MONDAY CAT COUNTRY COMMENTARY

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IN THE END, A TIGER AND A COLT TEAMED UP TO BEAT THE GOAT.

ON SUNDAY’S DAY 73 OF THE PANDEMIC, SPORTS FANS EAGERLY TUNED INTO CNN HEADLINES NEWS TO WATCH A CHARITY GOLF GAME BETWEEN TWO TEAMS OF TWO – TIGER WOODS AND NFL GREAT PEYTON MANNING AGAINST PHIL MICKELSON AND THE GREATEST QUARTERBACK OF ALL-TIME, TOM BRADY.

THE MATCH WAS HELD AT TIGER’S HOME COURSE NEAR JUPITER, FLORIDA AND FOR THE GOLF NUTS LISTENING, THE FORMAT WAS 2-MAN BEST BALL ON THE FRONT NINE, AND MODIFIED BEST BALL, ALTERNATE SHOT ON THE BACK.

I USUALLY RESERVE SUNDAY AFTERNOONS FOR THE PGA AND A NAP, BUT ON THIS SUNDAY, I COULDN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF THIS TRAINWRECK OF AN EVENT. THE PRO GOLFERS WERE AS GOOD AS EXPECTED BUT AS YOU MIGHT ALSO EXPECT, TOM BRADY STOLE THE SHOW.

IN THE EARLY GOING, HE FIRED SHOT AFTER SHOT INTO WATER, SAND AND THE TREES, AND THE LIVE MIC CAUGHT ENOUGH SWEARING TO GET HIM SUSPENDED. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF “IF THE PRE-REQUISITE IS TO BE A TERRIBLE GOLFER, I COULD’VE SIGNED UP FOR THIS THING”. HONESTLY MY GUTS WRENCHED FOR TOM, AS MILLIONS WERE WATCHING AT HOME AND HE WAS GETTING RIPPED APART ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

HOWEVER THINGS TURNED WHEN COMMENTATOR CHARLES BARKLEY STARTED TEASING AND MAKING FUN OF BRADY ON THE BROADCAST, WHICH HE HEARD.

THE NEW BUCCANEERS QUARTERBACK SAW RED AND IMMEDIATELY JARRED AN 80-YARD APPROACH SHOT. HE RARELY MISSED THE FAIRWAY THE REST OF THE WAY AND IN THE END, HIS TEAM ONLY LOST BY A HOLE.

TODAY TOM’S GETTING KUDOS FAR AND WIDE FOR NOT EMBARRASSING HIMSELF AND MAKING IT A GAME.

HOWEVER KNOWING THE WAY BRADY THINKS, HE’LL BE FURIOUS WITH HIMSELF KNOWING IF HE HADN’T BLOWN SO MANY SHOTS IN THE EARLY GOING, HE AND MICKELSON WOULD’VE WON THE WHOLE DARN THING.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.