Y.E. Yang hits the shot of his life at 18th hole at PGA Championship
After hearing ad nauseam how Tiger Woods lost the PGA Championship from various sportswriters including Jason Sobel, it’s time to set the record straight.
Yang destroyed Tiger. Tiger didn’t lose the tournament: Yang took it to him and kicked his ass. As a matter of fact, I think Yang scared Tiger.
Tiger wants to mope about how he couldn’t make a putt all day. What about Yang? Yang had a short putt for birdie on 13 and missed it. Tiger had already bogeyed the hole and that could have been a two shot swing. Yang fell half a revolution short of birdie on 10 and burned the cup at 17. The birdie putt on 18 may have been the longest putt he made all day. Yang left plenty of shots out there as well, Tiger.
What I really liked about Yang was his approach on 18. Instead of playing it safe, he went right at the cup and took it to Tiger. Tiger had to have wet his pants after that beautiful 3 hybrid from 206 or so from the pin. These brilliant golf writers like Sobel claim that now Tiger had to go at the flag. What the fark are you talking about? Tiger had to go at the flag no matter what. If anything, Yang’s shot either scared the crap out of Tiger or deflated him even further.
Hopefully that one shot from 206 ends all the garbage we hear about Woods’ intimidation factor and invincibility and blah blah blah.
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Tiger’s shot on 13 ultimately did him in
Woods pulled off a miraculous shot at 13 which gave him the confidence to try what would have been an even more miraculous shot at 15, a slice 5 iron from 228 yards. The shot on 15 turn out to be ill advised. He did save par but in reality a par on 15 is a bogey especially when you are 3 behind at the time.
2007 Masters: A complete bore
Besides the lousy announcers (Faldo excluded), the 2007 Masters was a complete bore. Sure there was a little intrigue with Tiger trying to fight his troubled swing and come from three behind, but Masters tournament organizers had made the course so tough that the back nine on Sunday (typically the most exciting 9 holes of golf) was devoid of excitement. Where were the slew of birdies and eagles that allowed competitors to make a final 9 charge?
Granted Woods did have a back nine eagle and then completely blew it on 15 going for another, there were no other notable fireworks. Perhaps Masters tournament geniuses will figure it out next year and bring back the opportunity for the most exciting nine holes in golf.