Tiger Sends Anthony Kim to His Room Without Supper
Anthony Kim went into the last round of the AT&T National tied at 10 under with Tiger Woods. If form held, Kim would wilt under the pressure of going head-to-head with Tiger, who of course never wilts himself or becomes even remotely soft and chewy.
Well, form held. Kim started spraying the ball all over the track, landing on the wrong fairway, terrifying wildlife and even striking a fan. It got so bad for young Anthony that, on a lot of swings, he couldn’t even hold onto the club (Dave Winfield can relate).
Tiger, meanwhile, kept eating up the course, despite the wacked-out pin placements five inches from the edge of water hazards. By day’s end, Tiger’s greatest challenge would actually come from Hunter Mahan, who went on a sick run, dropping a 62 on the Congressional, and posting a 12-under for Tiger to look at as he came down the back 9.
Tiger looked at it all right – and shot 13 under, the put-away shot coming in the form of a 20 foot birdie putt on 16.
Cue the “Tiger’s out of his slump” talk, and also the “Tiger is the favorite to win the British Open” chatter. And for Anthony Kim…maybe this experience will help him better deal with the pressure of facing Tiger next time. But I doubt it.
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July 6th, 2009 at 9:19 amwhy does everyone think AK was spanked?
he exhibited the exact same problems he’s been having all season, and more importantly, the two middle rounds, so why should we have expected something different? and even with his C game, he still was in contention up until 17…yet he got spanked?
it’s not “how” it’s “how many,” and it didn’t matter that he was spraying the ball everywhere because AK still was in it.
“And for Anthony Kim…maybe this experience will help him better deal with the pressure of facing Tiger next time. But I doubt it.”
you doubt it after ONE round?
come on.
im not even an AK fan but i feel like this post is a little innacurate.
July 6th, 2009 at 10:42 amI agree, Spencer. The Tiger love definitely goes way overboard at times and this is yet another example.
Apparently numerous golf fans in this country think EVERY player is intimidated by the mere presence of Tiger, but that simply isn’t true anymore. Look how Hunter Mahan completely tore up Wood’s course and nearly stole the win for himself.
And one more thing, the reason AK was dropping the club with his right hand sometimes as he followed through on his swing yesterday was because his swing was too fast/out of sync coming through the hitting area and he was pull-hooking the ball. He was obviously trying to prevent the hook by dropping his right hand.
July 6th, 2009 at 2:12 pm