He Roars Again
" Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
He's back.When he won the Masters in April it was a real scrap and he almost choked...twice.When he made a late charge on that extraordinary final day at the U.S Open
but then missed a couple of short putts to finish second, they said that in the old days his mere presence on the leaderboard would have intimidated his rivals into submission and this was now a more mortal version, that the old domination would never return. They obviously didn't count on four days at the Home of Golf...a course so tailor-made for his game that its scary.Forget for a moment that he's become only the third man to win 10 golf majors,forget that he's only the second man after nicklaus to win all four majors at least twice,forget that he's only 29(still young for a golfer)....forget all that. What was most impressive about the weekend at St. Andrews was that he won in a fashion that can only be described as Tigeresque. He grabbed the tournament by the scruff of the neck early on and didn't let go.His game was intimidating, his demeanour was intimidating,hell, even his soundbites were intimidating.He seems to getting back to the form of the summer of 2000 when he won the U.S. open by 15 shots(in the most dominating display ever in a golf tournament) and the British open by 8 at St. Andrews. In this form his only competition is with Lance Armstrong and Annika Sorenstam-to be the most dominant sportsperson of this generation.I've heard they've started taking bets on the margin of victory at the PGA championship in August. All i can say is put me up for seven shots.
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
He's back.When he won the Masters in April it was a real scrap and he almost choked...twice.When he made a late charge on that extraordinary final day at the U.S Open
but then missed a couple of short putts to finish second, they said that in the old days his mere presence on the leaderboard would have intimidated his rivals into submission and this was now a more mortal version, that the old domination would never return. They obviously didn't count on four days at the Home of Golf...a course so tailor-made for his game that its scary.Forget for a moment that he's become only the third man to win 10 golf majors,forget that he's only the second man after nicklaus to win all four majors at least twice,forget that he's only 29(still young for a golfer)....forget all that. What was most impressive about the weekend at St. Andrews was that he won in a fashion that can only be described as Tigeresque. He grabbed the tournament by the scruff of the neck early on and didn't let go.His game was intimidating, his demeanour was intimidating,hell, even his soundbites were intimidating.He seems to getting back to the form of the summer of 2000 when he won the U.S. open by 15 shots(in the most dominating display ever in a golf tournament) and the British open by 8 at St. Andrews. In this form his only competition is with Lance Armstrong and Annika Sorenstam-to be the most dominant sportsperson of this generation.I've heard they've started taking bets on the margin of victory at the PGA championship in August. All i can say is put me up for seven shots.
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