A Toolbox For Dad - @atoolboxfordad
As the saying goes… Its not Spring until the Masters… So, We are coming up on the golf seasons first big tournament. Its the first major of year…. Its the MASTERS! There is no other tournament like it. Going to the tournament is a once in a life time opportunity for some of us… and I had that opportunity… and haven’t had another… The flowers, the freshly cut grass, its simply amazing… the one thing that I could not believe was the lack of weeds as I was walking the grounds, in and out of the trees, or rough area… its simply immaculate. I was younger when I went, but the high light of my day was Tiger Woods responding to my “Hey man” with a “Hi”…. thats all it took for me to be a Tiger fan…. then there were all the other stuff that happened in his life and he dropped a few notches in my list of favorite golfers…
Its at the same time every year, …around the time of the Masters, Tiger gets all of golfs attention… He hasn’t won a major in some time and everyone asks the question “When is he going to win his next major?” Is he going to break Jack’s record?… who knows… But one thing is for sure… He IS NOT the same golfer as he was in the late 90s and early 2000s. For two main reasons… 1) The world was let into his private life… and that wrecked his life forever. With all the millions of dollars in the bank… He will not and can not fix this… that is one massive chink in the armor. 2)… Oh I don’t know …maybe… age?… It happens to every great athlete, they get older and they can’t do the things they once did, unless they are named Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens… cough Steroids cough.. But seriously… its been 17 years since he won his first major… he is 38 years old… father time is catching up to him… Do I think he will win another Major… yes… When? Who knows… Will he break Jacks record… NO…. The thing about it is… if he does win another Major, or another Masters, the hype and questions about records will only get worse…
