[Vickie Lake]

Bagger, You always raise the bar! Quickly I just want to say that Tiger couldn't pick a worse or better time for a break. This will be a great time to have with his young family for sure but I wouldn't want to trade places with him on the rehabilitation front. This surgery will test even the most Herculean athlete, and I think we could have said Tigerlean. The physical pain will be substantial on it's own, but then redesigning all of the stroke movements will really test his mission. Then there is the uncertainty of the surgery, the outcome and then the effect on his short term and long term career. I heard someone, in the post office of all places, sarcastically state that "he" should be satisfied with his fame and fortune and just take his money and run. I could not keep my mouth shut and turned with my best southern belle smile and asked the gentleman if he played golf. He said, and I am not kidding this is a quote, "Well no little lady, I don't seem to have time for the game". So dripping polite venom I replied, "I am so sorry. That must be why you don't understand either the passion or the heart these players bring to the game so that even people who don't understand it can be entertained and have something to talk about". Thank goodness it wasn't my post office.

There is never a good time to have surgery on critical joints but there are necessary times and I believe that Tiger put it off just as long as he could. He may have pushed his envelope at the Open but most players find a way back to the game. I think I'll bet on Mr. Woods and a fascinating future.

More later. Keep it coming.