Best of the Masters

Can anybody recommend good Masters post stories? Got links?

The running thread over on Sports and News just isn't getting it done for me.

Particularly interested in Phil/Amy backstory and material relating to Tiger's petulance.

 

You and I are sharing a brain - those are the EXACT two things I thought, Moddy.

I said to Mr. Lugs last night, "What if Tiger just became a good golfer now? Won one more major, maybe two? Contended regularly, but didn't win like he used to?"

The other thing I said was: Be careful making this a story about Good vs. Evil. Something about the look on Phil's face tells you ... this story isn't so simple.

 

Don't believe Phil is demon-free, but his pale, compared to Eldrick's.

 

And yet, it didn't stop anyone. "Phil won for his cancer-stricken wife! Tiger's wife didn't even show up!"

It wasn't even subtle in most of the stories I read. There were actual comparisons in single paragraphs.

 

I truly, truly hope Mickelson doesn't have any Tiger-like scandals in his past. I kind of felt like yesterday was good triumphing over evil, but all it takes is rumors of him cheating on his wife and she's battling cancer and he becomes a douchebag at the level of Tiger or John Edwards.

 

The big comparison to me had less to do with the wives and more to do with parenting.

It comes out that Phil spends the night before his final round up 'til 1 a.m. with his daughter who fractured her arm roller skating.

Normally in that situation, I'm sure Amy would take care of it... but Nantz mentioned she was so sick, she had to stay in bed all week.

I thought: It doesn't matter how rich or famous you are, or how much help you have. If you are a parent, and you take that job seriously, not even the final round of the Masters can get in the way of your most important commitment.

That, to me, is the bigger contrast here between Phil and Tiger at this particular point-- bigger than their wives and their wives' actions.

 

This is not good over evil.

This is the triumph of one lazy cliche over another lazy cliche.

 

Then post some good links, Azrael! Surely somebody out there has written about the real story!

 

Just follow Whitlock's twitter feed. He's in everybody's business this morning.

 

I'd rather eat my own puke for breakfast, thanks.

OK - I'll post a good link. Here's Tom Rinaldi's sit down with Phil. I thought Rinaldi did a nice job asking open-ended SINGLE questions.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5077262&categoryid=2630020

Still, I wished for some sort of diplomatically phrased something about Tiger.

 

How about some stories about the unsung nannies?

-husband of a semi-retired nanny.

There's definitely no shortage of morality play columns, completely heavy-handed.

Deadspin has quite a few links.

http://deadspin.com/5515055/family-values-win-the-weekend