BOL Round Table

What I want to see is the best Players hit the best shots-not a tv crew trying to resurrect a bad player. Golf is a game where you keep score, so when u have a score then you can be on TV!

I have been a huge tiger fan for a long time, I love golf and have played it for since I was 12. When Tiger was at his best he was better than Jack at his best, but seeing Tiger kick the club on the 16th yesterday was a poor show of sportsmanship. Tiger is not the only player who acts this way on the course nor is he the only one who act like a poor sport in the sports world.

Tiger is a polarizing figure, some due to his success on the course which is what made him famous with golf fans, and some due to his off the course stuff that made him a known figure to those who could care less about golf. This is the reason he is shown and talked about when he is not in contention and even when he is not in the tourney at all. Tiger is golf. Until someone like Rory, who I really enjoy watching, starts winning a lot of majors, Tiger will remain to be talked about.

Tiger's problem has become his over analyzation of his golf swing. He tries so hard to hit that over the top cut shot that he is unable to control his shot unless it is done perfect. Tiger stopped looking like playing was fun a long time ago.

To those who think golf etiquette isnt high on tigers list dont follow golf a lot. It is not the highest thing on most PGA players list, It is winning those million dollar purses. Ever tourney I watch I see guys do the same thing Tiger does. Look at Stenson on day one on 18. All players have their moments, with cussing, slamming their club, or what not.

Tiger is not the first golfer to cheat on his wife nor will he be the last. I am by no means trying to be a Tiger sympathizer, I thought his display the other day was very poor. Lets not kid ourselves though that Tiger is either hated or loved which leads to strong opinions like people not caring if he wins again or not. I will say it again Tiger is golf, look at the numbers when he is not in a tourney or in contention. Until someone starts winning like he did golf needs Tiger somewhat.

He would prob hate you if he met u. Let it go.... Cmon man.

He apologized.

Look guys who cares if he cheated on his wife. If I jumped on my soapbox and preached about every person I have to do business with running around on their wives I would lose half my business.

It's funny how the media and fans up here jump all over eli manning because he doesn't show any emotion when he throws a pick or goes 3 and out. Now people bitch when tiger kicks a club when he doesn't hit a good shot. So whitch is it emotion or no emotion ou want. Who cares if he over reacts.

Does the media cover for him? Ha, that's funny cause all they did was report everything about his affairs and accident that November and have since then. So they don't cover up crap.

Is he a dick, most likely.

Is he good, yep.

Do I care if he cheated on his wife or kicks a club - hail no

Just because you are financially successful doesn't mean you have to bail your family out every time they get into trouble.

Besides we don't know the whole story here.

Be critical all you want.

I was at Augusta today. Tiger had patrons lined up 5 to 7 deep the entire hole he was on. If you wanted to see him you had to go 2 holes ahead and wait.

The only thing even close to Tiger's gallery was Bubba's.

Phil's gallery got pretty big during his back 9 run but Tiger was playing bad and a huge gallery.

Rory had no gallery. Even when he started no one was there. I could get 5 feet from Rory and Segio. I watched Rory warm up and the stands were empty. When Tiger was warming up it was packed.

Its ridiculous how much more popular Tiger is than everyone else.

Last sentence so true! No idiot in their right mind would even consider the argument that Tiger isn't popular. Everyone knows that he is. They all want to see him win. Not sure why, because he's an obvious douchebag. Not just because he cheated on his wife... But because its a fact, he's a douche lol! That doesnt mean I dont think he's one of the best golfers ever, because he is. It is very possible to be one of the greats ever AND be a douche. Some dont know how to separate the statements.

If Bubba ever developes the ability to stay totally focused, he could be a huge crowd favorite as was John Daly. Nobody grips it and rips it now better than Bubba. He also hits some very creative shots (big draws, etc. and seems like a good guy. I also see Rory getting more and more popular. If he was an American, I think his following already would be a lot larger. Dustin Johnson needs to improve his short game and Rickie Fowler needs a big win, and they could gain a big following.

I understand Tiger is popular and people like to watch him because he is dramatic. Tiger and Phil are probably the top two to display such flair and pull off amazing shots. I just wish Tiger could learn to handle himself with more class without compromising his game. If he was 22 or 23 I could be more tolerant of his behavior, but he is well into his 30's. He should have developed more control of his emotions by now. I think you can show emotion and be somewhat colorful on the course without resorting to the level of Tiger's on couse boorish behavior. Y.E. Yang says Tiger to this day has not congratulated him on his PGA win over Tiger. That is just common courtesy and there is no excuse for Tiger not to have done so at the time.

The young will not remember it, but no one has ever been more popular or had a more loyal following that Arnold Palmer with "Arnie's Army". There have been stories that Arnie may have liked the ladies away from the course. I do not know if that is true or not and really do not care. However, he was always a perfect gentleman on the course and in all ways connected to golf.

Jordan is a notorious douche too.

I'm not arguing with you I'm just saying that a lot of these generational players have social skills issues. I don't know why but I'm sure there is at least one psych on here that can explain it to us.

There has already been a player snap his club head off in the dirt after a shot. Your double standard can't be a one way argument. Your bias is obvious...you don't like Tiger so you want them to speak poorly of his actions yet you conveniently forget that its not just him. As for our players, I'm sure there are PLENTY of curse words thrown during games, practice, etc... Bottom line is, the camera is not one on one up close with our players.