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Originally Posted by Gander
Look, I am a huge fan of Tigers. He probably is my favorite professional athlete in any sport. If you told me growing up that my favorite "athlete" would be a golfer, I would have thought you were crazy.
I'm just being a little objective here. Knowing the personalities of both Tiger and Phil I could pretty much guarntee you that both players feel like they let another major slip away. More obvious to the casual fan was Phil who was tied late in the round, but Tiger would never kid himself...this was one that he let get away.
As GPK said earlier, as bad as he putted, the fact is he was still (in his mind) very much in contention and one of the more likelier winners as late as the
16th-17th holes.
Without Tiger and Phil, the PGA Tour would be the equivalent of Harness Racing.
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now this I 100% agree with! I'm sure Tiger knows he let this slip away. I've never seen him miss so many makeable birdie putts. If this was a regular US Open where a -1 or E par wins its okay to make par after par... but you had to score to win this tourney. Tiger should have won and he should have putted better, & its crazy that he was even in contention while averaging 30 putts per round. But I just dont think he choked. Choking is folding under pressure, and he didnt do that... he just didnt have it.