Tiger Woods’ Spasm, Phil Mickelson’s Near-Miracle, Adam Scott Pulls a Norman

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Published: August 26, 2013

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If The Barclays was any predictor, the upcoming Deutsche Bank Championship should be exhilarating. Barclays was better than car crashes and dangerous pit stops at NASCAR, particularly in the last three hours.

Had Tiger Woods not hit his ball into the junk on the 13th hole, which gave him a penalty stroke, he would have tied clubhouse leader Adam Scott to force a playoff. Had Matt Kuchar or Gary Woodland played par golf, they would have tied Scott and forced a playoff. Had Kevin Chappell finished at 12 under, he would have been the champion.

But none of those things happened.

Instead, Adam Scott, who was six shots back at the start of the day on Sunday, pulled a Greg Norman. He fired a final-round 66, finished eight groups and 90 minutes ahead of the final twosome and waited for everyone else to collapse. In the time-honored Greg Norman tradition, Scott was done so early, he almost had time for a shower, massage and lunch while waiting for the field to finish.

Woods' charge looked good for a potential victory until he collapsed on his knees in the 13th fairway with a back spasm. You could almost hear the collective gasp across the country—and not just because his shot ended up in some slimy green stuff.

"I felt great until that tee shot at 12. I was perfectly fine," Woods explained, adding it wasn't really the second shot at the 13th where the Sunday problem started, no matter how it looked to everyone else. "Thirteen just kind of accentuated it."

Woods described the changes in the injury.

"It starts off great every day, and then it progressively deteriorates as the day goes on," he added, meaning progressively worse. "Last week I was fine."

Well, at least caddie Joe LaCava knows what to do for a player with a bad back. He looped from Fred Couples for nearly 20 years. Hopefully he has Couples' back guy, Tom Boers, on speed dial. Maybe Mattress Warehouse should b...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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