I think I wanted Tom to win more than anything I've ever wanted in sports.... I'm not ashamed to say this, I still tear up watching replays of Jack in 86, and he was ONLY 46.... 98% of my daylight school vaca hours were spent on a golf course from age 14 on... before I could drive my mom used to drop me off in the morning and I would walk 36 to 72 holes a day on a hilly course carrying a heavy leather cart bag before she picked me up when it was getting dark... The 72nd hole for Tom today was sooooo...... golf! Perfect swing on his approach and the hard, dry surface typical of links courses with a stretch of sun and wind bounces his ball over the back... no sun, a little less wind, a sprinkle of rain or a shot landing a few feet shorter and we would have seen one of the greatest sports stories of our time.... no s***....
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