Jason Day, Failure and the Code

On the first playoff hole Jason Day missed a four foot putt to lose the Byron Nelson PGA tournament on Sunday before a national television audience.  It was one of those moments that we can all identify with – missing an easy putt, a foul shot or layup in basketball, an easy shot in tennis, dropping a pass that came right to us, and so on.  All sports provide those moments when we fail.  The difficulty is that we fail not because the opponent was too good for us, but because we defeated ourselves.    Can you remember such a time?  What are other memorable moments that you can recall that happened to others?  Jason Day said that he was disappointed but tried to put some perspective on it: “it isn’t the first time I’ve lost and it won’t be the last.”  The Code holds us all to a high standard – that we will do our best, and that we will conduct ourselves with honor.  In defeat we are all tested, and in defeat we have the opportunity to learn and grow, just as we do in victory.  How do you handle both victory and defeat?  What are the ways you can grow?