I counted about 10 today alone of the f%^, and s^&*, and D#$^ 's all flying
while on close up camera. Anyone can read his lips, it is obvious he is always swearing. Just about 4 pissy clubs semi grounded in disgust after an average shots though today. That is down I thin from his 7.5 average per round.
I believe he is gettng worse instead of better on tour with his attituute that you Eldrick lovers call
intensity.


Go Lefty GO! Beat him just like you did in the Master's.
Show all the viewers your smile and grace.
Give us Philly Mic all over the place (TV) !

lol... oh noes a curse word!

I think it's well established Tiger has a potty mouth. Ever heard Christina Kim? She'd make a sailor blush!

its just more noticeable because the cameras are on tiger so much whether he is in contention or not. its not a big deal. really.

What else is new? He's doing it every week. This is why my 5 yr old doesn't watch golf. Between Tiger and Pat Perez, I don't know who's worse...
And people call him classy? Right... Because spitting a wad of mucus, cursing, and throwing clubs is classy.

In between bites

oh noes!!!!

Classy. Or unintelligent...

Wow if you think that Tiger's cussing,spitting and throwing of clubs is bad dont go to a NHL game or any other sports game.

Other sporting events aren't known as a "gentlemen's game".

Classic Tiger Woods

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw83P2zkfbE

JuNiOR

Like Woody Austin said, he's agressive. I bet you can find gentlemen in NHL since we have all kinds of personalities as the sports getting more and more polular. Some would claim Phil is annoying for his personality, which I don't agree either. Dirty lip reading on the other side is close to crime of thinking, we have to keep an eye on ourselves, too.

There are soooo many pro's who constantly curse when hitting bad shots when under the gun, whether they're trying to make the cut, are in contention on the end of a tourney, or in a major. Golf is considered more of a sport now than ever. It has come along way since the elitist gentleman's game it was 80 years ago. The last time I remember hearing a live swear was by Stuart Appleby after hitting a ball in the water on the 72nd hole of the '07 Shell Houston Open, it was the big old "motherf***er"... Since then I'd be willing to be that they've stepped up their efforts on editing and using around a 5 second delay. There are a lot of times when I'm watching a tourney and then all of a sudden someone hits a bad shot and then there is just silence for about 2-3 seconds immediately following the shot. This happens all of the time and I'd be willing to bet that they more often will use a different camera and/or audio angle after someone curses following a poor shot so this is why it's harder to see other pro's cursing. EVERY SINGLE SHOT OF TIGER'S ROUND IS SHOWN LIVE OR WITHIN 10 SECONDS OR SO. This does not happen with any other golfer on tour, not even Phil. This is why people think Tiger curses so much more than everyone else out there when in reality, not so. Yes, I'd agree that he use profanity more than most out there, but it's not like he's head and shoulders above everyone else, at least not in this category.

BTW, I've read Phil's lips after a poor shot and seen plenty of four letter words uttered from his breath.

I love that he swears. Makes him more normal. I swear on the golf course, so do my friends. And I rarely have a few hundred grand riding on a single tee shot.

what an awesome post, digging deep now for some Trash on Tiger. Geeezz

Me too, it just shows that he's a human being and in the words of Jimmy Buffet... "human beings are flawed individuals"

Oh I meant to mention this... I cannot tell you the number of players I saw spitting... everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Guys dipping, spitting loads of tobacco... etc etc. These guys are no different than your average joe when it comes to this stuff, with Tiger we just get to see it upclose and personal due to the camera coverage.

You've never cursed on a golf course?

i'm going to assume you've never watched Vijay, Angel, or Ian play, have you?

i'm not talking on TV, i mean in person.

Tiger doesn't even come close to comparing to what these guys do/say after bad shots.

i find a well-timed f-bomb to be both relaxing and good mid-round swing fix... in fact, it's part of my practice routine on the range now. hit a bad shot, f-bomb, pure the next. it's a sport, not a church outing and i'm sure if you had a camera in your face all day there would be some unflattering footage, too.

At some point your 5 year old will realize that there is cursing and spitting in this world. Banning him from watching golf is silly. If he wants to watch it let him. If Tiger does something you don't like tell him that is not the way to act. That said I have no problem with cursing, just words.

I understand that he is human. But he is the most recognized athlete on the planet and a role model for millions of children around the world, and that is enough reason that he should practice self control in regard to his mouth.

There was a time when using foul language in public reflected poorly on one's character. Hopefully good manners are not becoming obsolete but it seems it is just a matter of time. I occasionally swear after poor shots, but I'd be embarrassed if others heard me, so I make sure they can't before spewing my F-bombs.

This is PGA Tour golf not the NHL,NFL, and other's where that is to be expected.
What a weak comeback. Another Tiger love I am guessing.
What does your tough guy avitar have to do with golf by the way.
Does that not belong on your NRA blog avaitar?

Gentlemans game as an earlier post states.
That says it best and Eldrick chooses not to be a gentleman, more like Bill Lambeer, not Gary Fisher as long as we are talking other pro sports!

Ohhhh nooo mommy Tiger said a swear.

Since Tiger came on the scene and started dominating, I'd say the "gentlemen's game" moniker no longer exists. He brought a whole new type to the game, like it or not. How many times have you heard the phrase, "well, Tiger made the game cool now"? Well, with that comes "cool" people, him included. I'm not saying this is good or bad, just the way it is. More types of people are playing and watching golf than ever before. And I'm not just talking black. Young, "cool", minorities, not just the more conservative people as in the past.

I frankly LOVE to watch him play as so often it's such a display of greatness. I could do without all the GD's and stuff but, like in most everything else, you gotta take the bad with the good. Embrace the greatness, let good parents be their kids' role model.

Tigers human....sorry to dissapoint. I too am glad he swears, i am glad phil just says "Dang Gonnit" with his twang accent....to me it adds to their character...and before i get blamed for loving God...i mean Tiger..yeah, he's the best thing in a game i love. And for whoever mentioned an NHL game...I have talked with Jarome Iginla, nicest guy in everyway possible and would tell you himself not to swear if he heard...but listen to him on the ice....dont judge someone for their on ice/on course actions.......hell maybe even sean avery is human...

What I think is missing is that these athletes are at work in front of the people that pay their salaries. Do you use this type of language when you are at work or in front of your customers? I hope not. I would hate for my waiter or doctor to start dropping f-bombs because they made a mistake. Just because it is done in other sports doesn't mean it should be accepted as proper behavior.I don't want to have to explain to my grandson what that word means when we are on the golf course. If it isn't a word you would say to your grandmother why would you say it on T.V.?

LOL you either like hate or dont care where Tiger is concerned

But why the he said a dirty word thread, any of you ever here Arnie in his day he would make Tiger blush.

Hilarious

Dear OP,

Did I just seriously waste 5 fu$%ing minutes of my life reading a post about this sh$t? Well, three words for ya, and you can quote me "take up bowling".

I can't quite figure out if all these puritan complainers have such great lives that they have little else to complain about besides athletes' swear words...or if they're so miserable because they're constantly blaming others for the world's problems.

Maybe Tiger should just use different words: Frac, Mother-Father, Son-of-a-Biscuit, Bucking-Fitch

To be technical about it, Nike pays the huge majority of Tiger's salary. And the Tour/tournaments pay another large part of it. You can bet he acts in a way that he feels is "appropriate" to them. The fans only indirectly pay his salary. And you don't need to say "without the fans..."; well, duh, but the fans ain't goin' anywhere so that's a moot point.

I bet if you're having heart surgery and your doc drops his scalpel in your chest or cuts something accidentally, he's not gonna say "golly gee, I just severed all his goshdurn arteries".

He's just a guy who's in the constant limelight in an intense environment reacting to potential setbacks, saying things that the vast majority of people say in intense and emotional moments in their lives. Nothing more, nothing less.

I guess if it is such a accepted language we should be able to use it here!!!!! What about it Mods.?

I'm quite sure that if your presence here was as important as Tiger's is to Nike, the tour, etc, you could say whatever you wanted in here.

Great Post. Golf is a gentlemens game and I dont believe ANYONE should be dropping f bombs if you play this game. I am seriously tired of Tigers attitude on T.V.

GO PHIL GO!!!!!

I PHIL WE BELIEVE!!!!!

i'm sorry, but i think you've forgotten what website you're on...

this is golfwrx.com

where everyone carries their drives 300+
and cursing on the course is never an issue because no one ever hits a bad shot.

that was just a little Public Service Announcement courtesy of probably the only guy on this board who can't hit 300 and has no problems cursing himself out.

I wonder how many of you would love to have a microscope put on your lives and have us question everything you do and say. Yes, even I, who goes to church on Sunday and loves my mom, have thrown an f-bomb or 10 on the course. Am I sub human? Shall I give up the game? Do I respect the game any less? No. Because I'm human and have bad habits and sometimes do things I'm not proud of.

It's amazing how many people are willing to throw stones at someone else's glasshouse and not willing to look at their own lives instead.

I missed the 'expletive' column on the scorecard.

What is wrong with 'damn'? Really not a bad word. Unless your D#$^ was something else.

I personally dislike playing with cursing or misbehaving ppl on a course. I once played a match play with one of such guys and when he missed a 2 footer he sent the putter 20 yards away. I told him next time I was to call an arbiter and ask for a disqualificatiion. He changed his attitude and -after loosing the match- he apologized.

Only adds to the fact he should not be used as a role model. Obviously that is the juvenile way he deals with "how dare the golf gods wreck MY SHOT" As far as golfers the only one I ever saw that didn't throw clubs, spit, or curse is Jack Nicklaus. All the others Player, Trevino, Palmer, Watson, Couples, Floyd, on and on and on have all consistently cursed or thrown clubs. Palmer especially in his younger days was a real club abuser liked to bury his wedges up to the ferrule near the green after a lousy chip---was a scream to watch his caddy try to extract it. Heck Hogan used to flick a lit cigarette at people that were making noise..

Tigers constant spitting of lugies is particularly disgusting and also unsanitary. Saw him dump one on the edge of the green--the looks on the galleries faces was priceless. He obviously has some real serious allergy problems based on the glob he can cough up seemingly at will..

The problem is his behavior sucks period. Tiger is the greatest blah blah blah. He needs to grow up.

+10

its not a big deal? you want your kids following tiger around on the golf course cursing all day- i dont think so. the cameras on him alot is not an excuse for cursing all the time. its immature

+1000 couldn't agree more

What a bunch of crap these types of topics are becoming. The only reason someone starts them is to show how much they don't know by belittling someone else. Sure, pros get mad, camera is on them, they make bad choices with their words..but why do we have to magnify them by continuing the rant in here.

When GolfWRX becomes a place where everyone can beotch, gripe and complain, and this becomes the focal point of GolfWRX? That will be a sad day.

I will close this now but I'm sure that on down the road there will be another started before too long.