https://www.halphillips.net/glass-slipper-be-damned-golf-s-underdog-complex-revealed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=glass-slipper-be-damned-golf-s-underdog-complex-revealed Small-Batch Journalism & Comment Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:22:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.halphillips.net/glass-slipper-be-damned-golf-s-underdog-complex-revealed#comment-259 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:08:17 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=141#comment-259 Now that Rory has stomped on the glass slipper and tossed the shards into the lake beside the 18th green at Congressional, that sense of rooting for the overdog seems to have re-asserted itself. This is a great piece and raises some powerful questions about the psychology of the golf fan (and golf writers): why do we cheer loudest for the champs? I remember Wilt Chamberlain’s lament: “nobody roots for Goliath.”

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