Two years ago, at the Masters Champions Dinner, Tiger Woods whispered to three-time winner Nick Faldo that he was “done.” The injuries, the surgeries and the poor life decisions that played out on an extremely public stage had all taken their toll. Woods was finished.
Adam Scott was one of five Major winners perched atop the Masters leaderboard heading into Saturday’s third round, but he was likely the only one considering a putter change.
What’s the scariest thing at Augusta National? If you ask a player, they’d probably say the first two legs of Amen Corner. If you ask a fan, they’d likely go with the long lines to get merchandise. In both cases, they’d be wrong.
If Dustin Johnson showed up for his pre-Masters press conference on Tuesday afternoon and announced he’d had enough of the golf grind and was retiring at age 34, he could walk off into the Augusta sunset knowing his next metaphorical stop would be the World Golf Hall of Fame.