Golfer at Masters Is 16—and Eclipsed by Tiger

Matteo Manassero is 16, the youngest ever winner of Britain’s Amateur Championship, and he's making his debut at the Masters as the youngest golfer ever at Augusta. So why isn’t he the big story in the golf world? Oh, right. “Any other year, Manassero would be the focus” of everybody's attention, blogs Nando Di Fino at the Wall Street Journal.

Praise for the young Italian has been universal, and he's been “charmingly respectful” throughout. His poor mom. She hasn't said anything, but "what doting Italian mother of a 16-year-old boy wouldn’t be stewing over a man of questionable moral judgment stealing the spotlight from her son?” (More amateur stories.)