Tiger's bitter/sweet victory

Image by sammiemo via FlickrSo now we know the price that has to be paid for the greatest US Open in history.
Six months without Tiger!!
A broken leg and a torn ACL couldn't stop Tiger's assault on a 14th major championship. We are told that he knew about the stress fractures and decided to play anyway. We can only imagine the pain he played through and the mental discipline that was required to keep playing.
Some will say that he was crazy to play and some will say that it was the greatest performance in modern sports history.
I'm not sure where I stand on the issue. Obviously the injury had already been sustained, he knew that another surgery was necessary and he would probably be out for six months whether he played or not. If that's the case then it was an incredibly courageous performance.
If playing made the injury worse then the decision will be second guessed for ever.
In reality the general public will never know. Tiger will keep the full details to himself and his victory will become part of the Tiger legend.
Tiger, we will miss you for the rest of 2008 and we can't wait for your return - perhaps at Torrey Pines for the 2009 Buick!!