After yet another victory at Bay Hill this last weekend, Tiger Woods takes a step closer to gaining the momentum needed to pull off the biggest accomplishment in sports, winning the Grand Slam. Tiger is now 6 for 6 in tournaments this year, keeping my prediction of him winning every tournament he enters this season still intact. This win was Tigers 64th of his career on the tour, tying him with the great Ben Hogan on the PGA's career tour list. When Woods sank his 25-foot birdie putt for the victory, Tiger slammed his hat against the course and did his famous fist-pump. He was so in the zone on that putt that when his caddie Steve Williams handed his hat back to him, Tiger had no idea how he lost it.
"I was like, 'how the hell did he get my hat?' " Woods quipped after getting his hat back. "Evidently, it came off. I need to see the highlights. I was so into the moment of the putt going in and winning the golf tournament."
Quotes like these are what make Tiger the best and most respected golfer around. While staying focused on the course, he is able to become personable off of it. Second place finisher Bart Bryant stood in amazement of what Tiger accomplished.
"What he's doing right now, you can't even fathom," Bryant said just moments after he heard the eruption of the crowd celebrating Tigers miraculous putt.
This victory for Tiger was his fifth overall at Bay Hill, making him the first golfer ever to win 4 different tournaments at least 5 times...and he's still only 32 years old. While Tiger was still out on the course putting for his life, Bryant was sitting in the trailer, praying for a Woods mishap to allow him to climb back in the tournament. When Bryant heard the crowd erupt, he knew it was over.
"I was pretty hopeless sitting there in the trailer, but I did what I thought I was supposed to do, which was put the pressure back on Tiger to make the play," Bryant said after the putt.
Bryant did his best to put said pressure back on to Tiger, but Tiger has a knack for coming out on top. Bryant was the only golfer to break par all four rounds in this tournament, but unfortunately, all it got him was second. Tiger also had to battle the heat during the final round, with the temperature reaching 85 degrees on Sunday. But as is the case most times, Tiger prevailed, proving yet again that he is the greatest athlete in any individual sport ever.
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