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...virtually from wire to wire. Sure, you can say the same of Secretariat, but his big victory was accomplished in less than three minutes; Larsen's and Jordan's in just a few hours. That's one thing that is tougher about championship golf than other sports--you must maintain your concentration for four long days, with no support from teammates...
...drive on 18 he hit the grandslam of swear words Saturday morning during children's hours, but later in the day, when he triple-bogeyed, he just chuckled. He then erased that mistake with three birdies. And he did it all on a course well known by every golf fan--one that sets a standard for championship play. The fairways were narrow. The rough was deep. The wind blew. The greens were hard and fast. We know what the world's best golfers have shot at Pebble over the decades, and Tiger shot a score nobody is supposed to shoot...
...touch for the short shots around the green. He is an excellent clutch putter. He has practiced diligently since he was a child. But what I've found most impressive about Tiger is his mental game. He has studied the swings of other great players, how they think about golf. He can remember the exact yardage he faced on each approach shot days after a round. He is driven to be the best golfer who ever played, and if he has a worry, it's that if he marries and has children, that might distract him from his quest...
...Republican National Convention] Convention Cup golf tournament for large donors; Salute to the Senate dinner buffet...
...complicated day (half-day, really - the bell tolls at 1 for the holiday), the last day of the second quarter. Some fund managers are dressing up their portfolios with glamour stocks (which is why NASDAQ was on the rise), others are hurriedly dumping losers. The rest are out playing golf or beating the traffic to the Hamptons for the Fourth - it's not an easy scene to parse. But Dow investors without tee times, at least, were doing something quite logical as they pushed the index down Friday morning: They were worrying about earnings...