Tiger Woods PGA tour streak was finally ended today February 23, 2007 with a loss in the Accenture Match Play Championship. The man who finally dethroned the champ was the number four seed in the Match Play Championship Australian native Nick O’Hern. The two men were tied after regulation after a miraculous come back by Woods to push the match to extra holes. Tiger eventually had a four foot putt to win the match.
O’Hern said "I wasn't watching, to be honest with you," O'Hern said. "I was just waiting for the sound of ball going into hole," but luckily for O’Hern he never heard that putt drop thanks to a ball mark that was not fixed by a player earlier in the day.
Tiger was so focused on that putt that not once did he notice that ball mark that was sitting directly in line with the putt that could have kept the second longest PGA tour win streak in PGA tour history alive and still going.
Tiger said, "I was so enthralled with the line, I didn't see the ball mark," Woods said. "I knew if I hit it left-center, the match would be over. It's my fault for not paying attention to detail." And that detail was a costly one.
Even though that ball mark should have been fixed earlier in the day, it was the attention to detail which was not there for Tiger Woods on this crucial putt. The man who could be considered the greatest golfer ever let the smallest thing end his masterful streak.
In my opinion Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer ever, and could be one of the greatest athletes ever, even though he does not play a physical sport. You have to give the man his props the second longest PGA tour win streak ever and a small divot in the green was the cause of his demise. The greatest ever have to notice those small things; that’s what makes them great but you can’t win them all.
You have to give credit to the Australian O’Hern who played very well in beating the great Tiger Woods. He was never given a chance against Woods, but he sure proved his critics wrong. O’Hern eventually sank a twelve foot par putt to end Wood’s streak and move on to the next day of competition.
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