Golf of Emotion (long)The Golf Channel's Peter Kessler, a noted golf historian, once recounted following Tiger Woods around Pebble Beach during the 2000 U.S. Open:
"I was just keenly aware of what I was witnessing," he recalled. "I missed Bobby Jones in his prime, and I never saw Hogan, but I did see Arnie, Gary, Jack, Lee, Tom, Seve, Greg, Nick and Nick. It was my sense after following him 50 holes in the U.S. Open, that this was the best that anybody had ever played golf, and I got to see it.
"I felt so lucky and honored, and because I had an appreciation for what it meant historically, I started to cry. His mom hugged me and comforted me like I was two years old and then Joanna started crying because I was crying, then Kultida started crying because Joanna was crying, and then Tiger emerges from the scoring tent.
"Tiger looks at both of them and looks at me and says, 'It's Peter's fault, he was crying first,' as we were sharing my handkerchief. Tiger hugged the girls and hugged me, and laughed at me, and went out to get his U.S. Open trophy."
Woods, Tiger (1975- ) American golfer, youngest player ever to win the U.S. Amateur (1994) and to compete in (1995) and win (1997) the Masters [noted for his 1997 Masters victory (by a record 18 under par and 13 stroke margin); for his 2000 U.S. Open victory (by a record 15 strokes); for his British Open victory (by 8 strokes) and PGA Championship (making him one of only five players to win all four Grand Slam titles); and for his 2001 Masters victory (making him the first player to hold all four Major titles simultaneously)]
[Sources: Tim Rosaforte, Raising the Bar: The Championship Years of Tiger Woods]More Tiger Woods anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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