Me too. I got tired of the hype over this guy right away. I’m sure many other players privately resent his acts and the media fawn.
The other players on the PGA largely resent it because they are treated like dummies. They rationalize it because Tiger draws big TV audiences and it boosts the purses. He became very rich but helped a lot of other guys get richer too.
Golf has always been a different animal and is supposedly a gentleman’s game and a lot of his actions do not represent golf well. Oddly - Arnold Palmer was pretty flamboyant for the 1950s in his prime.
The Tiger fan boy thing that bugged me that he was golf or bigger than golf. Golf is 200+ years old and it will still be golf after he is gone.
Same syndrome with Barry Bonds who was a fraud and because he is playing now is “the best ever.” No Ted Williams batted .406, fought in two wars and never used steroids. If Ted had not served as a fighter pilot in two wars - he would have probably smashed every record including HRs.
Ditto Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris who were strong from working on the farm not steroids. I think Mickey dug ditches as a kid too.
I believe you’re right to a certain extent. When Tiger is involved, it does bump up the draw, so I’m also sure many of those golfers do appreciate the reinvigoration that took place do to and surrounding him.
He is/was an incredible talent.
John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, look what happened to him.
Poll: Obama More Popular Than Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/21/poll-obama-popular-jesus-gandhi-martin-luther-king-jr/
Obama’s going to be in trouble over this one too.