Tiger Woods is, nearly world-wide in fact, revered by all golf fans. He receives cheers and the gallery surrounding his pairing is always mobbed. But this weekend at Bethpage Black -- where Tiger won the US Open in 2002 -- he's been the subject of some surprising heckling.
Newsday's crew reports that late on Saturday, folks around the 10th hole were yelling some very non-"get in the hole!" type of things at Woods.
"We're on Long Island, baby, where men are men!" one fan yelled. "Put that umbrella down!"Tiger's reaction to the fans was, unsurprisingly, typically Woodsian:
[...]Woods did not respond to the people who were heckling him but tried to quiet the crowd with a "sshh" hand gesture, putting his finger to his lips, as golfers prepared to tee off on the adjacent 12th tee.
"Suck it up, you've got your own video game!" someone shouted at Woods.
"They had a little bit to sip, I think," Woods said Sunday. "They had plenty of time in that rain delay, and I think they took full advantage of it."It's an odd thing to see/hear Tiger being heckled by fans, regardless of the level of drunkenness present for an already aggressive New York area crowd; at the same time though, hey, whatever: if you want to try and dog Tiger because you've had too many beers, I'm all for that. However, if you're going to make an attempt to insult one of the greatest golfers in the world who happens to moonlight as one of the richest athletes of all time, at least bring the funny, folks. "How we do it on Long Island" ... gracious.
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6-21-2009 @ 6:59PM
D. Bobilin said...
This should not be a surprise, NYers are known for thier "class acts."
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6-21-2009 @ 7:46PM
edfcagle said...
Wouldn't happen at the Masters @ Augusta National, they'd escort you right off the course, promptly.
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6-21-2009 @ 8:59PM
obamaizadope said...
Start waterboarding the dopes that yell In the hole!
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6-21-2009 @ 9:01PM
userb1835 said...
When you have a bunch of idiots like those people in New York. What can you expect? He's the best and they cannot stand it. He cannot win all the time. If he did then the other players would not come play with him. But what else can you expect from a Yankee.
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6-21-2009 @ 10:10PM
rich0151 said...
To paraphrase a trite but true axiom: "Those who can play do, those who can't heckle."
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6-21-2009 @ 10:13PM
bcnavygw said...
Tiger is revered by sports announcers and writers and their love affair with him really turns people off. I used to watch coverage with the sound off so I wouldn't have to listen to the fawning and gushing. Lately, I only watch tournaments he skips because that's the only time the announcers cover the rest of the field. Tiger's a great golfer but has the personality of a plant.
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6-22-2009 @ 3:34PM
thartw6704 said...
The reason you hate Tiger is because you are racist Nazi pig...nothing else.
6-21-2009 @ 11:00PM
postk49 said...
they are classy in the south not yokels that they have in NY
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6-22-2009 @ 1:49AM
cjgdnight said...
Keep it up NYers... see if the open comes back to Bethpage if you cannot behave.
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6-22-2009 @ 8:50AM
TheMcEntyres said...
New York City is one big hell hole and that includes the parisite people who live there.What a bunch of losers who think they are somebody special and they are nothing but idiots.
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6-22-2009 @ 6:52PM
OutageKing said...
Bump
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6-22-2009 @ 6:56PM
OutageKing said...
Go Figure, they are Caucasian? WTH???
Don't get me wrong, I am white too. But hasn't anyone notice that Caucasian teens are more likley to do retarded acts like this? This is EMBARRASSING to me.
Really, blame the self-absorbed parents for not teaching these wastes-of-society RESPECT and RESPONSIBILITY!
God Help us, 'Nuff Said.
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