All right, file that under opportunities lost. But there is a new PGA Tour season right around the corner and that means plenty more opportunities for others on tour to rise to the oratorical eloquence of Mr. Williams.
Here's what you do, Phil, next time you are paired with Woods. After you crush your opening drive about 343 right down the middle, pluck the tee out of the ground, spike it at the feet of Williams and shout, "Choke on that, Sparky," and dance in a circle around him shaking your man boobs inches from his startled face.
Of course, the downside of doing this is Woods will likely shoot 58, triggering the greatest single year in the history of professional golf. He has a way of rising to a challenge like that. And calling out Williams will certainly be regarded as a challenge.
Sadly then, it appears unlikely trash-talking will catch on in golf. Perhaps no one else will ever exhibit the intellectual bravado and verbal skills of Williams.
Alas, we will have to live a life knowing this great game only has one man with the dignity and honor of the bagman from next-door-to-down-under.
Then again, maybe golf simply does not deserve more than one Steve Williams. In fact, I am certain golf doesn't deserve more than one Steve Williams. I'm pretty sure Jonathan Swift would have agreed.
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