When Daly had a one shot lead with two to play, I just had a feeling there would be a playoff. Whenever Daly talks about Tiger, he puts him on such a pedestal. He really respects and admires Tiger, and in this case, I think it worked against him. In the playoff, he was half-defeated before the playoff even began, not only because he was facing Tiger head to head, but because he felt as though he blew the tournament with the 3-putt on 17.

The players that fare well against Tiger are the ones that don't gush over him in interviews... Singh and Bjorn come to mind.

Players like Els, Love, Mickelson and Daly who praise him so highly, seem resigned to the fact that they are playing for second.