For those of you who missed it, Justin Rose overcame a 4-stroke deficit to win the Memorial, his first victory in seven years on the PGA tour. If you missed that, then you also missed a doozy of a sendoff by golf commentator extraordinaire, Jim Nantz.
Nantz thought it fitting to wrap up Rose’s win with a verse from the Bette Midler song, “The Rose.” Why you ask? I…have…no…freaking…clue.
This is the putt that wrapped it up. And what’s that Bette Midler song? How does that go? Think about his journey here.
When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long …Just remember in the winterfar beneath the bitter snowslies the seedthat with the sun’s lovein the springbecomes the rose
Slightly more melodramatic than need be, even with it being Rose’s first win in seven years. You can almost picture in your mind the single tear cascading down Jim Nantz’s supple cheek as he’s reciting th...
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