7RACER F350lawman,
Your comments have shown you to lack any understanding of Tiger's performance yesterday.
Most of us learned as children to keep our mouth shut unless we had something positive to say.
Whatever your motivation, your comments are unnecessary, ill mannered, and serve to expose you who you are.
Hey 7RACER, are you telling me to shut my mouth because I dared question the endless attention Tiger's knee got? I'm ill-mannered to knock the COMMENTARY regarding his injury? I golf and I don't doubt Tiger's greatness. Did I insult him or call him names? Did I say HE caused this BS to go on? Did I say he faked it? No, in fact I wrote : "I don't blame Tiger" . I don't question his performance it is spectacular as always.
My motivation????...oh I get it...."MY MOTIVATION" it "SHOWS WHAT TYPE OF PERSON I AM". Next time Go ahead have the balls to say what you think and drop the innuendo. PM me and I'll give you my cell # if you want to continue this discussion, cause I 'd be really interested in hearing what making negative comments about the way COMMENTATORS have treated Tiger's injury says about me.
Again, I'll type slower this time...I guess you weren't listening to all the sports shows for the last 2 days. They made it sound like he took multiple rounds to the chest, fought the enemy in hand to hand combat and carried his wounded comrades across the desert on his belly with 1/2 a canteen of water and no rations! Heck, I don't even need to go to that extreme for an example. I just played football this past winter w/ a sheet metal worker who was hurt during a game and went to work for 3 weeks after tearing 2 ligaments in his knee before finally succumbing and getting surgery. So forgive me if I get excited about any pro-golfer (God given talent aside)playing after having a knee repaired and rehabbed?? I guess the world you and those reporters live in is so soft that golfing after an medically treated and rehabbed injury is hardcore to you. Don't you watch football, every year numerous players have competed with broken bones, separated shoulders, dislocated this and damged that. I lost count of how many boxers I have seen break a hand and keep punching for many rounds. Don't even get me started with Pro Rodeo.... I think I have seen some of those guys compete while dead
What's the point? We see much greater diplays of toughness in sports with regularity, with much less fanfare, that's all.
You can also spare me the sanctimonious "my mommy told me don't say anything if it aint' positive crap". There wouldn't be an internet, newspapers, TV sports or news or much else of anything if we all just said "positive" things. Gee fellas, next time if I ask you for an opinion regarding a mechanic, the dealership I am buying a car from, or product I am considering .... don't say anything unless it's positive. This way we will all just say nice things about each other and 7RACER can go on living without any negativity in his life. What are you 10 years old? I guess I'll be hearing "sticks and stones...." next.
As far as someone else's comments about golfing 4-5 days in a row, I appreciate the long hours, endless practice, mental pressure that these pro golfers endure. Having golfed for 20+ years I know how hard it is. So yes, I have golfed 4-5 days in a row... and I call it a vacation.
By the way on the 23, 24 and 25th of this month I will be on vacation golfing. ...I better rest up and hope my recently healed hamstring tear can take it.
In all seriousness, obviously I have none of the mental pressure (and that's the hardest part of the game) that a pro-golfer does but they're not triathletes either. Any person who is in sound physical shape and of a reasonable age should be able to walk WITH clubs. Without clubs it's even easier.
I do agree with baseball being a RELATIVELY easy sport on the body (not pitchers or catchers though). Baseball is tough due to season length and travel IMO. NASCAR may not require the usual physical prowess we see in other athletes, but the mental stress fatigue, heat and concentration required are brutal. Someone mentioned competitve pool, I kinda lump, pool, bowling and cards together....not super physical but if there is big $$$s on the line over several long days, of course they can also be very demanding in their own way.
P.S. The course Tiger is playing is according to the commentators, relatively flat and Weatherunderground says it is 70 F with 68% humidity today.