Why Jordan Spieth’s Masters Meltdown Makes Us Further Appreciate Tiger Woods

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Published: April 17, 2016

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There’s an old saying that anything becomes normal if it happens often enough.

Tiger Woods may have initially shocked the world his 12 stroke victory at the 1997 Masters and then four consecutive major titles between 2000 and 2001. But as he continued to rack up one major championship win after another, somewhere along the line Woods’ absurd domination of the professional game started to become normal.

During the 2000s, we simply expected Woods to win, or at the very least contend, virtually every time he teed it up because, well, that’s what he had always done.

Being that Woods finished within the top-20 at 38 of the 46 majors he attended between 1997 and 2008, it was almost a forgone conclusion that he would be in the mix on every single major championship Sunday.

And when Woods did happen hold the 54-hole lead at a major, well, then we all got our Sunday afternoons back because the outcome of the tournament was already decided.

Some enjoyed watching one player completely dominate the game while others viewed this period of time as somewhat boring due to the lack of any real competition for a player that was quite possibly head-and-shoulders above anyone that had ever played the game.

But what very few of us did was take the time to truly appreciate what we were witnessing each and every time Woods stepped onto the golf course between 1997 and the late 2000s.

His brilliance was ultimately taken for granted and perhaps it will take this next generation of young stars to make us truly comprehend what Woods was able to accomplish during the prime of his career.

When Jordan Spieth held a five stroke lead with nine holes to play at last Sunday’s Masters, many were undoubtedly ready to flip the channel and turn back a couple of hours later to see how Spieth, as the defending champion, would manage to place a second green jacket on himself at the awards ceremon...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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