Your Easter Sunday Tiger Woods Update
Three back of the leaders at the Doral as play was suspended due to rain yesterday. He had finished 11 and still had seven holes to get in this morning. Man, he started the round one back, and had fallen to three back as the third round unfolded. Clearly he sucks.
Heh. It's hard to type that and not laugh at the absurdity of it.
In all seriousness, his round being at even through 11 was a disappointment on a day when scores were being made. At the least, Vijay Singh was making scores, hanging -8 for the day on the board to pull even with Woods. Your leader? Geoff Ogilvy, three up on Woods. Adam Scott one behind Ogilvy.
As for Woods? People will tune in to watch today. As they always do when he is in the hunt. As for the hype around Woods' sustained excellence to end 2007 and start 2008, this 'graph from espn.com's Bob Harig captures the insanity:
"Regardless, the 11 holes Woods managed to complete in the third round served as a stark reminder that running the table, winning the Grand Slam, matching Byron Nelson's consecutive victory streak are feats that remain more fantasy than reality."
Ah, ya think so, doctor? Good lord. People need to get a grip.
As for Woods, something fun to read here - a 1991 SI article on the 15-year-old Woods (thanks for the heads up to Swamp all-timer Dave). A nice reminder that Woods has actually met the seemingly impossible hype.
SI has stumbled across the rather obvious idea to make its 53 years of content searchable and readable on-line. A great thread discussing that decision is underway at the Swamp here.