With a few holes left to play yet, something has become perfectly clear: Tiger Woods was a huge disappointment. Unable to make anything resembling a charge, Trevor Immelman has put things on cruise control and will win the 2008 Masters, possibly by as much as half-a-dozen shots.
All praise must go to Immelman. While the media kept pursuing the angle that this Masters was anyone’s to win, that analysis was as wrong as could be. The South African has ran the table and watched as Brandt Snedeker and Steve Flesch faltered badly.
It would be folly to think that Woods will never make a glorious final round comeback, but at Augusta National in 2008, he has been a complete non-factor. Woods has a lot of majors left to play, so who knows what will happen in the future, but playing from behind is just not his forte.
And with Immelman cruising to victory, it means there’s one more confident challenger that will be standing in Tiger’s way toward Jack Nicklaus’ all-time record for majors.
In the end, the 2008 Masters (unless all hell breaks loose) will be known as the tournament that Trevor Immelman broke through. Tiger Woods, though he had his chances, will be little more than a side note following an anticlimactic final round.
–WKW
WorldGolf.com's William K. Wolfrum blogs about everything in the world of golf and travel, including Michelle Wie, Tiger Woods and other PGA and LPGA headlines. Plus, he offers the humorous and obscure in news and pop culture, including the infamous Golfer Supremacy Rankings.
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