News flash: The Tiger is human

We all know by now that Tiger Woods lost the PGA Championship yesterday to Y.E. Yang, a Korean player, who played spectacular golf, especially since he was in the final pairing with Woods. Yang looked calm and collected and not intimidated at all. He looked like he was enjoying himself and played with the aplomb usually reserved for players who have been in that position many times before. In short, he deserved every iota of his win and I congratulate him for it.

Now, just about everyone had picked Woods to win the tournament before it even began, including myself and I said as much on this blog in this post here. It was looking pretty good for that prediction since Tiger led wire to wire the first three days of the tourney and we know that when he is in that position he just does not lose, period. Well the unthinkable happened yesterday and this article from Golf.com argues that Woods losing just might be that best thing that has happened to him. After reading the article I have to say that the author has a pretty good point.

The money quote from the article, "Cut him open and I'll tell you what you'll find," Rocco Mediate said of the man who beat him in a playoff at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, despite playing on a broken leg. "A bunch of wires and levers, and a big heart.

Um, no, you won't. Woods bleeds, and he bogeys. "

I watched his post tournament interview with the press from start to finish and Tiger Woods showed a lot of class in the way he answered the questions about what happened on Sunday at Hazeltine National Golf Club. He spoke articulately about not being able to hole putts and credited Yang for his stellar play.

Also, here is the NYT's take on Yang's win.