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Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Tiger. But I do like to feel that the athletes I watch are having a good time. I don't know why, it just does my heart good to think that some guy getting payed a lot of money to perform tasks the rest of us classify as recreational should be having fun. When I see Tiger drop an amazing putt the look in his eyes doesn't look fun to me. Looks more to me like he's thinking about how he blew the approach shot which is why he had to make a great putt. This probably has a lot to do with why he's so great, but there's something wrong with the picture.

I don't see these old fart criticizing Tiger. I see them criticising the other players. I don't think these old fart are afraid of Tiger, I think every one of them would play him for the Masters right now no hesitation. They'd probably get their clocks cleaned but that's not the point. As for for the "humiliation" the players just need to suck it up. As the old farts point out, anybody that makes the first cut is going to get a pretty nice payday out of a tournament, they should get out there and try to earn it. Playing for second place is what losers do, anybody admiting to being a loser even before they start has no business in professional sports. In a couple of months the football season is going to start, 32 teams with 40 odd players each will start the season, realistically only 4 or 5 even have a chance at the Superbowl, but you don't see teams deciding not to play because they don't have a chance at winning it all. They're getting paid fat money get going.

As for the ratings thing don't know what the overall was. Might just have been a one weekend thing. I just remember there was a big stink among the sports press that the Senior tour had/ was beating the PGA in ratings. I'm not a neilson watching kind of guy and I don't remember what the scope of the beating was. I just remember there was a big tizzy about it, and guys were starting to talk about the PGA becoming the senior tour's minor league, and there was some sideline talk about the LPGA gaining serious ground and possibly being in position to pass the PGA in popularity. Again, 1 season, 1 weekend, don't know; ut at some moment in time the senior tour did win the ratings battle with the PGA. Then Tiger showed up and everything went back to normal.