Opinion by William
Wilczewski
Dear
“Lefty:”
From
the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!
With
one (rule-breaking) stroke of your putter on Saturday, you’ve
brought the game of golf back to the common man.
Sure,
in many circles you’re being trashed more than a discarded Twinkie wrapper, but
— to me — your move on the 13th green that fateful day at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock
Hills in Southampton, N.Y., has given all us normal duffers piece of mind.
Like
many of us, your bogey putt sailed passed the cup like it was on rails.
Like
many of our balls, that damn Duracell Bunny kept going and going … and going!
Like
many of us, you picked up your pace to a fast jog (okay, maybe it was
more like a Usain Bolt sprint) and caught up to it like Rosanne Barr
catching up to a lost Twinkie. Then — while it was still moving, no less — you
tried to poke it back into the cup, which — sadly — didn’t work either.
All
said and done, which included a 2-stroke penalty, you ended the hole with a
snowman holding a couple beers (or a 10
for all you non-golfers).
Yes,
people have likened it to a John Daly-esque meltdown, but to all us Average
Joes, that’s not such a bad thing.
To
all us Average Joes, having something we’ve done on the links being compared to
a movie hybrid of Happy Gilmore and Slapshot is a good thing.
Welcome
to the club!
Secret handshake details to come …
Anyway,
at the end of the day, many say this may have been the worst hole of golf since
Happy and Bob Barker mixed it up on their fateful day.
To
us common men, though, it was just another frustrating hole during another
frustrating round on yet another frustrating Saturday for
yet another common man.
One
just like us.
Well,
accept for the $27,952.00 you made for a four-day, tied-for-48th-place,
+16-effort.
Ok, looking at it that
way, maybe you’re not exactly a common man, but at least Daly has another
member in his club.
You’re
going to have to get with him about the secret handshake for that one …
(Wilczewski can be reached at wilczewskiwilliam@hotmail.com.)
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