>>>Many of you may not care but....
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>>>TIGER WOODS, what a freak.... AWESOME!
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>>>Longer the tournament bigger his winning margin.
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>>Andy,
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>>Tiger Woods is just simply the best golfer out there today. He really is in a class all by himself. I think that he will do a lot to raise the level of play in the game. The other folks like Duval (who hit the pot hole bunker - yeouch!!) are just simply far too competative to not respond. Perhaps they will also start lifting weights like Tiger and refocus their energies a little more. Still, there's the issue of raw talent...
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>>I've heard some say that he will become the first billion dollar sports figure.
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>>Best,
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>DD,
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>Before everyone gets too hung up on "winning", I thought I'd share a story that I read in yesterday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution sports section. I was hoping that it would be available on their web site (www.ajc.com) but I wasn't able to find it.
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>The story was about two young women who have been friends since they were kids. One girl's father is a tae kawn do master. Both his daughter and her friends were and are students of his. Because they have been in different weight classifications the two friends had never faced each.
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>This year, for the first time, tae kawn do is a medal event in the summer Olympics in Syndey. Both girls attend the U.S. Olympic tryouts. There, because of a change in the weight classifications, they must face each other. Since they've practiced and studied together for years, neither can gain an advantage, and the match ends in a draw on points. The judge's decision (all matches must be decided one way or another) award the decision to the friend of the master's daughter. Since it's double elmination, they may have to face each other again, and since only one can make the team it will be an even more importnat match.
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>Well, the master's daughter does advance to finals. In the semi-finals, her friend sustains a dislocated kneecap in the final seconds of the match, but manages to hang on for the win. With the injury, however, there is no way for her to stand any chance of winning against the master's daughter. However, the master's daughter comes to the conclusion that she cannot allow the injury from preventing her friend from realizing her goal and forfeits the match.


George,

Neat story. Don't misunderstand... I do not think winning is everything. At least, not at the expense of one's principles anyway. It's just that Tiger really is a huge talent. I never really enjoyed watching golf on TV before he came along. Now I find myself watching to see what he's going to do next. That's star power or whatever else you want to call it and my thinking is that this can only be good for the game of golf. Just like Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France.. Awesome, to say the least.

Best,

DD

Perhaps in 10 years it will be