Today was the final round of The Masters. And, after over 5 hours of watching golf, the one guy who I didn't want to win, ended up winning. Therein lies the danger of watching golf. Only one person can win, and if you pick the wrong guy, or wrong group of guys, as I did today, then you end up disappointed.
If you haven't heard, the winner of The Masters was Argentina's Angel Cabrera. Cabrera won on the 2nd playoff hole over American Kenny Perry. While I have nothing against Cabrera (he seems like a really good guy), I typically root for American players. So, I was rooting for Phil Mickelson, Jim Furk, Kenny Perry or Chad Campbell to win. Perry and Campbell made the playoff, and Mickelson made an early splash before fading late.
The most exciting part of the day was the pairing of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. They both started the day 7 shots behind the leaders, but after a front 9 30 (-6), Mickelson was only 1 shot off the lead. However, Phil, as he often does when in super aggressive mode, made some mistakes on the back nine and finished in 5th place, 3 shots off the winning score. Tiger got it close as well, but finished with 2 bogeys to end up 6th.
During the round, the CBS crew kept referring to the "rivalry" between Tiger and Phil (side note...overall, I thought CBS's coverage was terrible this year). If you've followed it, it's not much of a rivalry. As much as I like Phil, his 36 wins and 3 majors don't really stand up to Tiger's ~70 wins and 14 majors. I told my wife that the rivalry between Tiger and Phil is like the rivalry between a hammer and a nail. Occasionally, Phil will end up being the "bent nail" that annoys Tiger for a short period, but usually Tiger will end up pounding Phil. And Phil knows that...in a post round interview, he talked about how playing with Tiger is fun, even though he usually comes up on the short end of it.
Well, if that wasn't a rambling enough golf analysis...I don't know what is. Overall, it was fun to watch, but the ending was disappointing.
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