The greatest golf tournament ever played

For us golf lovers we got to see something amazing this past weekend at the US Open when Tiger Woods won his 14th major tournament of his career...We saw a man play some of the best golf of his career, grimacing with pain on nearly every drive, win one of the hardest sporting events in the world on what ended up being a torn ACL and 2 micro fractures of his left fibia. In a word, it was amazing and unbelievable...For those who don't golf or have never played, what he accomplished with these injuries is akin to the 32 touchdowns Brett Favre threw with a broken thumb, and in some ways, its even greater. For a right handed golfer all the pressure and torque of a golf swing as you follow through is placed on your left knee and ankle. That Tiger was able to walk, considering the pain he must of been in, is amazing. That he was able to compete at such a high level, in one of the toughest sporting events in the world, for 5 days is even more amazing. What those of us who watched him during that tournament witnessed was nothing short of the greatest golf we have ever seen. On one leg, Tiger was able to do something that every other golfer in the tournament failed to do-win. Torn ACL and all, Tiger was still able to stroke 300 plus yard drives, sink 40 foot putts and stick mid irons within 10 feet all weekend long. Not only did he play through the intense pain he must have felt, he lived up to every thing we have grown to expect from what can be arguably said to be the greatest athlete in the world, and he do so with class. He didn't complain. He didnt cry. He never quit. He simply performed at a level and with the grace that only he could play with. Given the pathetic attitudes and whiny ways of many of the top atheletes in the world, we should consider ourselves lucky that we have someone like Tiger Woods to watch and for our children to look up too. Unfortunately, Tiger's desire to win through the pain has caused him to miss the rest of the golf season, meaning will have to wait until next years Master's before we get to see his greatness again. His absence from the sporting world will be a great loss for all sports fans, and for me that time will not come soon enough because the world needs more Tiger Woods'-and less Micheal "dog fighter" Vicks-to look up too and idolize.