Like millions of other viewers, I spent the afternoon watching Zach Johnson charge to the title of the Masters Golf Tournament. He seems so young and inexperienced compared to the steely-eyed Tiger Woods, who finished two strokes behind Zach Johnson. Yet Tiger, 31, is only two months older than Zach. More than a decade in the limelight and hundreds of millions of dollars in winnings and endorsements have conferred on Tiger a degree of polish and maturity unusual in one so “young”. (Tiger has a lot in common with his boyhood idol Jack Nicklaus, however; he doesn’t mask disappointment very well.)
On this Easter Sunday, when Christians celebrate the gift of life itself, I found Zach Johnson’s emotional outpouring of humility and gratitude refreshing. He’s a worthy and appropriate champion.
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