Tiger Woods and Luck

Tiger is probably the greatest golfer to ever play the game. Luck, however, certainly plays a prominent role in golf. Greg Norman had the worst luck imaginable. Tiger, for all his greatness, has had some incrediblly good luck. Yesterday, he doesn't win without it.

I was even more taken with the luck he had on Thursday and Friday. When he got angry, he made some foolish decisions and hit some shots that could have resulted in double or triple bogey. Somehow, the ball hit a tree and bounded back in play or found a good lie with a path through the trees. He was extremely lucky not to be 8 over par before the weekend and out of the tournament.