Luck of the bounce for Angel Cabrera
Tiger Woods is human after all! He finally hit a tree.
It seems that when Tiger misses the fairway he’s often wide right or left in the jungle, but he almost always manages to escape with a great shot. But not on Sunday on the final hole of the Masters. Tiger’s second shot was a low screamer that bounced off a Georgia white pine and into the other fairway. With one swing of the club, the worlds greatest golfer now looks a lot like all of us other duffers! I mean really, everybody hits trees! It just seems that Tiger Woods never connects with wood when it matters most. But we saw him do it on golf’s grandest stage.
Of course it didn’t really matter at that point. Tiger was not going to win his 5th green jacket.
Funny thing was, Angel Cabrera hit a tree on the 18th and final hole and still went on to win the Masters. Unlike Tiger, Cabrera’s shot ricocheted off the pine and back into the middle of the fairway at 18. He would get up and down to save par. As if saving par at 18 after hitting a tree wasn’t lucky enough, Cabrera then sat back and watched as Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell struggled with their own demons. Cabrera would shoot par, par in the sudden death playoff to win his second major championship.
Yes great drama at this years Masters. I’m still trying to get over seeing Tiger hit a tree.