A Picture Can Speak a Thousand Words

The proverbial "they" say that a picture can speak a thousand words. I had heard the phrase before but never paid much attention to it until yesterday evening when I saw the picture of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson standing side-by-side on the 18th green at East Lake Golf Club. The two greatest golfers of this generation standing side-by-side on the 18th green while each holding a trophy—I wonder who the big winner was? Well, who do you think? This one single photo accurately captures the careers of these two golfing heavyweights. Mickelson posted a bogey free round of 65, won the Tour Championship going away, yet somehow Woods still left East Lake as the big winner. Woods was given the bigger trophy and a $10 million check, while Mickelson was left standing with an inferior looking trophy, $1.35 million he was given for winning the Tour Championship plus an additional $3 million he earned for finishing second in the final FedEx Cup point standings. Woods was sporti...