‘Great’ is a word that gets tossed around too easily these days. True greatness is something rarely seen, and it should be admired.
It is why I loved to watch Michael Jordan, who was just inducted into the Hall of Fame, play basketball. It is why I watch Tiger Woods.
I was watching Woods come from 5 strokes behind to win the Bay Hill Invitational a couple of weeks ago, and my wife asked how I could watch golf on TV. I wasn’t watching golf. Why would I do that? I was watching Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer ever, add another chapter to his legend.
The Masters, the granddaddy of all the major golf tournaments is this week. And Tiger spent part of Tuesday letting the world know he plans to win not only the Masters, but all of the majors.
“Well, I know I can do it,” he said. “I’ve done it. It’s hard for me to sit here and tell you that it can’t be done because I’ve done it before.”
I am certainly not going to doubt the man. I won’t watch every second of the tournament Thursday thru Sunday, but you can bet I will be paying attention.
Whether you love golf or not, if you appreciate greatness you should be, too.
