TIGER WOOD - HOW GREAT IS HE?

APRIL 2005
Tiger Woods commentary from D.J. IN FLORIDA
Hello Chief:
I remember many people writing to you on how badly Tiger Woods was doing.
Oh things like, he can't hit the side of a barn....... so to speak. Well, what do those people say now that he has won his fourth Masters!
I am a true fan of Tiger Woods. I am behind him when he is playing, no matter what the outcome.
It reminds me of when I use to bowl. One night I was on, and the other nights, I couldn't hit a strike if my life depended on it. Of course, I am not putting myself in Tiger's shoes, who can.
Tiger Woods put all of it on display from Sunday morning to Sunday evening at Augusta National Golf Club in winning his fourth Masters championship.
Woods, the preeminent golfer of this era, was mesmerizingly sensational early and little more than a fierce laborer late.
The resultant single-hole playoff victory against Chris DiMarco, earned with a 15-foot birdie putt on the same 18th hole Woods had bogeyed moments earlier to create the tie, put in perfect perspective his efforts of the day.
Woods now shares with Arnold Palmer his achievement of 4 Masters.He now chases only Jack Nicklaus .
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GAFF - An athletes greatness is also defined when the press starts to use the word 'Vulnerable' to describe his play after a Win! The standards set by a great athlete shifts the focus from the win to how he played to achieve the win.
H.O.D.
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H.O.D. -

HAVING BEEN A VICTIM OF MY CHILD ABUSE FOR THREE FULL SEASONS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME USE THIS CONCEPT:
IN SPORTS, THERE IS THE MAN - THE MAN IS THE BEST PLAYER CURRENTLY PERFORMING, THE TOP DOG.THEN, THERE IS THE MEASURE OF THE MAN. THE PLAYER THAT WE USE TO SEE HOW WELL THE CURRENT MAN IS PLAYING, THE PLAYER AGAINST WHOM WE JUDGE TRUE AND LASTING GREATNESS.
THE CURRENT TOP PLAYER CAN NEVER BE THE ULTIMATE MAN, UNTIL HE BECOMES THE MEASURE OF THE MAN, THE STANDARD BY WHICH WE CONFER OUR HUMBLE MEASURE OF IMMORTALITY -- KNOWING FULL WELL, THAT OUR BRIEF TIME ON EARTH CANNOT BE TERMED IMMORTAL, WHEN EACH DAY WE SEE HOW MORTAL WE ARE WITH THE PASSING OF LOVED ONES AND ICONS.
TIGER, GREAT AS HE MAY BE, IS STILL CHASING THE MEASURE OF THE MAN, JACK -- BUT ONCE JACK IS CAUGHT, OBVIOUSLY, TIGER WILL, FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, BE THE MEASURE OF THE MAN.
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CHARLEY DONOVAN OF ERASMUS HIGH IN BROOKLYN, WAS THE GREATEST HIGH SCHOOL GUARD IN TERMS OF BEING A FIELD MARSHAL FOR HIS TEAMMATES. ROGER BROWN OF WINGATE HIGH IN BROOKLYN, WAS THE GREATEST SHOOTER / SCORER AND MOST STYLISH, CLASSY PLAYER TO HAVE PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BALL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN MY LIFETIME.
IN MY MIND, BILL BRADLEY OF PRINCETON, IS THE GREATEST ALL AROUND COLLEGE PLAYER I EVER SAW PERFORM AT THAT LEVEL.
OSCAR ROBERTSON IS THE GREATEST ALL AROUND PROFESSIONAL PLAYER I EVER SAW AT THAT LEVEL.
WILT AND BILL SPLIT MY VOTE AT CENTER -- I COULD LIVE HAPPILY WITH EITHER MAN.
I AM NOT SELLING MY GUYS AS THE ULTIMATE GUYS, THEY ARE JUST MY GUYS. EVERYONE HAS THERE OWN GUYS OR GALS -->> WILMA RUDOLPH, MARIAN JONES, ALTHEA GIBSON, SERENA, VENUS, CHERYL MILLER, MARTINA, CHRIS EVERETT, BILLY JEAN.