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Post by billisonboard on Apr 8, 2023 13:40:37 GMT -5
I am watching the Masters golf tournament. The conditions are miserable. Tiger Woods made the cut so is out there still. Looking at his face and seeing him struggling to move makes me wonder, "Why?". It isn't like he is in a position to win. Why not just say "F*** this s***" and head for the clubhouse? Justin Thomas finished his round 2 this morning and missed the cut with a bogey on the final hole. I am thinking he isn't really unhappy about not being out there.
Younger players, younger bodies, players still building their reputations, players with even an outside chance to win, I get it. But others, just not sure what is keeping them going.
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 8, 2023 17:44:44 GMT -5
Maybe Tiger Woods wanted to play one last time. Harms no one.
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 8, 2023 18:15:57 GMT -5
Maybe Tiger Woods wanted to play one last time. Harms no one. It pained me to watch him struggling to walk. My wife has an inju4y that has made doing anything painful. She is suffering tremendous frustration with the limitations it is placing on her. Yesterday she wanted an egg salad sandwich. Through tears, she made herself one. I knew that I couldn't attack her independence by intervening. So I am particularly empathetic to the issue of feeling a need to continue. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 8, 2023 19:17:31 GMT -5
Maybe Tiger Woods wanted to play one last time. Harms no one. It pained me to watch him struggling to walk. My wife has an inju4y that has made doing anything painful. She is suffering tremendous frustration with the limitations it is placing on her. Yesterday she wanted an egg salad sandwich. Through tears, she made herself one. I knew that I couldn't attack her independence by intervening. So I am particularly empathetic to the issue of feeling a need to continue. I empathize for your wife and Tiger. Frustrating to lose one's mobility after so many years of being ambulatory and free of injury. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 9, 2023 7:29:56 GMT -5
Tiger withdrew from the Masters yesterday after playing seven holes. cold, wet weather was too much for his past injury.
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Post by Opti on Apr 9, 2023 7:58:26 GMT -5
Tiger withdrew from the Masters yesterday after playing seven holes. cold, wet weather was too much for his past injury. I hope he's OK. I found this article yesterday on him which I thought had a good way of looking at the situation. www.yahoo.com/news/relish-tiger-woods-masters-because-215442317.html“I’ve always loved this golf course and I love playing this event,” Woods said after his second round wrapped up. “Obviously, I’ve missed a couple with some injuries, but I’ve always wanted to play here.”
There’s nothing easy about walking these grounds. The course itself is long — 7,510 yards. That’s more than four miles. The elevation changes, too, can be maniacal. Now try trekking that layout on a surgically restructured leg exacerbated by cold, rainy conditions while swinging a golf club at a world-class level.
It’s special watching Woods play at Augusta National. The galleries go bonkers for this 47-year-old who was 15 shots behind leader Brooks Koepka at the end of two rounds. Patrons contort their bodies, necks and backs for any kind of glimpse of Woods through droves of umbrellas as he makes his labored walk around the course. These same crowds roar when Woods connects on a swing that reminds of days past — that past in which he won 14 major championships between in an 11-year stretch. Nostalgia and whatnot.
Vintage Woods is still there on occasion. It just takes squinting a little harder to see it. |
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 9, 2023 8:19:20 GMT -5
He was still on the course when play was suspended yesterday. Due to weather they had groups start on both the front and back nine, Tiger started on the back. Before they ended it, I wondered if when he got to 18 (his ninth) if he would call it quits.
I am reminded of a quote that offers me perspective when assessing situations I face. It is by Kurt Hahn, founder of Outward Bound: The bravest man is the one who weighs up all the risks and when they have become greater than the object is worth, has the courage to turn back and to face the other risk of being called a coward. In a world which pushes never quit, I think this idea is good to keep in mind.
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