She was so ill from her breast cancer fight that Amy Mickelson had stayed in bed all week at a rented home in Augusta, Georgia, host city of golf's storied tourney, "The Masters," as husband Phil undertook its rigors.
The spotlight was swept with Tiger Woods' career resumption to win America's most coveted title in golf after taking a sordid plunge into the crucible of public disgrace and concomitant personal humiliation which, this week, had amped-up the frenzied, worldwide media hounds. Through the four days of competition, Woods dominated the airwaves in commentary, background videos, and live cameras capturing players' efforts on the demanding course.
Immediately following victory gestures of raised arms and a caddy hug, Phil Mickelson strode to his wife, holding and kissing and whispering to her as we witnessed tears roll down the champion's face.
The former champion who had publicly embarrassed his wife and commanded most of the airtime and space had played poorly, his children and wife at an undisclosed elsewhere.
Millions of viewers saw the victorious Mickelson in tears, loving his wife and children celebrating much more than a green jacket, for, this day Phil won respectability back for his peers on the PGA tour, and our hearts and heartstrings in a demonstrative love that overshadows any field in sport.
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