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Tiger Woods (3 Viewers)

DocHolliday said:
I never liked Tiger but find myself rooting for him these days.  I guess I had to see the human side.   He screwed up horribly but has come back fighting.   
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i don't understand how anyone could root against him.  If he comes back to dominate it will be the greatest redemption story in sports history.

It will also make golf fun to watch again.  Since he's been gone the game has been dead.  The popularity of golf is tied to Tiger.  

 
I'm not surprised he still has the game to win.  Once the short game came back he was going to be competitive. 

But I am completely amazed his body is holding up.  He's always looked like he was in great shape, but the back was such a mess.  It doesn't seem to bother him at all anymore.  I thought that would keep him from ever winning again.

 
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DocHolliday said:
I never liked Tiger but find myself rooting for him these days.  I guess I had to see the human side.   He screwed up horribly but has come back fighting.   
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Yeah, he screwed up. He slept around with a bunch of skanks (which I'm guessing a huge percentage of pro athletes do)  and he got caught.  And because of who he is, it became extremely public.  I'm sure he embarrassed his wife, but at the end of the day, she was probably in it mostly for the money anyway. And she walked away with $100 Mil.  Not bad for a former nanny.

 
ILUVBEER99 said:
i don't understand how anyone could root against him.  If he comes back to dominate it will be the greatest redemption story in sports history.

It will also make golf fun to watch again.  Since he's been gone the game has been dead.  The popularity of golf is tied to Tiger.  
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I think you answered your own question

It's not that I root against Tiger because of something he did.  I root against the way that he is made out to be the only person who could represent the sport.

There are a ton of great young players out there. If that's boring to you, that's your prerogative. 

I get that he brings ratings. But to say the game has been dead is entirely subjective. 

 
ILUVBEER99 said:
i don't understand how anyone could root against him.  If he comes back to dominate it will be the greatest redemption story in sports history.

It will also make golf fun to watch again.  Since he's been gone the game has been dead.  The popularity of golf is tied to Tiger.  
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Not at all. Maybe for casual fan golf seems dead, but the talent level has never been higher in America or globally.

 
JaxBill said:
I think you answered your own question

It's not that I root against Tiger because of something he did.  I root against the way that he is made out to be the only person who could represent the sport.

There are a ton of great young players out there. If that's boring to you, that's your prerogative. 

I get that he brings ratings. But to say the game has been dead is entirely subjective. 
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The game hasn’t been dead, but there are a whole bunch of dudes in here (me included) who are watching golf this weekend and who haven’t really cared about golf in a long time.  Say what you will, but the guy has a tremendous impact.

And yeah, if it turns it around and starts winning tournaments again, it’ll be the greatest sports redemption story we’ve seen in a long time.  Maybe ever depending on the extent of his winning.  It’s that big a deal. 

 
Otis said:
The game hasn’t been dead, but there are a whole bunch of dudes in here (me included) who are watching golf this weekend and who haven’t really cared about golf in a long time.  Say what you will, but the guy has a tremendous impact.

And yeah, if it turns it around and starts winning tournaments again, it’ll be the greatest sports redemption story we’ve seen in a long time.  Maybe ever depending on the extent of his winning.  It’s that big a deal. 
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Yep.  Tiger doesn’t move the needle, he is the needle.  Just look at the drama today. Felt like a mini major with him in contention.  

If he hits it like this at Agusta and his short game and putting stay hot, he’s got a real shot.  If he is in contention the sporting world will grind to halt and watch.  If he wins...pandemonium 

now, if he comes back and starts lighting up the tour for multiple wins a year, back in the top 10 and contends and wins a couple of majors?  He will make those tour pros even richer, cuz golf will be all the rage again.  

 
BobbyLayne said:
Any of you dorks watching the replay on The Golf Channel.
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I watched it after we got home.  Had to if I wanted to get an actual idea of what was going on.  There are so many people following Tiger you can't really get much more than a glimpse of him if you're trying to go with his pairing all day.  The things people can bring themselves to say in a large group is ludicrous.  I can't imagine the focus it must take for these guys to play this well with all of these bozos around them.  I think they just want to hear or see themselves on TV when they get home?   

We got ourselves ahead of him on 10.  Heard the roar from the chip in on 9 and then made our own when the birdie putt dropped right in front of us on the 10th.  Pretty neat.  

Then we stayed there while the leaders came through and the locusts followed the food source to the 11th.  Conners being in the final group without Tiger is huge for him.  Nobody even cares that he's there.  He can just stroll around the place for a leisurely 68 and probably win this thing. 

 
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mr roboto said:
Understood GB. Especially with the little one. 
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:thumbup:  If I told her I wanted to go she would be damn near distraught I missed something I wanted to do on her account. My wife would murder me, but the MIL would just tell me we could go out to eat tomorrow. So it goes. 

 
Well Tiger birdies 1 and Connors bogies 1. So it’s Rose/Snedeker/Woods at the top. 

:popcorn:  

 
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Yep, he has missed a few makable birdies, but that is the one he is going to look back on and kick himself for if he ends up losing by a stroke or two. 

 
Ghost Rider said:
Yep, he has missed a few makable birdies, but that is the one he is going to look back on and kick himself for if he ends up losing by a stroke or two. 
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I doubt it. Like good cornerbacks, great golfers have short memories. There’s no ROI to wasting a lot of calories on ifs ands & buts. Every round - at any level - there are what might have beens. But for every perfect putt that gets knocked off line by a spike mark there’s a wayward tee shot that bounced off a tree & back into the fairway. It’s the rub of the green & it’s one of the first things you learn about the game: accept & move on, can’t change anything in the rear view mirror.

 
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Sad watching a once great player like Tiger fade away.  But it happens to everyone.  

Still think he has at least one minor win left in him before he hangs up his clubs for good.

 
Short Corner said:
At least he is competing but it looks like he has lost the fear factor.
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I think you have that backwards.  The fear factor is still there - the only two golfers with worse rounds than Tiger today are the 3rd round leader, and Tiger's playing partner.  They are rattled by Tiger's presence.

But, Tiger is not really competing, when everyone around him is shooting under par.

 
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