The Crouching Tiger That Never Pounced: Tiger Presses To No Avail

After Tiger Woods hit his approach into the first green today at Hazeltine National Golf Club, it was safe to say many would have given him the Wanamaker Trophy right then and there. Honestly, the vast majority would have given him the trophy after Thursday or Friday's round. However, Y.E. Yang and Tiger's own Scotty Cameron putter had other plans. Through the immense pressure of playing with Woods in red, Yang hung in there and tamed a beast, some would say. Others would say it was Tiger who tamed himself. On a day when most assumed Woods would begin a leisurely walk to victory, it was more of a crawl to the 72nd hole. Usually in a major, when that familiar stare is in the last group wearing red, it usually tells opponents they are playing for second; however, today it looked as if Tiger was wounded. As the day progressed, each putt continued to miss by inches, and each grimace put more confidence in Yang's mind. Each putt that missed put Woods in a very unfamiliar...