Y.E. Yang handed Tiger Woods his first loss ever when Woods entered the final round leading a major. But where does it rank in sports upsets? If you say it's not the biggest, then tell us why.
Dodgers over A's Game 1 1998 World Series......Remember limpin' Gibson?
#4 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:46 PM EDTOr the 1990 Reds sweep of Oakland. Being an A's fan, I have nightmares still of Eckersley slinging that pitch into Gibson, and that home run really was huge. It broke the A's mentally. Probably one of the best clutch performances ever.
David beats Goliath: otherwise known as Villanova beats Georgetown in 1985 NCAA finals.
#5 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:46 PM EDTgolf is a different type of game, its anybody's game on any given day, its not a shock if someone loses
#6 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:46 PM EDTCould be both of the above or Giant v Pats is the Superbowl. If Watson had won the open and then this weekend at the PGA you bet you!
#8 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:47 PM EDTTiger doesn't win them all, he just wins more often than others. There is usually an opportunity for someone to get hot and win on any Sunday.
#10 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:50 PM EDTHow about the Red Sox coming back from an 0 and 3 deficit to beat the Yankees
#11 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:53 PM EDTSox upset was huge, but for me it was the 1961 World Series. Pirates winning over Yankees with the Maris/Mantle home run combination. Mazoroski, better known for his glove than his bat, parks one in the bottom of the 9th of game 7 - game over, series over.
I was 11, baseball was just coming into my life, but I look at that moment and say " That's when I became a fan".
Woods is a human being who had a bad day. The expectation that he would be perfect forever is simply, and obviously, unrealistic.
#13 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:56 PM EDTI agree 100% with Jarmo!!! Team USA over USSR in 1980 was and still is the hugest upset of all!!! Think about it; we had some undersized college kids that beat a professional team!!!
#14 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:03 PM EDTI really can not argue against this one either. Staggering upset. It began with coaching and team building, and a work ethic that just does not exist today.
Mike Eruzione... what a keeper.
Here is what was so awesome about the 1980 US Hockey team. They beat the USSR in the SEMIS. They still had to beat what many called an even tougher opponent in the Finns to win the gold medal.
OK, excluding team sports and comparing individuals vs. individuals, Buster Douglas beating Mike Tyson was bigger than this.
#15 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:12 PM EDTWhat about Arthur Ashe over Jimmy Connors at 1975 Wimbledon? This is way up there for individual sports upsets along with Douglas over Tyson.
The Red Sox coming back in 2004 was the biggest shocker I have seen. Tiger missed 7 putts that SHOULD have gone in and they didn't. Just wasn't his day, and everyone has those. He was due for a day like today. Even the greatest golfer of all time had a bad day today.
#17 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:26 PM EDTBob - I feel your pain. I am a huge A's fan myself. I have to agree with you that losing against the Dodgers in Game 1 in 1988 did break the A's down.
Did anyone consider Boston College (with Doug Flutie) upsetting Miami to end Miami's 58 game winning streak in the Orange Bowl in 1984? It has to rank up there somewhere pretty high I would think...
#18 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:34 PM EDTWe had to give them something for the two journalist held in Pyong Yang, see Pyong Yang. Get the connection?
#19 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:34 PM EDTI am sorely disappointed as are Tiger fan's everywhere. I still feel like Tiger is not totally back to his pre-surgery ability both physically and mentally. I look forward to hearing Tiger ROAR in 2010.
#20 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:38 PM EDTI haven't felt that sick in sports in a long time. I just kept expecting the miracle shot, but it never happened. I think this will be good for Tiger though. He was always playing on cruise control with a lead -- he needs to go back to the day when he put his foot on their throat. Instead of waiting for people to wilt, he needs to play for the 15-stroke win!
Among the bigger upsets: Michgan over Ohio State in November 1969, Browns over the Colts in December 1964, Appalachain State over Michgan in 2008, Boise State over Oklahoma a few years ago, North Carolina State over UCLA in the mid-70's. Ingemar Johannson over Floyd Patterson in 1959 or so. Nothing tops the USA over the USSR in hockey at Lake Placid. I do not see Tiger Woods 2nd in a field as tough as that in the PGA as being a huge upset. He hit lots of good shots - Y.E. Yang hit a few more.
#21 - Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:43 PM EDTLOL - I was at two of your All Times. Ohio St./Mich and Mich/Appalachian
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Not even close. 1980 US hockey!