[Spiny_Norman]

A small coda on Stanford and Florida coming down to the wire for the Director's Cup.

With the US Open this week, the LA Times offered a sports feature today on three players who had lost major championship playoffs to Tiger Woods, including Chris DiMarco.  Woods beat DiMarco to win the Masters in 2005.

DiMarco would love to rehash the details but so far has taken only a few practice-range digs at Tiger.

"Lucky-expletive chip," he playfully sometimes chirps at Woods.

And Woods just smiles.

DiMarco said Woods has a good sense of humor that often is smothered in his protective cocoon.

DiMarco, who attended Florida, once marked a golf ball "Go Gators" and rolled it to Woods on the practice range. Woods took out a Sharpie, replaced "Go" with an expletive and rolled it back.

The ball is in the souvenir case because DiMarco says, "I think it's the only ball he's ever signed!"

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0611...ull.column

[Spiny_Norman]

A small coda on Stanford and Florida coming down to the wire for the Director's Cup.

With the US Open this week, the LA Times offered a sports feature today on three players who had lost major championship playoffs to Tiger Woods, including Chris DiMarco.  Woods beat DiMarco to win the Masters in 2005.

DiMarco would love to rehash the details but so far has taken only a few practice-range digs at Tiger.

"Lucky-expletive chip," he playfully sometimes chirps at Woods.

And Woods just smiles.

DiMarco said Woods has a good sense of humor that often is smothered in his protective cocoon.

DiMarco, who attended Florida, once marked a golf ball "Go Gators" and rolled it to Woods on the practice range. Woods took out a Sharpie, replaced "Go" with an expletive and rolled it back.

The ball is in the souvenir case because DiMarco says, "I think it's the only ball he's ever signed!"

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0611...ull.column