It’s not so much choking, but in golf, there is always a good chance that one player out of the bunch will have a hot day, and on this day it was Yang. If not for his incredible day, we’d still be talking about a comfortable win for Tiger.
Perhaps, but when the “best golfer in the world” is up after three rounds and then shoots a +3 on the final day that’s a choke in my book.
At this level only the most seasoned champions are able to hold it together - of which Tiger is one. It’s not bad luck and it’s not that he’s losing anything off his talent - he just choked.
I was glad to see an underdog win and for the media to realize Tiger is human.