Tiger Woods ended his ordeal, applauded, but with more pain than glory

Because he didn’t, he didn’t have the slightest bit of luck, but the generosity that a man who has been everything, absolutely everything, in the world of golf could ask for. I say it is because unfortunately to 152 British Open at Troon It was very painful for this special envoy to see someone who was world number one for more than 600 weeks, winner of 15 majors, more than 80 tournaments on the PGA Tour, suffer as he did, etc., etc. , etc.

Tiger Woods He suffered Thursday afternoon leaving (not a smile, not a fist in the air, not a good putt holed, not a good shot, nothing at all), and he suffered this Friday morning and the wind that hit his last holes (not even a signature gesture). And he said he wasn’t even lucky because on the 16th hole, the par 5 of the second round, he hit a good shot and the ball landed in the stream in the middle of the fairway. Poor Tiger just missed putts and made bogeys. Not even that respect for the former king.

In the end, a round of 77 (+6), with a single birdie, five bogeys and a double bogey, for a total of 156 (+14), very far from the cut and the end of this sad story, or rather is the test of a true out of the series, of a super athlete, of an overall number 1 and of a golfer who is part of the legend of this sport in capital letters. That’s why when he entered the 18th fairway, the final green and the card signing booth, the audience in the stands applauded him. Of course.

One is indeed left with the feeling that perhaps he has the right to decide, since he can, if he so chooses, continue to go to the British, but we are also overcome by the sentiment expressed by Colin Montgomery in a recent interview that Tiger was not happy with his lap. Yes, we still have to agree with ‘Monty’. The game is over.