I may never watch another Golf Tournament as long as I live. My heart was broken Sunday when Tom Watson’s four day coronation came crashing down when his second shot on 18 bounced off the green and down a short hill. His remaining swings turned Tom Terrific into Old Man Watson. Those shots may also have prompted a suicide or two for those who had put money down on the 1000 to 1 bet that Tom would win “The Open.” OUCH!!!

However, Tom still could have won if Cink would have just missed his long put on 18 or, for that matter, would have just let the old man win in the playoff for the good of the game. But no, Cink had to have his first major and ruin it for the rest of the golfing world. What an act of selfishness! Well, Stewart, I hope you choke on that old cup. You ruined my number one sports moment of all time.

Like most of you, I had gotten to the point that if Tiger wasn’t playing, I wasn’t watching but on Friday, as Tiger was falling apart, Tom Terrific was making a huge comeback and all of a sudden my childhood memories of Nicklaus, Watson, Weiskopf, Player and Palmer all came rushing back. I was hooked and followed Tom throughout the third and fourth rounds glued to my television. I was living and dying with each shot and rooting for Westwood and the rest of the competition to melt away. I was also bothered by the network’s decision to report on also rans like Cink who had no chance. In fact, not realizing what was going to happen, I made the mistake of cheering for Cink when he made his putt on 18. It’s a mistake I’ll have to live with forever because I know deep down if I would have targeted his television image with one of my infamous Eight Ball Curses he would have missed and history would be different.

I died a little bit on Sunday. I may never watch another Golf Tournament again, unless of course Tiger is in it and winning. My only hope now lays in the hands of a 40-year-old named Favre to lead the Vikings to their first Super Bowl win. Please Brett, don’t throw an interception with 30 seconds left in the game allowing the Patriots to beat you in overtime. PLEASE!!!!!