Tiger By O’Hair For those who gave the remote a workout on Sunday, or who thanked God for picture-in-picture, or maybe just prefer the pure competition of golf over college basketball, Eldrick “Tiger” Woods didn’t disappoint. Whoever set the start times for the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational were no doubt wiping their brow though, as the sun held off its set just long enough to see Woods roll in yet another put to win at Bay Hill. Another putt to win regardless of the venue. Starting Sunday five shots back, Tiger played just well enough to put himself in a position to win. And while Sean O’Hair didn’t stink up the joint, he did open a few doors, the last and most damaging of which came at the 16th hole, where he drove in the fairway while Woods had to pitch out to the fairway in his second shot. O’Hair’s second found the water, and his ensuing bogey and Woods’ par sealed the fate. Yes, Woods hit a much better iron shot than O’Hair at eighteen, and it will be said that that’s where the tournament was won and lost, but it was already over by then. Whether it was viewed during TV timeouts in the North Carolina/Oklahoma game or by those intently watching the finish in Arnie’s tournament, we all knew it was coming. If anybody forgot why Tiger is REALLY great, that putt was a reminder.
