The Masters 2011

Example 1: Rory McIlroy was in the lead throughout the first three days of the masters shooting a 65 on day one, a 69 on day two, and a 70 on day three. He entered the fourth day of the tournament with a 4 shot lead on second place and was almost guaranteed a win if he had another good round. During warm up the commentators noticed that Rory looked a little more tense than he did before, this is probably because he is so young and had alot of pressure on him to win the green jacket. They even said that his swing looked a little different and he didnt seem comfortable. Slowly throughout the round his scorecard showed this, Rory started the round off with a bogey and it only got worse for the young golfer as the round continued. Rory had a few pars and one birdie, but he had many bogies, double bogies, and even a triple bogey. This led to Rory shooting an 80 for the day costing him the whole tournament.

                Example 2: Charl Schwartzel a man most people havent heard of won the masters. Charl was playing decent golf the first three days, not to spectacular but well enough to stay in the top half of the pack. On the first day he shot a 69, a 71 on the second day, and a 68 on the third day. Thats worse than Rory, but what changed the ending result was the final day, Charl shot a 66, he had five birdies, one bogey, and one eagle. The rest were pars, this was one of the best rounds of golf I have witnessed. Watching Charl play was very entertaining, he looked super relaxed and had the same swing every single time he hit the ball. He was constantly smiling and seemed to have a positive attitude for the whole tournament. I believe that he was in such a good mood because he really didn't have anything to lose. He was an underdog in the tournament and no one expected him to win, so when he did everyone was shocked. I think because he was an underdog he didn't need to put any pressure on himself because he has never won a major before so he was just out there having fun and doing the best he could.