Monday, April 11, 2011

BloggeRhythms 4/11/2011

Though I was completely surprised that Charl Schwartzel of South Africa won the Masters, as were most others unfamiliar with him, the contest coming down to the wire is what this event is usually about. On the other hand, as I wrote here yesterday, Rory McIlroy's collapse was certainly not unexpected by me.

Yet, one of the the things that stood out about McIlroy's self-destruction was the way it was treated by many commentators and reporters. Because there was a common theme among them about how tragic, heart-breaking, and sorrowful his game's disintegration was to them. And that sounds to me like another example of how touchy-feely compassion is pushed in sports today from Little League's and junior sports of all types and then all the way up from there. Winning has somehow become taboo, because it hurts and embarrasses losers.

In the meantime though, professional golf is as pure as real competition gets, because there's only one winner, playing alone, and everyone else fails. And that's how its supposed to be. Though there may be all kinds of reasons as to why any, or all, others didn't win, the fact of the matter is...they're all losers, and that's what the game's all about.

What I also though to be interesting is that one of the first sought out for comment about McIlroy's self-destruction was Greg Norman, who at Augusta and the Master's among many other important golf events, was the biggest choker under pressure that there ever was. So, I guess if you want to highlight losers, you might as well seek out the champ.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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