Reactions From Augusta

After a long week of incredible golf and both heart-warming stories, and ridiculous stories of a fallen star who was warmly welcomed back between the cleverly coordinated confines of Augusta National and the Masters.

Tiger was welcomed back with open arms by the patrons at Augusta, but his rustiness was clearly evident on the golf course...and as for his new "calmer" demeanor, well...that didn't really last more than a few holes (pardon the pun).

 

Thankfully, the weekend culminated with an actual family man (as far as we know), winning his third green jacket and hugging his wife and children on the 18th green with tears flowing. Jim Nantz and the the rest of the brass at CBS were eating up every minute of it. Thankfully, CBS and NBC weren't covering this event together. As the drama unfolded I could imagine Jim Nantz and Bob Costas fighting for soliloquies and clever adjectives as Phil walked up the 18th fairway.

Phil made shot after amazing shot, never buckling under the pressure of the moment until he embraced his wife who is battling breast cancer. One can only hope that the glory of the story and the family image presented was genuine. It's certainly unfair to assume anything otherwise and the only reason anyone would assume is because of the dirtbag champion we have been reading and watching for five months.

This years Masters champion is a true champion. A champion who loves his wife, stands by her during hard times and genuinely loves his kids. When his wife and mother were diagnosed with breast cancer in the same week, Phil responded by actually taking five months off from golf and caring for his family. He wasn't texting random women, he was by his wife's side and by his mother's side.

Not only is Phil an incredible golfer, he is also by all accounts a great family man. Who doesn't love a story like that? Even Tiger's mistresses have to appreciate that outcome. How can they not want to be Amy Mickelson? Every woman wants and deserves a man who is willing to put his life on hold to care for those close to him.

An amazing tournament ended the way it was supposed to end - with a true champion dawning the green jacket. Phil's holier than though image may actually be a genuine representation of a man who loves his family more than his work and pours 100% of his energy into both and the results are the stuff of storybook dreams.