Tiger Woods Is a Man Of Many Faults, But Is the Media Being Unfair In Its Criticism?
Tiger Woods has never been the most personable golfer on the course.
In fact, we've known that for years.
This is a man who has gotten upset at the gallery for taking photos, has slammed his clubs and cursed on the course. Furthermore, he hasn't exactly been friendly with the media either.
Woods has always been cold and distant, refusing to give too much to reporters following a round.
However, after Tiger's latest performance at the Masters, media members are taking aim.
Just ask Tom Jones of the St. Petersburg Times, who fired numerous shots at Woods.
The only thing more obnoxious was listening to Woods give one-sentence answers to the questions he was asked by CBS's Bill Macatee after his round Sunday. Didn't Woods say something about being a changed guy after his problems last year? Wasn't he supposed to be more humble, more accessible, more respectful? Hmm, could've fooled me. Everyone else gave insightful postmatch interviews and one can't possibly suggest that the 2011 Masters meant more to Woods than it did to the others, such as Jason Day and Adam Scott. And McIlroy, who shot 80, was classier than Woods.
New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica had a good line about Woods on Sunday morning's Sports Reporters on ESPN saying: "Know who he has turned into lately? The guy at your club who wants to talk about the score he should have shot instead of the one he did."
Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan was even more blunt, saying Woods is now "thoroughly unrootable and unlikable." Ryan added, "How can you root for this guy?"
Since when is this news to these curmudgeons?
Tiger Woods has always been moody and distant, but now that he's no longer a dominant golfer and has been disgraced by a sex scandal, it's okay to point these out and tear him down for it?
Give me a break.
If the media can't praise him for winning tournaments, then evidently, they're going to tear him apart for the same faults he had when he beloved by every reporter.
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What baffles me the most is the ramblings of Bob Ryan, who was either living under a rock, or sustained serious head injury to think that now, after all of this, Tiger's thoroughly unlikable and unrootable at this point of his career.
For someone who is such a smart journalist, he should know better than that.
Tiger hasn't changed anything about his personality on the golf course. It's just that now that the media has beaten him into the ground after his scandal, they want to shovel the dirt on and watch him suffer longer.
You can criticize a lot of things about Tiger Woods, but to act like his personality is some new revelation is a slap in the face to people that have watched him exhibit this type of behavior for years, only to get a free pass from the media.
Be consistent or stay out of the discussion, it's that simple.
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