Comments on: A Lame Victory: His Last Event for 2008

By: John Wofford

John Wofford — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:54:00 +0000

Great piece! I think what Tiger did was historic in the sense that he is getting closer to the “unreachable/unattainable” record in golf. 18 professional majors.Everyone else is in a completely different league than Tiger.Tiger does,in fact, dominate and the only way you are gonna beat him is to out work and out practice him and I dont see that happening from anyone.Rock onward Tiger! Rock on!

By: Tim Schoch

Tim Schoch — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:40:44 +0000

Thanks, Andy, for supporting my point of view. I agree with your comments. About the headline:

LAME: 1. crippled or physically disabled, esp. in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
2. impaired or disabled through defect or injury: a lame arm.

Obviously, my headline is accurate in a physical sense. I’m not disparaging Tiger’s victory in the least, but I was trying to garner attention by being painfully specific.

Tiger smiles because he likes the challenge of people rising up to take him on, and we should like it, as well, because it is great theatre. I think more and more of this will happen, and we are currently looking ahead at a new golden age for golf because of this. Player-by-player, the field is closing in, inspired by Tiger, and this past weekend, on a lame leg, he almost didn’t escape.

By: Andy Brown

Andy Brown — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:13:25 +0000

Tiger smiles and so should we??? Nope. We should be jumping with joy and celebrating like never before. We need someone to come through the ranks and give someone like Tiger Woods a run for his money. We are tired of people just melting away in front of Tiger. Just the knowledge of Tiger in the field ensures that half of these guys set their mind to finishing second. That is (hopefully was) just not good for the game. Will the likes of Anthony Kim, Sean Oâ€™Hair be able to take heart from this victory and set out in pursuit of the Tiger like never before? One sincerely hopes that is the case because almost everyone is tired of total Tiger domination. No one minds seeing Tiger win after having to guts it out for five days. Like he himself points out, it is victories like the one in Torrey Pines that gives him the most satisfaction.

One thing though, still donâ€™t understand the reasoning behind the headline for this article!! Surely it was anything but lame!