Phil Finally Gets Bragging Rights

In case you did not listen, The Match went off as deliberate... And it took 22 holes for Phil to finally get bragging rights over Tiger. And they played the closing three holes under lighting as it were given too darkish to play the regular course.

Believe it or no longer, After Tiger hit a terrible chip on the 21st hole, Phil conceded a 5-foot putt -- on a hole he could possibly have won -- due to the fact he stated he failed to want to win that way. And then he beat Tiger on the following hollow.

CBS quoted Phil after the suit changed into over:

"A day like today is not going to take something far from [Tiger's] greatness. He's the finest of all time. But to have just a little bit of smack speak for the approaching years approach loads to me due to the fact I genuinely do not have a whole lot on him. He usually drops the massive photo, and it's the trump card. But to have an afternoon like these days, I by no means thought we'd visit this extra hollow. My heart simply cannot take a great deal more of it."

Personally, my favorite quote came from Phil after Tiger chipped in from the back of 17 to tie the match:

"You've been doing that crap to me for 20 years, I'm now not sure why I'd be surprised now."

There will be some debate over how good the golf was, how there was some trouble with the pay-per-view coverage, and so on. From what I can see, the match was actually pretty tight and the two men didn't play badly at all.

But I think there are two matters we will take from this:

• $9mil is a lot of smack talk for Phil to cherish.
• And Tiger is eventually gonna want a rematch.