Tiger Doesn’t Back Down
March 26th, 2008 at 12:04 pmBy Chris
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Master Eldrick was on the Deuce this morning discussing his verbal antics at last week’s WGC-CA Championship. Tiger was upset with the gallery because of pictures being taken during his swing motion and informed the guilty party(ies) he would break their necks if they took anymore pictures. I believe the F word was used during Tiger’s warning.
During the interview, Dana “Belvedere” Jacobson tried to grill Tiger about his choice of adjectives and to his credit (or lack thereof, depending on your perspective towards swear words), Tiger didn’t back down. He informed Jacobson she had no idea what’s being said out on the course and that he’s tired of these types of things happening while he’s playing.
I’m probably one of the few that appreciates Tiger’s reaction here. At no time during the blurb-style interview did he show any indication he was sorry for chastising the gallery for their actions. He also shows no noticeable regret for using a couple of F-bombs to make his point either… and considering the fact his father was a Green Beret from the Vietnam era, I’d say swearing is the least of his family’s concern.
For some reason, a lot of military dependents have a bluer tongue than many “civilians” and you can tell Tiger thought he was absolutely in the right, language and all. One final thought, does anyone see the irony in Dana Jacobson asking Tiger Woods about some perhaps unfortunate vocabulary choices?
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March 26th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I am a big Tiger fan and appreciate all he has done. He is a great role model for kids……usually. I do wish he would not curse and use that type of language on the golf course. He is a grown man and can say what he wants, but it is my opinion that this aspect of him does not give kids a good example. 95% of how is acts, conducts himself on and off the course gives kids a great example, I just wish he would watch his language.
March 26th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
As a military dependent, I think I’m a little more understanding of where Tiger’s coming from. A lot of us cuss and cuss a lot because that’s the environment we were in (vicious circle).
However, I see your point as well. Not everyone (actually, it’s probably a bigger number than I even realize) wants to hear that stuff, especially when you are attending a sporting event with your family and their hero is near.
Of course, this brings up the whole, “are athletes roll models” discussion, but we can do that later.
March 29th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Dana just wanted tips, she’s hosting a children’s library fundraiser next month and wants to fine tune her vocabulary. Just kidding, there’s no fundraiser.