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Old 05-28-11 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by guadzilla
Out of curiosity - why? Because of his affairs (ie, him as a person) or b/c of something he's done/not done as a sportsperson?

I dont follow golf - am genuinely asking.
Just how he has treated everyone in his life except for his caddy who has protected all his dealings. The guy has made over a billion dollars on marketing himself as a person of integrity when the opposite is true. That's why all of his sponsors have pulled out...that and Woods has now looked in the mirror and seen himself for what he is. Golf is a mental sport. Yes his physical gifts allowed him to dominate with his ability to hit 350 yard drives and 280 yard 2-irons but putting is mental and he has lost the ability to will the ball into the hole. He's a broken man...both mentally and physically and why he likely will never win another major and in particular 5 more majors or the equivalent of Mickleson's lifetime record to elipse Jack's unbelievable record. The more he loses, the more it will reinforce what he has become.

Touching upon Tiger's breakdown, it is much like Michael Jackson's story really. About discrimination and father's that drove their kids relentlessly...kid's who were only about the talent they presented and only rewarded when they excelled and neither had a childhood without consequences based upon performance. Kids with extraordinary talent overcoming being discriminated against and the discrimination their parents felt and how they drove their kids to compensate for being black by being better than the rest. Also in the case of Tiger he was an only child. The project of his father who was also a talented and well spoken man...a Green Beret as tough minded as they come. Both Tiger and Michael are or were miserable in spite of unfathomable wealth forever seeking perfectionism to satisfy their parents which is never sustainable and driven by scripted lives resulting in self loathing. Some know that Michael's father was a monster and Michael did everything in his life to be different from his father...the polar opposite, from morphing his appearance to adapting a child like persona based upon never having a childhood and driven to perform much like Tiger was.
Tiger is hosed because he needs the press for marketing and yet they expose him for who he is. Most close to him could see how phony and controlled he was with the press and it has gotten much worse. One writer said it well. Tiger has always had a script as dictated by his parents. His dad is dead and he has gone off the rails and has no script for recovery because he was all about his image which is now irreparable. This is too much for anybody to deal with really, even Tiger Woods with his iron clad will and really why he went off the rails and why many talented prodigies do.

As to lies upon lies and in the spirit of speaking about doping and Tiger and Lance together and why Tiger's name came up, below see a couple of pics comparing early Tiger to current Tiger. Most into cycling and fitness understand body types. Tiger coming up was the quinessential nerd, a quick twitch ectomorph who inspite of being unusually skinny could drive a golf ball well over 300 yards. Now look at him. Again with respect to body types, most know there is only one way to transform an ectomorph into a mesomorph...chemistry. An ectomorph can lift weights until the cows come home and still end up a well toned skinny or even average size guy. There is NO doubt in my mind or the mind of others that have closely watched Tiger from the time he was a young prodigy that he is on the juice. NO question. So it isn't just lies, it is about cheating and breaking the law. I honestly don't care what the guy does nor to the point of the earlier poster am I surprised about the guy just like all the other sports icons that are found out for what they are.
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