Notah Begay III: I think Tiger Woods has alien DNA
Notah Begay III is in awe of lifetime friend Tiger Woods.
Notah Begay III, lifelong friend and mentor of Tiger Woods believes he has achieved remarkable things to be able to compete this week at the PNC Championship.
“Being able to be in position to compete this week is remarkable,” said NBC’s Notah Begay III, Woods’ former Stanford teammate and longtime friend. “He’s moving well, he feels good. There’s no endurance. It’s almost as if he’s on a pitch count. He’s got only so many full swings in him each day, and he knows that.
“His ability to repair not only physically, but mentally and emotionally, is second to none.”
“But it’s good for him to be in a place where he’s OK with that. I know that’s come from a lot of maturity and coming to terms with the reality of an accident that could have been catastrophic, and being in a good place with it. I think he has really matured through this whole thing, and you see it out there. He’s really having a great time.”
“I think he has alien DNA,” Begay III said of his friend. “His ability to repair not only physically, but mentally and emotionally, is second to none. I don’t think we’ve really seen anything like it in sports.”
Another PGA great, former PGA TOUR Champions winner Jim Thorpe, 72, was also in the crown on Friday afternoon.
“I’m so happy to see him back,” Thorpe said. “I think a lot of us who played the game understand that he will never be the old Tiger. ... Being here to play with his son, the reception that he got from the people, golf needs him. Golf wants him back. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of magnificent players out there. But there is only one Tiger.”
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