The Tiger Woods Thread

Whilst I don't think he looks as well as people are saying and in particular Sky - I have to put my hands up and say , once again he has blown my mind.

And to be honest - and I'm sad to say this. It shows how pathetic the likes of Rory and Lowry's efforts are.

It was a joy to watch - in a fairly spoilt industry now - to see someone try, really really really hard.

All them in field - I guess it is Shane and Rory that frustrate me most as I care most about them. The more and more years of majors I watch - it actually just takes a good bit of hanging in there when things are not going well. Even when you are one or two over on the first day - that is ok. Stay mentally tough, stick at it. In fairness Shane has a better attitude on course. Felt Rory was letting it slip when he was only 3 or 4 off the lead on day 1.

So I guess I care most about them - there have been so many handy majors that have just floated by for Rory.

He definitely doesn't look comfortable today ?

Unreal shot, bringing the score back...only fools thought he'd slip away today (namely myself)

Of course he's not the golfer he was but I wouldn't be quite as dramatic about today's performance.

What I would say is that even Tiger Woods cannot expect to play a tournament every 3 or 4 months - not to mention his what? 2 years injury break before that - and expect to compete for the win. No matter who you are or were elite level sports just doesn't work like that.

But yes, if every few months is all his health allows him then maybe its time for him to admit that he's done at that level.

I’m not a golfer but it warmed my heart to see tiger tee off in adare and the reception he got forcing him to break his Steel composure and basically smile his face off 😂😂

The impression I get is that he is not crocked this week but is still rusty due to not playing tournaments due to the injuries. Hard to see how he can get out of this cycle. Even being a little off can make a dramatic difference (contending vs missing cut by several shots) due to the compounding effect. He also has a worse record and many more missed cuts at the Open than at the Masters - so maybe it is not that surprising that he was able to hobble around Augusta and make the cut and won't make the cut this week despite being in better physical condition.

As a golfer, he is my favourite, single minded, determined beyond his peers. Off course, he is scum, it’s easy to refuse a billion when you are worth a billion, I certainly wouldn’t be holding him up as a paragon of moral virtue.

Glad to see highlights of him finishing with 3 birdies.

But also just seeing his "tampon joke". God, it was just a bit tacky and unfunny to me. Not a good piece of PR for a man who has a bit of a past for his attitude to women.

A bloke putting a tampon in his golf cart? Not the sort of thing that would spring to my mind for heading out for a round. Not exactly a spontaneous joke.

And yes, I play and we slag each other if a player messes up a drive and doesn't make the women's tee etc......

Cue demands for an apology on national TV, and donations to charities or something, this will backfire on tiger.

Yes to officially class it, I'd say it's misogynistic and sexist in that is a male using a token of particular female use towards another male in jest. But i read it as harmless, a jock/male locker room type humour that just shows we have a different wavelength of humour. But as it's not directed at anyone else, noone else was harmed it should be left at that. You have a player on a LPGA tour event making some form of male gesture to a playing partner we wouldn't hear anything said. I've seen lady playing partners slag the men off when they don't pass the red tees with a drive.

Media and so called offended groups just going nuts as usual.

With my drive these days I was just xpecting to be showered with the things every second hole this coming season and make a killing on repackaging and selling them🙄🙄