Tiger Woods Drops F-Bombs on Photographers?
Golf March 25th. 2008, 2:32pm
Tiger Woods sure was taking his perfection thing seriously, huh? According to the Guardian - and we should preface this with the fact that rags across the pond occasionally have a tendency to stretch the truth - Tiger flipped out Sunday when photographers took a few snaps during his backswing on a par-three hole, and Woods made bogey. Then, Eldrick dropped a few f-bombs in disgust, according to the paper.
It is debatable whether or not the incident cost him the tournament, but it will have cost him a few thousand dollars in PGA Tour fines after he hurled a few epithets at the snappers, the most of choice of which was: “The next time a photographer shoots a fucking picture I’m going to break his fucking neck.”
Maybe Tiger’s not getting enough sleep, now that he’s a father and all. Or, perhaps the photogs actually had an impact on that hole’s result. Not in doubt: With these guns, Tiger could probably do some serious damage.
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March 25th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Roid Rage.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Raging, obviously.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
come on…photographers have to know the rules by now.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
March 25th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Tiger eats pieces of shit like you for breakfast.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Stop fraternizing with the help Tiger. Just hit your ball…if you can find it.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
412 is on his “A” game today.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
For some reason, stories like this make me like the guy even more.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Who will Tiger punch first: photographers or the “GET IN THE HOLE” guy?
March 25th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I’ll take the “You Da Man!” guy at 5-1 odds
March 25th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Hey, the ball is actually going to get in the hole one of these days and then you’ll all feel like assholes.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Does this suprise anyone? i would be suprised if anyone could play 18 without muttering a few F bombs.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I can’t get through the first hole without two or three…
March 25th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
i dont think it’d be that big of a stretch to estimate my round-ly fuck count in the 100’s.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Maybe he thought that maybe one or two of him could have been following Geoff Ogilvy. Since he was, you know, winning the tournament. But that was an unreasonable request, since 95 percent of them probably had no clue who Geoff Ogilvy was.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Tiger later pulled the heads off of some dipshit birds that were chirping in the middle of his putt.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I love how a guy is expected to concentrate on hitting a 100 mph fastball with 50,000 people screaming at him but the golf swing and tennis must be played in dead silence
(Although I should add that I almost killed a buddy of mine who cracked a beer in my back swing and completely ruined my shot)
March 25th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
How bout I just go eat some hay? I can make things out of clay and lay by the bay. I just may. What do you say?
March 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Tiger eats pieces of shit like you for breakfast.
Tiger eats pieces of shit for breakfast?
March 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Butters…the difference is there’s a much larger margin of error in baseball than there is in golf. as long as you make contact, there’s no real issue of where it ends up.
im in the camp that thinks hitting a golf ball is far harder than hitting a baseball.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Friends listen to endless love in the dark right?
March 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Anybody can hit a golf ball. Though a relative handful of people in the world can hit with the skill of Tiger. But, the average Joe off the street (or off this message board) couldn’t so much as touch a subpar major league fastball.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I go back and forth with it Spence
I think one difference is this - at a baseball game noise is for the most part continuous. While at a golf tourney it is silent, then suddenly “click.” I think it would be harder to hit a baseball if the crowd was silent then suddenly roared as the ball was released by the pitcher.
I think acoustics/proximity to the player/batter matter as well. I have stood within 5ft of Tiger before as he played a shot, no one is getting within 5ft of Big Papi at the plate.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Tiger, you’re not gonna make par on this hole…ya jackass.
March 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
412…fine, hit a golf ball and have it land on an undulating green from 220 yards and not fall into rough. or hit a drive and have it land 320 yards away into a 20 yard wide fairway.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
He just gets so scared. Scared of being a nobody.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Tiger need to go to his “Happy Place”
March 25th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
i had this argument with a guy at a bar last year. we had both played baseball our whole lives. and i would say with no doubt that there is no way i could hit a HR off even the worst major league pitcher.
i have hit an ace in golf before though. i’m not a great golfer, but i think with practice, it would be much easier to get good at golf than it would be baseball.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
There should be some distinction made between “The Guardian” and “Rags Across the Pond.” There’s a slight difference between a tabloid and an internationally known broadsheet.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Hitting a round object that is not moving on a lateral plane with a round bat where you have one tenth of a second to react is insanely tougher than hitting a still object where you take all the time in the world to hit.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Tiger has always been a big F-Dropper. This is not news. Show more pics of his wife. That would be news.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Time for the PM roundup
March 25th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I would echo tyduffy’s comment - the Guardian is a well-respected outlet. The Daily Mail, The Sun, etc etc are not.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I will agree with the continuous noise argument…I worked at a course that ran alongside the highway that goes through Madison and it was never a problem unless some assbag would honk his horn
March 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
plus the baseball is moving as it comes towards you…
March 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
and by moving I meant not in a straight line, ie a curveball or something
March 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I’m with Gonzo.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
irish I thought you would be a fan of the The Sun with their biscuit section
March 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
TBL…do you and Tiger belong to the same Gun Club?
March 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
But, the daily mail, sun, etc. do have page 2 girls. That makes them respectable in my book.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
hey butters, i’m probably that assbag. how do you not beep your horn if you see someone in their backswing as you are driving by.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
@superjakers- you got us confused
March 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
sorry…
March 25th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
i am a huge fan and this is a good reason why
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article958298.ece
March 25th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Yeah, and Grizzly Adams had a beard!
March 25th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
irish’s link= NSFW
March 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Ive been playing golf for years, and hitting the ball is no problem; getting it to go where I want it is the issue.
I have always believed that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
@benji- i put some up on yesterdays afternoon roundup section as well
March 25th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I have no idea who Emma B is, but damn right.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
spencer - You said hitting a golf ball is harder than hitting a baseball. My point was that anyone can hit a golf ball. Not everyone is Tiger, obviously. But, anyone can hit a golf ball. You were the same guy who said a week or two ago that you could pull guys off a muni course that would beat John Daly. Not everyone can hit a baseball. Try batting against even a high school pitcher and you’ll see just how difficult it is to even touch the ball, let alone put the ball in play.
None of this is to denigrate the talent of Tiger, who I believe is probably one of the top five athletes of my lifetime.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
that wasn’t one of my better posts…long day
March 25th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
i hate this guy more and more reading stories like this, and actually reinforces my concept that golfers are f’ing pussies.
to paraphrase norman chad on soccer, i have only two opinions on golf: 1) it shouldn’t be played; 2) it shouldn’t be watched.
how is it that pujols or a-rod can hit a screaming fastball (at 90+ mph) or a nasty hook (at 80+ mph) with a stadium full of people screaming at the top of their lungs but pussy golfers have to have complete and total silence to hit a stationary target???
and that’s not even counting guys hitting free throws in a tight game or even place kickers in football.
if rumeal robinson can sink two free throws to win a national championship game, puss boy woods and his steroid-juiced arms can hit a stationary target despite the click of a camera.
a friggin camera!
ok. maybe that’s more than three opinions?
yes, i feel better now.
March 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Ought I to change my name? I hate seeing poor irishmafia get besmirched by my occasional and often non-sensical ramblings. And he is clearly possessed of greater cachet ’round these here parts. I have no problem deferring …
March 25th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I didn’t check the Guardian link but I don’t believe it. I was watching the coverage live at work and all the mic’s were up. Tiger swung, instantly said, ” Not in my swing!!!….God Dammitt!!” That’s it. The mic’s stayed up and nothing else was said. They showed real time replays as well. You could see and hear Tiger putting his club away.
His caddie Steve Williams did not even look up from the time Tiger hit the bad shot to the time Tiger put his club in the bag…..the fact that Stevie didn’t acknowledge it is the shocking part to me.
He may have said something walking to the green but I am calling bullshit on this story.
March 25th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
im sorry, but i played basebally for most of my life too and picked up golf when i was 19 (and have busted my ass to get down to a 5 handicap). hitting a baseball WELL is remarkably easier than hitting a golf ball WELL.
in baseball, youre swinging at a much larger object using a tool with a much larger sweet spot. sure it’s curving and sinking and everything, and that’s a reasonable retort, but you have a much wider area to hit it in. and as long as you hit it in play, it doesnt matter where you hit it.
golf is a shitload more precise. even if you hit the ball a fraction of an inch off of center, the ball is going to move. if your wrists are left wide open, youre going to hit it as far right as you hit it long. there’s such a small window for success and so many variables that impact where you hit it, it forces precision where basebally is more of a guess.
you make one technical error in golf and youre throwing strokes on your card. in baseball, you don’t worry about wind direction, or undulation in the ground where your target is. youre not worried about a giant bunker in front of your target area. you don’t have to worry about spin or distance control.
im not saying it’s easy to hit a baseball, because id still be playing if it was, but hitting and controlling a golf ball is something on a totally different level.
March 25th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
The photographer deserved it. If you don’t agree, you don’t understand golf.