An oldie but a goodie.
Personally, I always hated the hollow Easter bunnies. The hard-as-a-rock solid ones always showed that the Easter Bunny really cared. This year THE WOMAN loaded the kids down with jelly beans from Starburst. I’m a traditionalist so I was kind of pissed that there were no Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs, but the grape flavored Starburst beans made up for it. As did the dark red ones and the bright yellow ones.
No, my lack of blogging since Friday is not because I was getting fitted for a green jacket. Although a lot of the shots being made (or not) in Augusta this weekend resembled my game. As much as I despise the golf machine that is Tiger Woods I have to hand it to him. Not everyone can go in the water twice in one round and still shoot a 74. That was impressive. Impressive enough that I blew off homework, house work, and a project for the office to watch 56 minutes of golf every hour on Sunday.
What was more impressive is that a guy from the Hooters Tour actually made it to the big time.  Six years ago he was in the gallery, as in awe as the rest of us over the perfection that is the Masters. After that he kept doing what the rest of don’t, he kept getting better. He surprised everyone by winning the Masters, but it’s not like Zach Johnson is a weekend hacker. Before he started the Masters last week he’d already earned over six million on the PGA tour.
Say what you will about course conditions. They were tougher than normal for Augusta, but they were the same for everybody on the course. It’s not like the wind died down, or temperature went up every time Johnson addressed the ball. He faced the same problems on the course as did Tiger, Phil, Vijay, Stewart, and all the other players. He simply didn’t cave in like they did.
Make no mistake about it Tiger caved in. Yes, I love to root against Tiger so I’m a bit biased on this one. But none of the Tiger apologists can change the facts. Tiger has never been able to come from behind on Sunday to win a major. He took the lead for a moment on Sunday but could not hold on. He can keep a lead. He can storm off from the pack when he has the lead. Tiger can’t chase the lead. That’s what this weekend taught the golf world.
All the years of players cracking when they had a shot at taking Tiger out are finally over. All it took was a 31 year old from the Midwest to not be scared to play his own game. Zach Johnson seems like a humble kid. A guy that you could go and enjoy having a beer with. A guy that wouldn’t keep a caddie on the payroll that’s a total dick-wad to the fans.
Do I think that Johnson is going to vault to the top of the golf world and replace Tiger on all those Buick commercials? Not a chance in hell. But he’s shown that all you have to do is play your game and the rest will work itself out. Like he said afterwards, his kid wouldn’t care if Johnson had shot an 85 on Sunday.
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