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Tiger Woods Approaches the Masters

Tiger Woods approached the 2010 Masters in the same manner he approached every other. Calmly, quietly, Woods did his thing as usual without a hint of distress. Well, if you consider his constant, angry, stone-like facial expression a sign of “focus,” you could say there wasn’t a hint of distress.


As he has done in the past, Woods achieved an emotional triumph yesterday at Augusta National Golf Club. Defying critics and his own self-made predicament, he somehow rose above the stress the situation would normally cause in a human. If we have learned anything about Tiger Woods in the past few months, it’s that his greatest skill is detachment. 

What happens in his personal life is between him and his family, and although he will constantly be looked upon as a role model, he has no technical responsibility to be a good one. But with so many wins, even Major wins, isn’t it obvious that he must achieve some serious level of emotional detachment to make these pressure putts and maintain such an insane level of focus with millions of people watching?

Most people could never handle the pressure, but somehow Woods can switch off the outside world and exist only on the grass of the golf course.

Is this a good thing, or a bad thing?  That is for you to decide.

On Thursday, Tiger Woods shot a four-under-par 68 in the first round of the 2010 Masters golf tournament. Although his strong play kept him high on the leader board, he failed to reach the top. Fred Couples, casual as always, smoothed his way to the high round of the day with a score of 66.

Woods is currently through seven holes of his second round at Augusta National and remains at even par for the day. Fred Couples, who is through nine holes, remains at –6.

Tiger Woods has taken over the mainstream news, so it is not surprising that the Masters coverage is focused around him as well.  The Masters, however, is one of the greatest golf tournaments on the planet, and almost 100 other players are competing for a Green Jacket. With so many talented and very human competitors, many great stories exist.

Phil Mickelson, Tom Watson, and Anthony Kim are just three of the many huge names in contention at the Masters.  They each offer their own unique story, but have flown under the radar with all the Woods chaos.

So what is your favorite Masters storyline? Even if you think the Tiger Woods situation is its most interesting part, tell us why you feel that way!

 

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  • Kal says:

    It amazes me how people have simply dismissed what Tiger did just by saying he was sorry. Maybe Tigers wife has forgiven him and that is all that matters to him. In any case the fans seem to have forgiven him. I find myself rooting against Tiger rather than for the other golfers and that does’nt feel right. Unfortunately Tiger is a role model for alot of kids and that is too bad because he doesn’t deserve it. There are alot of golfers on tour who could use and deserve your support alot more than Tiger and they didn’t bring their problems on themselves.

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