Mark O'Meara - "I'm Tired of Carrying Your Ass" SHORT TRACK

Intro Music 0:07

Straight down the middle. It went straight down the middle.

Mark O'Meara 0:13

Then it started to and then the world uh the World Cup down at Kuala Lumpur in uh Malaysia. That was paired with Tiger Woods as my partner. Back then it was a it was an aggregate two-score count for for four days. And after three rounds, Tiger had a fairly substantial lead individually, and we were leading the team event over the Spaniards. And we went out on Sunday, it was super hot, and I didn't play very well. I shot, I don't know, I hit him the water and a hole, made a double or another double or whatever. And next thing you know, the the Spaniards had caught us. And Tiger went in to use the men's locker room after nine holes, and he was still leading individually. And we went up to the 10th T and my caddy, a guy named Robert Larson at the time was counting for me, and Steve Williams was counting for Tiger. And I remember looking over on the T. We were waiting, and Steve says to Robert, you know, kind of under his breath, hey Robert, you gotta get Mark, you know, in the game, you gotta get him playing better. Talk to him. And I overheard him and I looked over at Steve Williams and I said, Steve, I said, Listen, I've got this totally under control. All right, just just hang in there, don't worry about a thing. I've got it, I got it handled. And he doesn't, he's looking at me like, what? Tiger walks on the T and I pull him aside. I said, Hey, T Dubs. He's like, What? And I said, Listen, it's time for you to step up your game. And Steve's like, what the hell? And I and Tiger, you know, of course, Tiger being young, he's like, Yeah, yeah, sure, I'll do it. Whatever. So what does he do? Hey, Bertie's 10, 11, 12, 13, pars 14, Bertie's 15. And I made all pars in one birdie. So next thing you know, now we're you know, four up as a team, and he's of course, you know, leading by 15 individually. Yeah and we go over to the 16th hole as a par three over the water, and I'm over the ball and I'm about ready to hit it. It's like a six-iron shot. And before I'm just taking my waggle and Tiger being the practical joker that he is, he's like, Hey, I'm out. I'm like, Yeah, and he goes, Don't hit it in the water. So I hit it over the left side of the green and with two putt, and we get to the 18th hole, and we win, and he wins individually. We win the team together. And I remember he gives me a hug and he goes, I'm out. I'm like, Yeah, T. And he goes, I just want you to know something. I said, What? He goes, We're done. I am done carrying your ass. This is it, this is our swang song. I'm like, okay, cool. At least we got a World Cup victory out of it, and I'm good with that.

Mike Gonzalez 2:32

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Intro Music 2:53

Whack down the fairway. It went smack down a fairway. When it started just like just smacked off line. It had it for two, but it bounced off nine. My head, as long as you're still in the state, you're okay.