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Witnessing history Woods achievements, artistry transcend golf
Posted: Sunday June 18, 2000 05:24 PM
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- I've always wished I could have been around for Jones or Hogan or, for that matter, Michaelangelo. Don't know if I would have appreciated it at the time, for your sense of history heightens on the follow-through. I only know I stop occasionally now and remind myself of the era we are blessed to be a part of. To witness what Tiger Woods did at Pebble Beach was to watch Picasso mix oils or Henry Ford design the wheel. It is an old and hackneyed line that the U.S.G.A. sets up its U.S. Open courses not to embarrass golfers but to identify the best of them. This weekend, as if such an exercise was necessary, they found one for all time. While the rest of one of the finest fields in all of golf struggled to reach even par, mostly in vain, Tiger was playing his own private game. This Open was closed before the first round was.
He could've said "Oh, I've got a 10-shot lead, let's just go have fun." Instead, he seemed more determined, more intent on proving himself Sunday than he did at any other time all week. So, step back and absorb for a moment what we are blessed to be watching. One wonders how the young man would do with a brush on a chapel's ceiling. Jim Huber is an Emmy award-winning journalist for CNN/Sports Illustrated and a regular contributor to CNNSI.com. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the writer.
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