The Legend of Tiger Continues to Grow

Posted by ryan on June 15, 2008

When Torrey Pines was chosen as host of the 2008 U.S. Open, everyone and their mother safely assumed Tiger Woods would probably waltz right into the South Course and leave with another major. With 18 holes still to play, Tiger’s 14th major is close enough to smell. While that’s a ridiculous feat in itself, yesterday’s performance goes down in golf lore. Simple as that.

It’s downright silly. Nursing a knee injury that left him out of tournament golf for ten weeks, Tiger Woods has been able to tame a 7600 yard monster course, even though his knee buckled after every shot on yesterday’s historic backnine. Tiger knew he would cringe in pain after every shot late on Saturday. Didn’t matter, he hit great shot after great shot in one of the most tense atmospheres in sports: The weekend at the U.S. Open. That’s freakish, that’s mindboggling…that’s Tiger.

Once again, the storylines appear to be lining up for Eldrick. Today is Father’s Day, and we all know the impact Tiger’s dad had on his historic success. So, with that said, what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon? Call up pops, lay your ass on the couch, and watch the magic continue. Tiger tees off at 4:30 p.m. EST, 18 holes away from cementing his legacy even further.

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Thank God for Angel Cabrera

Posted by kevin on June 18, 2007

The U.S. Open at Oakmont this weekend was one of the more interesting tournaments in recent memory. I for one loved it, mostly because we didn’t see Tiger Woods win again. I know he’s the best player in the world, but I find myself rooting against him every single time. The announcers act as if he is the greatest thing that has ever happened to the world, and seem to hand him the trophy every time he steps onto the course.

I don’t understand how going into the last round down two strokes, the announcers had basically said he had the title wrapped up. Tiger is clearly the most dominant athlete in the world, but you know what, there were 60 other golfers out on that golf course and I sure as hell wanted to see some of them. Why was there no talk of the big group of players between five and seven over to start the day? All we heard was Tiger this, Tiger that, when in reality it was one of the guys in the bunch (Angel Cabrera) who won the tournament, and Jim Furyk, who was also back there, had a very real chance of forcing a playoff. Yet the entire time this was happening all we heard was Tiger. As Cabrera was firing an unbelievable 69, we just saw Tiger playing golf and Aaron Baddeley collapsing.

Multiple times throughout the broadcast I heard of how shot were playing right into Tigers creative approach to the game. Why didn’t they talk about the ingenuity of the shots that other people hit? I just can’t understand it. And then there is the issue of Tiger showing up in basically a muscle shirt to play a round of golf. You’re ripped Tiger, we get it, you don’t need to show up in mock turtleneck short sleeve shirt at the U.S. Open to prove it. Congrats to Cabrera for winning one of the toughest U.S. Opens in recent memory, I’m just glad it was him and not Tiger.

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Paul Casey. Englishman, Golfer, Cyborg.

Posted by rich on June 16, 2007

Phil Mickelson described yesterday’s second round of the U.S. Open as ‘carnage.’ The conditions played as hard as conceivable for the entire field yesterday with the exception of one man. Paul Casey. Before I reveal the entire truth to you, I’d like to show you some scores from the second round. Rich Beem, 85. Davis Love III, 80. Phil Mickelson, 77. Vijay Singh, 77. Tiger Woods, 75. And then there’s Paul Casey. Casey fired an astounding 66 yesterday, a score that can only be described as unreal. A score that can only be described as superhuman. A score that can only be described as an effort from a cyborg.

Casey’s 66 marked the sixth tournament he had made the cut in this year. Strange coincidence isn’t that? A 66 on the 6th tournament. 666. The funny part about it all was that nobody seemed to notice or care about Casey’s caddy. Here’s where Sportable enters the picture. Fortunately for our sake, Sportable had a photographer on hand before the round started and caught Casey with this interesting candid.

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Let’s not get caught up on only that issue. Lets also take a look at Casey’s previous scores. In the first round he fired a 77. He played fairly normal for a difficult course like Oakmont, unless you’re trying to cover something up. See, Casey’s ploy all along was to lure the public into believing he was as irrelevant as the few people who actually knew who he was before this had known all along. When the public least suspected it, he whipped out the superhuman energy and, once again thanks to our excellent photography, we were able to capture Casey in his most exposed state.

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Is this a discovery that will inevitably save the human race? Probably not. Here at Sportable we can take pride in knowing, however, that we have uncovered the real truths behind golf’s deepest secret. It’s entirely possible that Casey’s cyborg state could go into remission. Unlike others of his kind, Casey doesn’t present himself as aggressive, not unless the golf course beckons for an unnatural performance. Terminator is to T1000 as Paul Casey is to Oakmont. Don’t believe me? Just ask Tiger Woods, the best player in the world. Just ask Phil Mickelson, the second best player in the world. There’s something about this Englishman. On a day when the course tamed all humans willing to challenge, there was one superhuman who retaliated. His name was Paul Cyborg Casey.

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