Comeback of the Weekend?
By John Scognamiglio
There has been one question I have been pondering this weekend and now I feel pretty safe to ask it: Who will have the best comeback of this weekend?
In one corner, we have Tiger Woods, coming off a disastrous run in the US Open. As I am currently typing, he is three under on the day, 16-under for the British Open, leading by two strokes over Chris Dimarco.
In the other corner, we have Floyd Landis. Now, most of you might be saying, "Who?" We're talking about the Tour de France, which for the last seven years was the Tour de Lance. After a disastrous crash that seemingly put him out of contention, he has come back to reclaim the yellow jersey in Saturday's time trial, setting up what would be one of the greatest come from behind from being ahead finishes ever, which as I was typing just concluded and yes, Landis won.
Each of these two individuals have had some obstacles to overcome in having such a stellar weekend. Woods is playing in his second major tournament following the death of his father, Earl Woods.
Landis is following the Tour de France storybook line that started with Lance Armstrong. No, Landis did not suffer from testicular cancer that spread to other parts of his body, but Landis does have an artificial hip and was barely able to walk following the crash.
So the question remains, who will have the biggest comeback of the weekend: Woods or Landis?
There has been one question I have been pondering this weekend and now I feel pretty safe to ask it: Who will have the best comeback of this weekend?
In one corner, we have Tiger Woods, coming off a disastrous run in the US Open. As I am currently typing, he is three under on the day, 16-under for the British Open, leading by two strokes over Chris Dimarco.
In the other corner, we have Floyd Landis. Now, most of you might be saying, "Who?" We're talking about the Tour de France, which for the last seven years was the Tour de Lance. After a disastrous crash that seemingly put him out of contention, he has come back to reclaim the yellow jersey in Saturday's time trial, setting up what would be one of the greatest come from behind from being ahead finishes ever, which as I was typing just concluded and yes, Landis won.
Each of these two individuals have had some obstacles to overcome in having such a stellar weekend. Woods is playing in his second major tournament following the death of his father, Earl Woods.
Landis is following the Tour de France storybook line that started with Lance Armstrong. No, Landis did not suffer from testicular cancer that spread to other parts of his body, but Landis does have an artificial hip and was barely able to walk following the crash.
So the question remains, who will have the biggest comeback of the weekend: Woods or Landis?
posted by Anonymous at Sunday, July 23, 2006
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