The best thing about Austin's spill, besides the fact that he didn't lose the match, was how well he took the subsequent ribbing. He wasn't embarrassed. He was too busy trying to win the match. He laughed it off as he was removing his wet clothing. And he even donned a pair of goggles during Sunday's singles matches.
"Well, I don't think I look any worse than I always do," he said. "Scotty says I smell different, though."
Austin's desire was a hard-and-fast quantity that the American team rallied around all week.
"I know there's nobody that wants to be here any worse than I do," Austin said. "It's taken me so many roads to get here. I've come from as far back and you can possibly come from to get here, and it's something I've always wanted to do. I have the mentality that I will do anything I can for my teammates. I hope I proved today that I'm never going to give up until it's over."
The new legend of the Woodman at the Presidents Cup will live for a long time. Perhaps as long as the video footage of the most famous splashdown since Apollo 13.
