Tiger Woods made the cut at The Masters last weekend. But a leg injury – this time – forced him to withdraw.
Woods still got more media attention and praise than any other golfer who played. Jon Rahm won the tournament. And Phil Mickelson became the oldest runner-up in PGA history. But you’d never know any of that from media coverage.
Tiger Woods withdraws from The Masters
Woods is featured in almost every story about The Masters today. This, despite withdrawing midway through the tournament. But he got the consolation he craved.
Everyone lavished praise on him just for making the cut. But Woods knew he couldn’t cut it. He was headed for the bottom of the leaderboard. And he feared the pain that humiliation portended.
On Sunday morning, Tiger Woods withdrew from The Masters, with the 15-time Major winner ‘reaggravating’ his plantar fasciitis foot injury. It was certainly a wise decision. …
Jason Day, who is good friends with the five-time Green Jacket winner, stated: ‘He looked like he was laboring pretty hard yesterday. It was obviously difficult to watch.’
(Yahoo! News, April 9, 2023)
Withdrawing or missing the cut is Tiger Woods’s game
Rank narcissism has Woods playing more for sympathy than victory these days.
Suffice it to know that I have criticized him for withdrawing in many commentaries.
Phil Mickelson upstages Tiger Woods
I doubt Woods has ever felt resentment like he feels watching Mickelson. After all, archrival Mickelson is five years older. Yet he’s playing better than ever. And there’s nothing lame Woods can do to compete. I couldn’t resist rubbing this in.
I am still a fan. But I hate seeing golfers like Mickelson outplay and humiliate Woods. It reminds me too much of the way boxers like Larry Holmes outboxed and humiliated Muhammad Ali…
For now, the more Tiger Woods withdraws, the more he seems “out of the woods.”