Craig Wood, talentovan\u00fd golfista zn\u00e1m\u00fd jako “Blond\u00fdnov\u00fd bombard\u00e9r”, se zd\u00e1l b\u00fdt pron\u00e1sledov\u00e1n sm\u016flou. V roce 1933 prohr\u00e1l British Open v play off pot\u00e9, co jeho odpal skon\u010dil ve Swilcan Burn. O rok pozd\u011bji skon\u010dil druh\u00fd na PGA Championship, op\u011bt prohr\u00e1l v play off. V roce 1935 p\u0159ijel na druh\u00fd Augusta National Invitational Tournament jako favorit, ale osud mu p\u0159ipravil krutou zkou\u0161ku.<\/p>\n\n
Gene Sarazen, mazan\u00fd veter\u00e1n se \u0161esti v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00edmi na major turnaj\u00edch, byl pova\u017eov\u00e1n za v\u00e1\u017en\u00e9ho uchaze\u010de o titul Masters 1935. Byl zn\u00e1m\u00fd sv\u00fdm charakteristick\u00fdm oble\u010den\u00edm “plus-fours” a svou pov\u011br\u010divou povahou. V p\u0159edve\u010der turnaje dostal od p\u0159\u00edtele \u0161\u0165astn\u00fd prsten, o kter\u00e9m v\u011b\u0159il, \u017ee mu p\u0159inese \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
V posledn\u00edm kole turnaje m\u011bl Wood t\u0159\u00edbodov\u00fd n\u00e1skok p\u0159ed Sarazenem, kdy\u017e zb\u00fdvaly u\u017e jen \u010dty\u0159i jamky. Kdy\u017e se Sarazen bl\u00ed\u017eil k odpali\u0161ti 15. jamky, v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee pot\u0159ebuje z\u00e1zrak, aby Wooda dohnal. Zeptal se sv\u00e9ho nosi\u010de, co mus\u00ed ud\u011blat, aby vyhr\u00e1l, a odpov\u011b\u010f byla odstra\u0161uj\u00edc\u00ed: “\u010cty\u0159i trojky”.<\/p>\n\n
Neodrazen\u00fd Sarazen vyt\u00e1hl sv\u016fj \u0161\u0165astn\u00fd prsten a pro \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed si s n\u00edm pot\u0159el hlavu sv\u00e9ho nosi\u010de. Pot\u00e9 vyst\u0159elil siln\u00fd \u00fader svou \u010dty\u0159kou, m\u00ed\u0159il na vlajku na 485 yard\u016f dlouh\u00e9 jamce. M\u00ed\u010dek p\u0159ist\u00e1l na za\u010d\u00e1tku greenu a za\u010dal se kut\u00e1let, pomalu, ale jist\u011b, sm\u011brem k jamce. K \u00fa\u017easu davu zmizel v jamce na double eagle dv\u011b.<\/p>\n\n
Sarazen\u016fv z\u00e1zra\u010dn\u00fd \u00fader ho s Woodem vyrovnal v \u010dele, co\u017e vynutilo v pond\u011bl\u00ed 36jamkov\u00e9 play off. P\u0159es state\u010dn\u00e9 \u00fasil\u00ed Wooda, vyrovnan\u00e1 hra Sarazena a dal\u0161\u00ed dva birdie na posledn\u00edch t\u0159ech jamk\u00e1ch mu daly p\u011btibodov\u00e9 v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Wood nikdy nevyj\u00e1d\u0159il ho\u0159kost nad svou por\u00e1\u017ekou a uznal, \u017ee Sarazen\u016fv \u00fader byl prost\u011b p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00fd. N\u00e1lepka “proklet\u00fd” ho v\u0161ak pron\u00e1sledovala d\u00e1l, proto\u017ee se nakonec stal prvn\u00edm golfistou, kter\u00fd prohr\u00e1l v\u0161echna \u010dty\u0159i hlavn\u00ed mistrovstv\u00ed v prodlou\u017een\u00ed. Ironi\u00ed osudu proklet\u00ed prolomil v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00edm na turnaji Masters 1941 a US Open ve stejn\u00e9m roce, \u010d\u00edm\u017e dok\u00e1zal, \u017ee i ti nejproklet\u011bj\u0161\u00ed golfist\u00e9 mohou p\u0159ekonat protivenstv\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Sarazen\u016fv double eagle z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 jedn\u00edm z nejikoni\u010dt\u011bj\u0161\u00edch moment\u016f v historii golfu, nav\u017edy vryto do an\u00e1l\u016f turnaje Masters. V roce 1955 postavil Augusta National Golf Club most Sarazen na okraji jez\u00edrka p\u0159ed 15. jamkou, aby vzdal hold ryt\u00ed\u0159i a jeho legend\u00e1rn\u00edmu \u00faderu.<\/p>\n\n
Sarazen\u016fv \u0161\u0165astn\u00fd prsten a jeho neochv\u011bjn\u00e1 v\u00edra ve sv\u00e9 schopnosti zd\u016fraz\u0148uj\u00ed roli pov\u011br a du\u0161evn\u00ed s\u00edly v golfu. Tato hra \u010dasto zkou\u0161\u00ed odolnost hr\u00e1\u010de a jeho schopnost p\u0159ekon\u00e1vat protivenstv\u00ed. A\u0165 u\u017e jde o talisman pro \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed nebo o vizualiza\u010dn\u00ed techniku, mnoho golfist\u016f nach\u00e1z\u00ed v t\u011bchto ritu\u00e1lech \u00fat\u011bchu a sebev\u011bdom\u00ed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“R\u00e1na sly\u0161en\u00e1 kolem sv\u011bta” z\u00e1zra\u010dn\u00e9ho Gene Sarazena na turnaji Masters 1935 Proklet\u00ed Craiga Wooda Craig Wood, talentovan\u00fd golfista zn\u00e1m\u00fd jako “Blond\u00fdnov\u00fd bombard\u00e9r”, se zd\u00e1l b\u00fdt pron\u00e1sledov\u00e1n sm\u016flou. V roce 1933…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23391,23392,23390,3865,15809,23389,21667],"class_list":["post-17835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-craig-wood","tag-mental-fortitude","tag-gene-sarazen","tag-golf","tag-sports-history","tag-masters-tournament","tag-superstition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17836,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17835\/revisions\/17836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}