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Originally Posted by K. Roman
Could explain what you mean?
I don't see how Tiger "sets golf back?" I play about once a week and I never feel "set back", are you saying fans are being set back?
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Tiger inspires a lot of youngsters. He demeanor on the course shows a lack of restraint, he kicks clubs, his bag, slams his driver or other into the ground after a missed shot, and cusses a lot. He does no one any good when he displays this type of behavior, yet he does it every round. The only good he has done is push an interest for the game to more junior golfers.
Before 1995, you could play a 4 hour round of golf, good luck with that now, if you can get a tee time. It has gotten so ridiculous that you won't see me on the course on a weekend anymore. It's too slow. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is trying to be Tiger Woods and it's clogging up the courses. It seems to me that all these hackers all of a sudden think they can hit that high fade over a tree with a 6 iron to 8 feet, but they fail time and again which often times puts them in a worse position. In the past a punch out put you back in play, and the group behind you didn't have to wait nearly as long for the wannabe to get the flock out of the way. I also don't see many people practicing the proper etiquette of allowing faster groups to play through, and I can only assume that this comes from never having seen Tiger Woods wave a group through on TV. This used to be the norm, but it never happens anymore. There is a whole new breed of players out there, and they just don't understand golf, or how to conduct themselves on the golf course. Players walking in other players lines, playing out of turn, raking a bunker properly, not tending the flag, etc... Golf gained a ton of newbies when TW rolled onto the scene but the newbies didn't 1) find a game on the range first 2) learn the rules and 3) learn proper etiquette.
The game is not nearly as fun as it was 15 years ago.