Standing over a fifteen-foot birdie putt on the last hole of the 2008 US Open, Tiger Woods had to make it. If he made it he'd get into a playoff. If he missed, he was out. "I kept telling myself: Make a pure stroke," he said afterwards. "If it bounces in or out, so be it, at least I can hold my head up high and hit a pure stroke." He made the putt, of course, and he went on to win the US Open, but I've often thought …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:30PM on May 29, 2013