What in the world might cause you to cancel a round of golf with the arguably greatest golfer ever? Well if you were Peyton Manning, and the scheduling conflict was with the State of Mississippi honoring your entire family with an official Manning Day, you can imagine the problem. Which would you choose?
I have to say that Manning took the option that I would have. He went to play with Tiger Woods, Mississippi be damned.
Yep. While his brother Eli Manning of the New York Giants and dad, former New Orleans Saint, Archie Manning were signing autographs for the entire Mississippi State Legislature Peyton was busy watching birdies.
“I got a text message this morning that said, ‘(Woods) just birdied the first hole,"' [Archie] Manning told senators. "About 15 minutes later I got another one that said, ‘He just birdied the second hole.' I texted back that he was just lucky.”
Now to give Peyton his due, it is reported that he is no slouch when it comes to golf. With a handicap of just over 3, he is more than capable of beating the average duffer any day. I’m sure that on most any course he can hold a respectable score against many of the professional golfers in the world. But he was playing Woods.
There is no official news of what the score ended up being out in Florida where Manning and Woods were playing. Then again, considering the text messages, does anyone doubt that it was a crushing defeat for Manning?
Still I have to wonder how the rest of Mississippi took the news. Brushing off a huge honor from an entire State had to have lost him a fan or two. Even considering that playing Woods is an honor of its own, at least for golfers.
Of course there were no reports on where Cooper Manning was at the time either. Maybe he was caddy for his little brother?
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