There were three people tied for second heading into the final round of the British Open this year. Chris DiMarco made a charge but came up short. Ernie Els was only 1 under on his last round. And as for Sergio - everyone and their brother are all on him, trashing him, like he was the only other player in the tournament. Ernie had the same opportunity that Sergio did but did Ernie rise to the occasion and challenge Tiger? No. He sucked too.
And let me point out again in more concrete language: In order for Sergio, Ernie or Chris to have beaten Tiger, they would have had to shoot a 65 to win, 66 to tie and force a playoff. Everyone can bash these three guys all they want, but 65 is the course record - how realistic is it really to see these guys shoot a 65 twice in one tournament?
Get off the Bashing Train and move on. The stats don't support you.
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The Sunday criticism of Sergio isn't what bothered me so much because it's what we've all come to expect from him. The heavy criticism of Sergio's Saturday putting as opposed to the light criticism Tiger got. Sergio may not have lit up his back nine on Saturday, but he never 3-putted either.
That's true. I heard Tiger had 34 putts on Saturday.
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