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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
So Doc, there is nobody in all of sport that you simply have a bit of an issue with?
I wish Tiger no ill fortune. But He doesn't have to be one of my favorites either. "Cheating on his wife" is a gross understatement. Few golfers or other athletes have his frequency of foul mouth and angry attitude if all doesn't go his way. He rarely admits that he was simply beaten...it's always if-only-this or if-only-that.
I truly hope Tiger does well...in life and in golf. But pardon me if I look elsewhere for athletes that I have a natural inclination to support.
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Evidently, you've never been on a professional sports field. If you had, you would make such a silly statement as this. Foul language and anger in sports is very common. Less so in golf because the USGA and PGA clamp down on it.
As far as him making excuses, I don't know what interviews you're listening to. Every time I hear him, he talks about how he didn't do this or that he putted poorly or that he didn't get it done. He also often complements his opponents.
When Darren Clarke beat him in the match play event a number of years ago, many of the reporters were surprised. He stated that he was surprised at all because he knows how great a player Darren is.
I've never heard him complain that he somehow got some bad break or that the course was unfair or that he had a bad lie. He always puts the blame on himself. Maybe that's what you consider if only this or only that, but what he almost always says is that if he had putted better or drove it better or played better he could have won. I don't consider that as making excuses.