I'd rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, it's probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased. - Jack Nicklaus I have a confession to make -- I once hated watching golf on television. I thought golf was boring. It usually put me to sleep. Then I happened to watch as Jack Nicklaus come from six strokes back over the last nine holes to win the 1986 Masters with the greatest comeback in golf history -- perhaps the greatest comeback in sports history, period. Maybe I never liked golf because I never knew how to play the game. Because I play left-handed, no one seemed to be able to figure out where my swing would go wrong. But it would... I used to admit that I owned golf clubs, but avoided using them because I couldn't hit even a half decent shot to save my life. The game frustrated and infuriated me. If by some miracle I did hit a straight tee shot right at the flag with an iron on a par three, I'd somehow manage to blow the sure par by three-putting from less than two feet. I truly sucked at golf. In epic fashion. So I stuck with playing tennis, until my left arm became so injured I could no longer play. When I did try to play golf, my driver never left the bag -- I didn't trust anything except my seven wood on longer holes, even the par 5s. One time I was playing so poorly that my friends deliberately aimed me 45 degrees from the flagstick in the tee box. They said that my slice was so bad, that angle ought to put my ball in the middle of the … [Read more...]