While watching the drama unfold Sunday I looked down to discover my cynical nature was poking out from under the kilt I wear for Major and near-Major Sundays.
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Paul Goydos was battling to keep it together on the last few holes of the Players for what would have become one of the biggest life-changing events in golf…no in all of sports.
Along with the huge winner’s paycheck, although 2nd is pretty stout in Ponte Vedra, this guy would have cruised to the Senior Tour in style…rich, happy, and exempt. But it wasn’t to be.
The disappointment of this loss must have been soul-crushing yet this journeyman golf pro acted as if the better man won…as it should have been.
I was sitting there thinking he was covering up, faking it. No one could be that self-deprecating, that modest to act as if he was just happy to be there. 
Then I read Bob Verdi’s column and discovered I had completely missed the plot. This golfer IS all of these things and should be emulated…proves you’re never too old for a good life lesson, and I got one.
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I’m a new fan Paul, keep grinding.
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Mark Burris - BURRIS // May 15, 2008 at 10:39 pm |
So right. Verdi’s column is a good “read more” to your post, and I appreciate your making me aware of it. Goydos may never scale that high again, but guys and weeks like that remind me what a great, great game I play.