I really don't do Golf.Really I don't. I was bit with the Golf bug when I was 15.I found the cure to be just go try it once. I spent most of the day chasing my ball in the woods, and since my partner and I weren't 16 yet the club wouldn't let us use a cart. Lugging those clubs 18 holes in 90 degree heat and 100 percent humidity, and that was a rap. As I've gotten older the occasional twitch to go give it a try again has come up but not enough that I've actually done it. For millions Golf is their passion wich they follow religously. In the popular conscience of American golf Tiger was the second coming of Jack Nicholas, that was until he refused to give a mistress a 400 dollar loan and she blew his wholesome apple pie image. Since the downslide began with his image, the car incident, the caddie incident, the losing, Tiger hasn't come close to level of competition his early carrer showed. However, Through the first 2 days at the Open he is back at the top of the leaderboard in a major for the first time since 2008.
Tiger is a prime example of how the media giveth and the media taketh away. When Tiger first stepped onto the scene of professional golf he took the world by storm. It wasn't that he was the Jackie Rodinson of golf, but he was the Jim Brown. Dominant. Woods rolled up victories and major titles at warp speed and looked as if he wood shatter every record ever recorded in the game. From 1997 to 2008 he racked up 14 majors to go along with his 73 tour victories. When Tiger's private life become public domain, and his skeletons tossed under the bus for the public to devour, the wins stopped. It's been a long time coming, but the second wind of Tiger's career maybe beggining to rear it's head. Tiger is only 36 years old. In the Golf world this is prime time for a carrer. If Tiger can finally shake the mental stumbling blocks that have been hurting him, he could very well be back on the path to unseating all those records Nicholas owns, as we assumed he would have shreeded long ago
Highscool Sophmore Beau Hossler lead the U.S. Open briefly, but hey, even if it was only 2 holes it was a hell of story. In a field of perrinal champions and seasoned vets, Hossler shot a -2 through 7 holes. The water levled out however, and he finished at +3 tied for 9th place. Still, ther's a lot of guy's who would like to be tied for 9th at the U.S. Open. I can only hope between Tiger and Hossler the magic is back at the Open and we'll have a very intuging Sunday for the final round.
