Just when this thing was getting exciting, the 18 hole playoff
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There are few things in life that are as universally deplorable as the 18 hole playoff. Everyone hates it: the players, the writers, the golf fans who now will either a) miss out on the playoff because they’re working; or b) furtively try to watch the playoff during work, which is fine unless those people are heart surgeons or the people who operate nuclear power plants.
About the only people I can think of who might welcome the 18 hole playoff are the guys at the Open who get paid by the hour and now might be in for overtime.And yet all that being said, I strangely find myself applauding the USGA for annually subjecting itself to such widespread criticism about its U.S. Open tiebreaker, and yet refusing to budge. It is almost as admirable as it is completely inane.
Meanwhile, who do I like in the playoff today? First off, what’s you’re definition of like?
I should like Tiger Woods’ chances because he’s Tiger Woods and last time I checked, Rocco Mediate is not.
I should like the idea of Woods gritting his way through pain to win what might be his most dramatic major title.
But I also very much like the story of an everyman staring down the best in the world and capturing his first major title.
So, I like both players. But I’d like them both even more if they finished this thing last night…
