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3/26/08
Tiger Woods Discusses Doral Outburst with ESPN First Take
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Tiger Woods isn't open to a whole lot of scrutiny, he generally carries himself as perfect as you could hope for a person of his caliber. However, if there's a dent in the armor it's his continued verbal assaults towards professional cameramen taking flash pictures during his down swing.

This happened again this weekend at the Doral Open on the 9th hole. After a birdie on the 8th, Woods was poised for a classic run at leader Geoff Ogilvy, but he flinched at the flash and nearly hit his drive on the short Par 3 into the water. Woods bogeyed and wasn't able to get back on track.

It's been reported that Woods called the man a "jackass" and threatened to break the neck of the next photographer to do so.

This morning on ESPN's First Take, Tiger went with the "heat of the moment" reasoning:
"It's been frustrating because that's what been happening lately. It's one of the things that comes with playing in the last group, one of the distractions we have to deal with. Each time it's happened, well three out of four times, I made bogey. At the time I needed to make birdie, I flinched on it. [The photographer] got me in transition on my downswing. You have no idea what's been said on the golf course all the time, in any sport really. It was the heat of the moment. That one shot took the momentum that I had built on No. 8."
Are these outbursts excusable? It's an unwritten code of conduct that pictures should not be taken on the downswing and can justifiably mess up one's swing, but I'm not sure Woods is receiving proper criticism for the level of his outbursts. We can't be sure he threatened a photographer with physical harm, but that's obviously taking it a little far. If this were Sergio Garcia or Vijah Singh we'd be all over them demanding an absurd penalty.

Here's the swing of interest on the 9th hole of the Doral Open on Sunday:


 
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3/26/08
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I understand the frustration, but threatening physical harm is a little too far.  Really, its up to the PGA and the tournament to take care of this problem.  The golfers should just be able to golf and not worry about photographers.

3/26/08
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Golfers are a term i can't use here but it rhymes wussies. In every other sport people are yelling about what they did to your mother last night while you're swinging a bat or taking a jump shot. And he's worried about a camera? Remember McGwire, Bonds and Sosa trying to hit with a sea of flash cameras going off? I have no sympathy for Woods.

By the way, golf SUCKS to no end. Worst sport ever, even behind extreme pogo-sticking.

3/26/08
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100%InjuryRate wrote:
Golfers are a term i can't use here but it rhymes wussies. In every other sport people are yelling about what they did to your mother last night while you're swinging a bat or taking a jump shot. And he's worried about a camera? Remember McGwire, Bonds and Sosa trying to hit with a sea of flash cameras going off? I have no sympathy for Woods.

By the way, golf SUCKS to no end. Worst sport ever, even behind extreme pogo-sticking.
That's why we need to bring golf and exteme pogo-sticking together.

 
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