Titanic Triumph

Tiger Woods and selected words are unfamiliar. Disappointment… Frustration… Imperfection… Struggle…

On Sunday, Y.E. Yang garnered the PGA Championship. Yang’s total eight under par bested Woods (-5). Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy (-3) knotted for third. Lucas Glover (-2) finished fifth.

After opening Sunday with a pair of pars, Yang birdied hole three. He logged a par-bogey combination. He then scratched eight consecutive pars. Woods opened Sunday with three pars. He bogeyed hole four. He racked another three pars. He bogeyed hole eight. He scratched two pars. He then logged a birdie-bogey-par triad.

With five obstacles remaining, Yang and Woods were even. Yang chipped an incredible eagle. Woods birdied fourteen. Both pared fifteen and sixteen. Both bogeyed seventeen. Woods exited with another bogey. Yang won with a birdie.

Sports are hyperbolic. Greatness is exaggerated. Upsets are sensationalized. Victories are overvalued. Woods has won fourteen major championships. Yang has two victories. Greater upsets may have occurred. Grander conquests are implausible.