Mediate: verb (mee-dee-eyt) def. to settle disputes as an intermediary between parties; to reconcile.
If not for a couple of the most clutch putts in major championship history, both by His Tigerness on number 18, Rocco just might have mediated The Great One right out of his 3rd U.S. Open, reconciled him out of his 14th major.
Of course almost doesn’t usually mean much but in this case it might. Scott Hoch, Doug Sanders, Mike Donald, Bob May, among a million other almosts don’t have what Rocco has…that “would talk to a tree” everyman charm.
Getting beat by Rocco for Tiger could have been a monumental setback…think about it, the guy looks like your butcher, not a golfer…and that’s why those of us closing in on a half-century love it, and him so much…I’m a big fan of Tiger but damn I wish Roc would have won.
Now Tiger’s out for the year…he literally won the Open on a broken leg. I say we give him a cart for the British Open, The PGA, and the Ryder Cup.
A serious question for you: Are we living in not the best era af golf but the worst? I know I’m approaching adulthood but when Jack wasn’t playing didn’t we have Trevino, Weiskoph, Watson, Miller, Kite, Crenshaw, Floyd, Irwin, etc.?
We’re worried that without him golf is over for the year. is it that sad?
