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April 10, 2005
The Masters
I love watching sports, and the Masters is one of those events my whole family will watch. Today, we were rooting for Chris DiMarco. He darn near pulled it off. Candice said something about "He deserved to win". I know what she means, you see someone come so close, they are married, 3 kids, good guy....you want them to win. That's not the way it works though. The competitor(generally) that performs better is the one that wins. There is always luck involved, sometimes good and bad, but that affects all competitors and pretty much averages out. As a soccer referree, you have to fight this urge to try and help those that may have gotten a "bad break" or "bad luck" or whatever. Well, you can't do it. Things tend to even themselves out, and I told Candice that. DiMarco had opportunities, Tiger had opportunities. Tiger capitalized, ultimately, when he needed to more than DiMarco did. It is always very good to see the sportsmanship that is shown in this sport. I wish other sports would follow golf's example.
I take my hat off to Tiger Woods on his 4th Green Jacket. That is no small accomplishment. Did ya'll see that chip-in on #16? That ball was crawling toward the hole. My wife and I were actually leaning towards the television...wanting it to fall. I've never seen a ball hang as long as that one did. That was really cool.
Posted by james at April 10, 2005 11:53 PM
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I've never played real golf before, but I did manage to take 19 strokes off my putt-putt game in 2 weeks. I also have a green jacket, but I didn't win it.
Posted by: Christin at April 13, 2005 11:31 AM
Go play real golf once, it will give you a greater appreciation for what the pros can do. You may even like it.
Posted by: SonofThunder at April 13, 2005 11:42 AM
By the way Christin, did you see that on Sunday?
Posted by: SonofThunder at April 14, 2005 07:43 AM
Besides the fact that I'm terribly uncoordinated, I really don't need an expensive hobby.
No, I didn't see it. I don't think I've ever watched golf on TV...or anywhere else, for that matter.
Posted by: Christin at April 14, 2005 11:07 AM