Am I the only one bothered by seeing a professional golfer withdraw from a tournament after shooting a poor opening round? If a player suffers an injury, I can understand withdrawing. But, it seems that there are at least a few WD's that are a result of "giving up."

I was at the Chrysler Championship today and watched K.J. Choi tee off on #10, his first hole of the day. When I later caught up with his group at #17, he was gone and the other two guys were playing. K.J. might have suffered some sort of injury, but I think it was a case of giving up since he had no realistic shot at making the cut considering he shot 79 in the first round.

If he was injured, I apologize. But I'm only using this as an example because I see this happen quite a bit and think it sends a bad message to fans.

How would you feel if you were at a baseball, football, or basketball game and your team was getting blown out, and the coach decided to forfeit the rest of the game and walk off the field with his players? IMO that's chickens**t.

Anyone else notice this or really even care?

If he left in the middle of the round then there is a problem, you have to finish the round if you start it, unless you are injured of course.

It dosnt bother me if they pull out after the first round because most of the time they just lump around in the second round and end up having another big score which kills there confidence.

The thing is golf is an individual game. And every pro is in essence an indivdual contractor. It's their perogative to withdraw. Looking at the leading board and the scoring at the Chysler Championship K.J. KNEW there was probably little if any chance for him to make the cut.

I think i heard somewher that KJ was having muscle spasm in his back on thursday, tried to go on friday but the spasms were not any better and thought it was best for him to WD before he injured himself anymore.

I don't see anything wrong with it...why continue playing if you are playing crappy and being a distraction? I'd spend the extra time on the range or in bed.

Is their life and their decision. Doesn't have any impact on me.