Reflecting Back

The witch in Snow White could talk to that mirror all day, and all she'd get is a reversed image of a witch, a golf mat and a snow-covered field sloping gently uphill to a distant grove of leafless trees. The other No. 1 seeds were Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els, who had 19 major championships and over a billion dollars between them. A cousin following him at the Match Play cited the case of a man from Phoenix who rode on an elevator with Stricker years ago, "before Steve was really known," and became a committed fan because the golfer stuck out his hand and asked his name.