"THE HARDER YOU PRACTICE, THE LUCKIER YOU GET".

This quote has been attributed to Gary Player but Player says it was Jerry Barber who said it. But no matter who originally said it, it has never been truer than Tiger's shot on #16 at the Memorial!!

Yes, I've heard that quote before. You must make a great shot to be in position for luck to intervene for the finishing touches.

Tiger has made so many of these shots when it matters most, that he must be the luckiest guy in golf.

And he practices really hard also!

Luckily, he doesn't need to repeat it. Once is normally enough for a particular shot.

 

Levin had two from 20' off the green that day and 1 the day before and he could have used a putter just as he was suprised that his putt spiraled the ring to go in.  Tiger knows to shoot to the picture more than most as we have all witnessed......"better than most!"  Tiger and Phil have that feel. 

BTW.......did you see in the pic that Joey LaCava was pumping his fist too........gotta love it!

Rong, Tiger has often told of how Earl taught him to putt.  He was so young that saying 6 feet, 2 balls outside the hole didn't mean anything to him so Earl used to tell him to get a picture in his mind of where he wanted the ball to roll and then to "putt to the picture".   Tiger says he still uses this method today.