How 30 Mad Minutes CHANGED MY LIFE
For me, of course, it was literally a life-changing event, one I still regularly get asked about today, 14 years on from the day I won the US Open.
And the question that comes up most often is, “what’s the first thing that comes into your head when you are asked about what went on at Winged Foot back in 2006?”
The answer is simple: the whole thing.
It’s odd really. When you have memories of something as I have of that day, am I actually remembering it as it happened? Or am I remembering it just because I’ve told the story so many times? Have I distorted the details over the years? And the answer to that is, “I’m not sure,” although I do know that I am getting better at telling the story.
Having said that, the 30 minutes or so between teeing off the 18th tee in the last round and sitting in the locker room realising I had won remain vivid in my mind. So, I guess that’s the period I think of first, not anything from earlier in the week.
