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Originally Posted by Jazuela View Post
We didn't like him because he was TOO good, TOO quickly, TOO soon, and as a replacement for EVERYONE else. And then the media decided that Golf = Tiger, and nothing else mattered. No one else had a chance to be regaled for any accomplishment at all, because everyone was always compared to Tiger. Even during the Master's - instead of watching the shot from I think it was Kaupka on one of the last couple of holes, we got to all watch Tiger wiping the sweat off his brow.

The fact that golf rises and sets on Tiger Woods is why our household can't stand him. The whole cheating thing just cemented it.
He was a media darling from age 2 or so.