We've heard the stat. 14-0 when holding the lead going into the final round of a major. Unbeatable. Unshakeable. Today, Tiger Woods was shakeable as he handed The PGA Championship to Korean sensation, YE Yang. In uncharacteristic fashion, Tiger misread puts, hit tee shots into bunkers, and played relatively conserative golf in route to what may have been the biggest major upset in golf history. Does this make Tiger less great? Of course not - he's still the best to ever pick up a club. But it certainly is his human moment. This is the last couple fights of Ali's career. This is Michael Jordan getting ousted from the 1995 playoffs. This is Ali's loss to Ken Norton. And now, its Tiger Woods losing a major despite going into the final round with a lead. So what happens now? We wait. We have to - as it was his last chance to win a major in 2009. His last chance to put another chink into that Jack Nicklaus armor. Nevertheless, what an excellent performance by YE Yang. I ain't really happy for the fucker. But he was paired with Tiger, trailed Tiger, and beat Tiger. How many people can say that? Kudos, YE.
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