Tiger Woods Livid Over Being Called Out For Repeated Cheating

Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

He clearly misapplied the rule. Why is open to question. It's not like it was the Lumber Liquidators Open, where they would lose the TV audience if Tiger was out.

The rule that signing an incorrect card is an automatic DQ had been altered to account for situations where an infraction was called after the player had signed. The point of that however was to alleviate the unfairness of DQing a player who was not aware of his infraction. For example, he might dislodge a dead stick on his backswing and not be aware of it. A viewer notices it and calls in and the officials review the tape and call an infraction. A DQ seems harsh because the player had no way of knowing he had violated a rule.

Tiger's Masters' infraction was far different. It was charitably a case of not knowing the applicable rule. He made an improper drop and actually volunteered during the press conference, before the infraction was called, that he had moved back to drop at a certain yardage. The rule of course required him to drop as close as possible to the original spot.

This may seem trivial to non-golfers, but strict adherence to the rules is regarded as non-negotiable by most pros as well as golf fans. For example, a guy a year or so ago lost the Heritage Tournament at Hilton Head when he accidentally dislodged a dead stick chipping out of a greenside hazard. He immediately called a penalty on himself, even though no one else saw it and it was almost imperceptible on TV replays. He knew and in his mind, that was all that mattered.

You have to wonder how Tiger would have handled that situation.
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Screwing the club's restaurant waitress maybe?
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I thought the same thing. If he had withdrawn he would have made himself a hero of the game (again) with or without Jack's record.

At the moment if he does not win some more majors... his negatives may overwhelm his positives in the short run and perhaps the long run.


Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

That incident in Augusta was stark evidence of the old maxim that golf doesn't teach character, it reveals it. The fact that it happened at Augusta, the temple of all that is held dear about the game, only underlined the point.

Tiger connived with gutless officials to stay in the tournament, rather than see yet another opportunity slip from his grasp in his increasingly futile quest to break Jack's majors record. The irony was that he not only didn't win, but he blew an opportunity to make up for all his prior unseemly behavior, both on and off the course. Had he withdrawn voluntarily, he would immediately have been placed on the same moral plane as Bobby Jones. Part of me is glad he didn't, because he obviously doesn't belong there.
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he may be finished because he backed down from a very reasonable opinion. But, lets hope he stays on the air. I do not even think his analysis is that good. He has goofy insights into swings... but at least he had guts.

Tiger was caught cheating.
That ball rotated... Tiger did not report himself.
Luckily, it was caught on camera and now we know.

Let his team sue Brandel. Chamblee has a 100% winning defense. The truth. A defense to any defamation suit is the truth. Tiger will be told in court of law he was caught cheating.

it was bad enough when tiger was cheating.
then trying to leverage his status against him was bad.
now using his nike buddy rory... to make more remarks.

Tiger needs to be taught a lesson. Unfortunately I would bet tiger is up against establishment republicans.
 
other than nike guys the biggest players in golf might not be defending Tiger .. but the biggest advertisers will be, behind the scenes.

so Brandels bosses would be expected to sell him out faster than mcconnell and boehner sold out america.


Quote from imabadboy:

it won't go that far and if it did the biggest names in golf will be defending him, Tiger.

Chamblee is done. next stop, The Blaze.
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This will be interesting. There was nothing particularly unusual about what Chamblee wrote. I can't imagine Arnold Palmer, who owns the Golf Channel, would feel any differently. However, arnie has a tournament that depends heavily on Tiger's participation, so Chamblee may well find himself in the same situation as Peter Kessler, the first host of Academy Live and the very best on air personality they ever had.

I have never been a big Chamblee fan, but if they can him over this I am through with The Golf Channel.
 
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I have never been a big Chamblee fan, but if they can him over this I am through with The Golf Channel.
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Chamblee is a bit "wishy-washy" and inconsistent in his analysis, but overall I think that he is a net positive for TGC. IMO, the network jumped the shark when they put Ahmad Rashad on their early morning Morning Drive...what a collosal embarassment that guy was.
 
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