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15 shots back. He needs to sort out the driver. The rest of his game is looking somewhat solid. Hopefuly he puts everything together on the Senior tour.

He finally put together four solid rounds in the same weekend. Good for him. At least it wasn't a major.

I was having a beer with my buddy Danno on Friday afternoon. Believe it or not, he's older that me, and unquestionably, wiser. We were talking about Tiger, and Danno's attitude towards Tiger has definitely softened. He says, "Goober, it's OK to stop hating on Tiger. The man has been humbled."

That thought stayed with me throughout the weekend. And by the end of day Sunday, I realized how totally right he was. Tiger is not the same arrogant, insufferable prick he once was. He seemed truly grateful for where he was, and what he had accomplished. He has indeed been humbled.

Dinsdale, there may yet be hope for you.

P.S. I wouldn't even mind seeing him win another major. Or two. At the most.

Goober McTuber wrote:Tiger is not the same arrogant, insufferable prick he once was.

I'm curious -- what has he done in the past that makes you say that?

If you look at the once-in-a-generation sports figures, they're all arrogant -- the sense of entitlement is what makes them great. But compared to Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Kobe Bryant, A-Rod... he can't hang with those assholes.

Dinsdale wrote:

Goober McTuber wrote:Tiger is not the same arrogant, insufferable prick he once was.

I'm curious -- what has he done in the past that makes you say that?

Just been Tiger.

Acting like a little bitch when things weren’t going right on the course is what most don’t like about him. You never saw it so long as his old man was standing there, because Tiger knew that pop would walk out onto the course and knock him into next week if he ever embarrassed him like that.

Anywhoooo, I am with goob’s extremely old and wise friend.

I think time and nearly a decade of sucking have provided him with a little attitude adjustment. I’m not yet back to cheering him like I did a generation ago, but I have at least put down my Tiger majors voodoo doll.


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smackaholic wrote:Acting like a little bitch when things weren’t going right on the course is what most don’t like about him. You never saw it so long as his old man was standing there, because Tiger knew that pop would walk out onto the course and knock him into next week if he ever embarrassed him like that.

Let's just stop this bullshit about how great a human being Earl Woods was. Earl may have done that shit when Eldrick was young, but by the time the Big Cat got his fourth major, he had kicked the old man's handpicked advisors to the curb and Earl was spending more time locked up in his house with hot and cold running women then mentoring his son who was sick of his bullshit.

I never said Earl was any great human being, but he was a yyyuge golf nut from a time when you were expected to act classy on the golf course.

When Tiger was young I never saw him act up on the course. After the old man was gone is when you started seeing it.

Normally, people’s behavior gets better with age. Tiger’s got worse. I think the old man not being around was a factor.

Maybe there were other factors. How ‘bout you enlighten us as to what they may have been.


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smackaholic wrote:I never said Earl was any great human being, but he was a yyyuge golf nut from a time when you were expected to act classy on the golf course.

When Tiger was young I never saw him act up on the course. After the old man was gone is when you started seeing it.

Normally, people’s behavior gets better with age. Tiger’s got worse. I think the old man not being around was a factor.

Maybe there were other factors. How ‘bout you enlighten us as to what they may have been.


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You should Google one-time Connecticut attorney John Merchant and how Earl used Merchant to finance Tiger's amateur career.

You didn't think that Earl could have supported that kind of be touring lifestyle on his pension?

What does any of that have to do with Earl expecting him to act like a mature adult on the course?


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So what? Brett Kavanaugh started fucking crying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. You don't think he's humbled, do you?

Good lord you’re a fukking mess.

Brett and TGOF got over on you fukk....again. Get over it.

As to Kavanaugh’s being humbled, can you link me to actual real life examples of him being a bragadocious prick?


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smackaholic wrote: As to Kavanaugh’s being humbled, can you link me to actual real life examples of him being a bragadocious prick?

His entire performance in front of the SJC, you god forsaken moron.

"Renate Alumni" etc

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smackaholic wrote: As to Kavanaugh’s being humbled, can you link me to actual real life examples of him being a bragadocious prick?

His entire performance in front of the SJC, you god forsaken moron.

"Renate Alumni" etc

That was bragadocious?

You need to go look up the word.

A good bit of that witch trial he was pissed. Sometimes he was sad and sometimes he was quite reserved.

If I went through that, I’d have jumped over the table and pummeled Blumenthal. And that lousy old cunt DiFi should be expelled from the Senate for the shit she pulled.


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So now Tiger actually is back. 1 shot off.

It would be kind of nice see him make a run, get a few shots up and fall apart on the back nine on Sunday.


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Good call smack...

had the feline all the way...wish I was the dude who put $85k on him in vegas..

That was a great Masters Sunday. I don't care if you like Tiger or not, that was a great win not only for himself but for golf in general.
He'll never be the dominant player he once was, but now he knows he can win majors again and that will increase his self confidence as he goes into the other majors. The thing I found amazing yesterday was how his experience at Augusta showed up on the back nine. The shot on 12 was where he knew he had to hit it. Finau and Mollenari don't have as much experience and opted to go straight at it, and it cost them both. I didn't get what Molinari was doing when he laid up on the left side of 15. Even I know from over there, the margin for error is like zero. But those are the mistakes that Tiger avoided and that's why he won. Great to see him win and I think every pro out there was glad for him. He's much better liked by tour pros than he was before. Humility does some really weird things.
Oh and as an aside, I played my first round of the year on Friday and boy did I suck at the speed of light. Not even sure I broke 90 but it was close.
Going to be a long year.