Tiger Woods - a Genius

San Diego — Are you kidding? Seriously? No, really, c’mon, this is becoming too surreal. For the third consecutive evening, Tiger Woods produced the unthinkable that left thousands around Torrey Pines South Course, and undoubtedly millions across the country in front of their televisions, with jaws agape.

He recently won the US Open Championship at San Diego last month. One who would have seen the game would have realized why he is considered the best sportsperson in his field. We mark almost everyone as Extraordinary. There must be something which separates mortals from immortals. For me I saw it last month in Tiger. I will share a youtube link but before that u should realize what made this moment truly spectacular.

Woods had a knee surgery 2 months before the tournament and he was in complete rest. He was not even 60% fit for the tournament but he decided to give it a try. He didn’t have any pre tournament practice. His knee was still recovering. The first day started. The start was not that good but he came in front from behind. He had started to limp little bit at the end of the day. Finally he ended up one shot ahead. Second day started, he started trailing. He was 2 shots behind after the 12th hole but then the genius took over. He hit two brilliant. The limping was worse and he was almost crawling as the day ended. You can see some of the unbelievable shots that he made during the 2nd day here:-
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gu7swOWRcnw

Now came the final day. With one shot lead he started. The big question was can he fight off the pain? The start was terrible and he became second. The rule of the tournament was the leader at the end of the 3rd day will be the winner except incase of a tie in which case game will go to the 4th day between the ppl tied and the winner to be decided on 4th day to break the tie. As I was saying, he started trailing by the mid of the 3rd day and the loss looked eminent. The final hole came, the ball had to travel some 13-15 feet to make the put at the 18th hole. Anyone will tell you that long distance on the bumpy green is next to impossible except in case of some miracle. It had to be done in one shot so that he could tie the score with the leader. Think of the tension….things that must be going though his mind. He had been crawling since last 2 days and now the pain had just become worst. After each shot you can see a painful grimace on his face because of the toll that his knee was taking but then these people write their own destiny. See what happened here:-
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cx2BS1u4fiw

Delivering at the crunch situation, what more could you ask. To make a perfect shot in that situation. Was it a miracle or a man coming over all odds, showing why he is the greatest. He relishes dramatic pressure. These are what genius are made of, they don’t need to prove to anyone else, they have to prove to just themselves, their determination is what I think separate them from others. Finally he won the cup on the 4th day but then for me he had made the history on the 3rd day itself and showed us what stuff legends are really made of.

Abhishek

Recap

Hello everyone,
finally after so long am back. Many things happened during the last year. Gave some of the mba competitive exams:-
Cat – 98.5% ( Eng – only 73% screwed me in IIMs)
XAT – 97.8%
JMET – Rank 1242
Snap – 85 Marks

Got calls from many colleges for gd and interview. Most of 8th sem went in giving interviews only. Final sem project in SUN Microsystem got completed largely due to my partner Anand. Big thanks to him for allowing me to concentrate completely on my gd preparations. Well interviews were fun, going to so many colleges in so many cities namely Mumbai, Pune, Roorkee, New Delhi, Manipal. It was damn hectic taking permission from HOD and different teachers. They also deserve a mention here for allowing me to go everywhere with attendance. At the end I was not absent for more than 1 day in any of my final sem subjects ;) where I think I bunked more than 25 days.

I finally converted IIT Roorkee, LBSIM New Delhi and TAPMI Manipal. Was waitlisted at XLRI Jamshedpur where at the end my waitlist remained at 3. So if 3 more persons would have cancelled their admissions there, I could have got through but that was not to be :( . Anyway I finally am taking admission in IIT Roorkee. So two more years of studies remain for me.

College life came to an end and the farewell was a great fun. We thoroughly enjoyed and the memories of last 4 years will always remain with me. We had some great time. First year we used to bunk a lot and just chit chat. Who can forget badminton, entering classes in between fully soaked in sweat!!! 2nd year was a low key affair with trying to adjust in dept (HOD to be more precise). I became Microsoft Student Champ. Doing projects there, giving seminars for them, conducting Hands-on-Lab… it was an all new experience. 3rd year was awesome – winning in fests with Anand. Taking so many leaves/tackling hod in giving us permission with attendance for attending fests. Going to Hyderabad for attending Microsoft all India Champs meet. It was just great. During 4th year mba preparation was in full swing and it took all the time. Just few fests here and there…..

Now am back in home. Let’s see when do I get opportunity to go back to Bangalore, maybe internship or final placement, only time will tell. Have 12 days remaining before classes at iit starts, so will be posting 3-4 more posts in coming week to kill time. Thinking of posting about some of my interview experiences next. So keep watching this space.

Adios,
Abhishek