Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Tiger, Tiger, Tiger, Tiger, Tiger Woods Y'all

So they greatest man alive is coming back tomorrow. I call him the greatest man alive for a few reasons.
A. He married a Swedish nanny. Google Elin Woods/Nordegren.
B. He has 2 healthy children.
c. He's estimated to be worth 757 million dollars, and he's only 34 years old.
d. He's better at something that almost every male wishes they were good at, GOLF!

The list goes on and on. The fact is he's 1 of the greatest athletes/competitors of all time, he married a beautiful super model, and he's one of the richest men on earth. So yes I consider him the greatest man alive. I think he is the one guy that every other guy would like to be.
He comes back tomorrow after knee surgery. Now in any other sport coming back from major knee surgery at the age of 34 would worry people. Add in the fact that his last tournament, the U.S. Open in 2008 was the most arguably the most entertaining golf tournament ever. That is almost as good as Happy Gilmore beating Shooter McGavin. So topping his last performance would be tough to beat.
So what are we to expect from Tiger Woods? Will he limp through the rest of this year, before regaining his top form in 2010? Will he still break Jack Nicklaus' records? I don't think you can ever count Tiger Woods out. I wouldn't be surprised if he won the next 3 tournaments he enters, and then wins the Masters, and U.S. Open. I mean what would it take to surprise anyone. If you're from Minnesota how nice would it be if Tiger were to win the first 3 majors this year. That would mean that not only is Tiger going for the Grand Slam but a win at Hazeltine in the PGA Championship would tie him with Jack Nicklaus with 18 majors, and then try to break it at Augusta.
Tiger Woods is the one athlete/event that never disappoints. We love our rivalries like Duke/NC and Yankees vs. Red Sox. We love the personal rivalries that get hyped up, Crosby and Ovechkin and Kobe vs. Lebron. But how often do these events live up to the hype? Tiger always lives up to the hype. It's true Tiger has never had a rival, but he is the rival of every other golfer who enters a tournament. Sure we know about Sergio, and Padraig, and Phil. But no one comes close to Tiger. We know he'll wear red on Sunday's. We know he'll make every clutch putt. We know if you hit it 320 down the middle of the fairway he'll hit it 325. He's the one man on earth who can literally say, "anything you can do, I can do better".

He is a living super hero.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't like him He is cocky prick.

Anonymous said...

Tim, you might want to crawl out of his jock strap. He is married and heterosexual; as far as I know at least.