the top of his game who was so close to his father, and realized the contribution his dad made to who he is, and where he has gotten to. Having his dad there. with him, to share his achievements meant so much to him.
Originally posted by RookRAKYou sure he didn't just get something in his eye and lost his equilibrium?
Did anyone catch the final round of The Open today?
It the first title for Tiger Woods since the passing of his father. His dad had taught him to play golf, and had been there with to hug him at the 18th hole of so many championships. Today, after sinking the final putt Tiger broke down into tears and sobbing while hugging first his caddy, then his wife. ...[text shortened]... e has gotten to. Having his dad there. with him, to share his achievements meant so much to him.
Originally posted by Cheshire CatI guess I can never be sure, but it looks very real to me. Steve Williams (the caddy) seemed a little concerned about exactly how long Tiger was gonna keep sobbing on his shoulder in the middle of the 18th green, so kind of led him off the green to his wife.
You sure he didn't just get something in his eye and lost his equilibrium?
Originally posted by RookRAKI would have to agree that it is nice to see professional athletes display real human feeling! They all seem to be robots after a while.
I guess I can never be sure, but it looks very real to me. Steve Williams (the caddy) seemed a little concerned about exactly how long Tiger was gonna keep sobbing on his shoulder in the middle of the 18th green, so kind of led him off the green to his wife.
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Originally posted by Cheshire CatEither robots, or simply jerks.
I would have to agree that it is nice to see professional athletes display real human feeling! They all seem to be robots after a while.
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Perhaps I was more personally touched, because I have a great relationship with my own son (16 yr old). Sports have played a large part in it - I coached his soccer teams for years and years until their level of play exceeded my ability to coach. Recently we've both become tennis addicts together. I hope, as he hits adulthood, there will be moments when he's doing an activity which I helped get him started in, that he says "I wouldn't be doing this, or doing this as well, if not for my dad".
Originally posted by sasquatch672I agree with you there. Without mistakes off the tee, he is consistently several strokes per round better than anyone else. Besides, with an iron he outhits what many drive to.
If Tiger puts his driver away for good, and putts the way he did this week, the rest of the field will be playing for second place. His performance was nothing short of incredible. I hope he doubles up ol' Jack's major total.
There are times when he acknowledges the fans that it appears forced. I'm also put off when he finishes a hole and walks off without waiting to see what his partner will do. I guess I simply find him to be less than courteous.
I do agree that he is starting to display more human qualities. He is maturing, both in his game and in becoming a more virtuous man.
Originally posted by badmoonI always interpeted his discomfort acknowledging fans as shyness.
There are times when he acknowledges the fans that it appears forced. I'm also put off when he finishes a hole and walks off without waiting to see what his partner will do. I guess I simply find him to be less than courteous.
I do agree that he is starting to display more human qualities. He is maturing, both in his game and in becoming a more virtuous man.
HOYLAKE, England (AFP) - Tiger Woods said winning for the first time since the death of his father made Sunday's British Open triumph at Royal Liverpool even more special than his two previous triumphs at St Andrews.
"It's just unfortunate that he wasn't here to see it," an emotional Woods said after clinching victory over fellow American Chris DiMarco by two strokes, 11 weeks after his father Earl succumbed to cancer.
"To win my first tournament after my father passed away and for it to be a major, it makes it that much more special," said Woods.
"Mom was watching and I'm sure she was bawling her eyes out like she can. So it is going to be an awful lot of fun to go back home and see mom and share this with her."
Woods said his father Earl would have been proud of the way he had decided on a strategy for playing a Royal Liverpool links that had been baked to a crisp, and stuck to it.
"He would have been very proud. He was always on my case about thinking my way around the golf course and not letting emotions get the better of you, because it's so very easy to do in this sport.
"And just use your mind to plot your way around the golf course and if you had to deviate from the game plan, make sure it is the right decision. He was very adamant I play like that my entire career."
After tapping in for a par on the 18th green to complete his victory, Woods broke down in tears as he hugged caddy Steve Wilson and then, a few moments later, his Swedish wife Elin.
"I've never done that," he said. "I guess all the things that we've gone through of late, and I guess I'm kind of the one who bottles things up a little bit and moves on, try to deal with things in my own way.
"But at that moment it just came pouring out and all of the things that my father has meant to me and the game of golf. I just wish he could have seen it one more time."