Larry Gude
Strung Out
Stephen Ames is a solid pro golfer, making a good living at it. He, however, not a native American. So, in the interest of simply being helpful with some good old fashioned American common wisdom;
Dear Stephen,
You don't tug on Superman's cape.
You don't spit into the wind.
You don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger and...
You do NOT eff with Tiger Effing Woods.
You see, Young Stephan had a match against Supe...err...Tiger yesterday in a match play tournament. It's the first round so, Woods, #1, plays the bottom seed, #63, Ames.
Ames, meaning, I'm sure, no ill, simply stated before the match, in regards to his chances;
Superma...Tiger...took this as a bit of a challenge.
For those of you unfamiliar with match play, winning 9 holes with 8 to play, '9 and 8' is the soonest a match can be over. Instead of regular 'medal' play where each player counts all his strokes over 72 holes, low man wins, match play 'matches' players one on one for 18 holes.
IF a player gets a better score on a given hole, say a 4 to his oppenents 5, he wins that hole and is now one up with however many left to play. If the number of holes left is equal to or more than either players lead, the match continues.
Superman won the first 9 holes, leaving 9 to play. They 'halved' the tenth hole, tied it, Woods now being 9 with 8 to play, thus no way for Ames to even tie the match; Game over.
Woods:
This very, very rarely happens and is unheard of between two pros.
Sportsmanship?
Even after the worst drubbing you can take.
Dear Stephen,
You don't tug on Superman's cape.
You don't spit into the wind.
You don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger and...
You do NOT eff with Tiger Effing Woods.
You see, Young Stephan had a match against Supe...err...Tiger yesterday in a match play tournament. It's the first round so, Woods, #1, plays the bottom seed, #63, Ames.
Ames, meaning, I'm sure, no ill, simply stated before the match, in regards to his chances;
Superma...Tiger...took this as a bit of a challenge.
For those of you unfamiliar with match play, winning 9 holes with 8 to play, '9 and 8' is the soonest a match can be over. Instead of regular 'medal' play where each player counts all his strokes over 72 holes, low man wins, match play 'matches' players one on one for 18 holes.
IF a player gets a better score on a given hole, say a 4 to his oppenents 5, he wins that hole and is now one up with however many left to play. If the number of holes left is equal to or more than either players lead, the match continues.
Superman won the first 9 holes, leaving 9 to play. They 'halved' the tenth hole, tied it, Woods now being 9 with 8 to play, thus no way for Ames to even tie the match; Game over.
Woods:
This very, very rarely happens and is unheard of between two pros.
Sportsmanship?
Even after the worst drubbing you can take.
