We have been studying more conscientiously about team
work and what belongs to athletes or to the environment with the purpose of
explaining what a team is to families and triathletes. We have posted regarding this matter, using
other sports like soccer, formula one, but golf gives an example of what a team
can hide from us. Tiger Woods has fallen
dramatically after the incident riding the car near his home and the divorce
from his former wife. Since then, Tiger
continues looking for a “escape goat.”
He has had multiple surgeries; he has changed his swing multiple times;
he fired his caddy, etc. As a doctor, I
have seen this phenomenon daily: “The
game of the escape goat.” This game does
not finish well, we are unable to see our emotional pain and we end up with a
surgical procedure done to us: broken physically and mentally. Tiger´s swing has little to do with his poor performance.
Few people supported and made Tiger a tiger,
but Tiger disappeared when they disappeared.
Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was a US Army infantry officer who served two tours of duty inVietnam, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a college-level baseball player and
writer, whose son is professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early
age, and coached him exclusively for his first years in the sport.
Elin Nordegren took over after the death of tiger´s father
and Woods basically disappeared as a golfer after breaking up. Tiger is incapable to survive by himself. Is it Tiger´s age? We know that everything
comes to an end but there were old people playing well. One that is a minority who survived many
obstacles is Lee Treviño:
In the 1989
Masters, at the age of 49, Trevino shot an opening five-under-par round of 67
to become the oldest man ever to lead the field after a round in the
tournament. It came despite Trevino's words 20 years earlier, when he said
after the 1969 Masters: "Don't talk to me about the Masters. I'm never
going to play there again. They can invite me all they want, but I'm not going
back. It's just not my type of course."[8] Trevino said that he felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere at the
Augusta National club and that he disliked the course because his style of
play, where he liked to fade shots left to right, was not suited to the course.[9]
Jack Nicklaus is another one:
In 1986,
Nicklaus capped his major championship career by recording his sixth Masters
victory under incredible circumstances, posting a six-under par 30 on the back
nine atAugusta for a
final round of seven-under-par 65. At the 17th hole, Nicklaus hit his second
shot to within 18 feet (5.5 m) and rolled it in for birdie, raising his
putter in celebration and completing an eagle-birdie-birdie run. Nicklaus made
a solid par-4 at the 72nd hole, and waited for the succeeding players, several
of whom (Tom Kite, Greg Norman) were still in contention, to fall short.
Nicklaus played the final ten holes seven under par, with six birdies and an
eagle. At age 46, Nicklaus became the oldest Masters winner in history, a
record which still stands. On the feat, sports columnist Thomas Boswell remarked,
A few people are able to recognize the reason for declining.
Dave Wottle was able to see that, he started to decline after losing his team:
I knew myself well enough
that I didn’t think I could have kept the competitive fires burning until the
Montreal Olympics in 1976. My strength was really taken from my teammates and
coach at Bowling Green. I lost that when I graduated and had to train on my own
and just wasn’t the same runner.
Dave is one
of the greatest runners who disappeared too early. Beautiful technique when running. I leave you with him:
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