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Originally Posted by ScarletBlood31
It's ridiculous to claim that because players are intimidated by Tiger that it is any kind of unfair advantage. There's a reason why competitors are intimidated, because they know how good he is and he throws them off of his game. The fact that he throws everyone off their game like that just makes him that much better of a competitor.
Also, don't try to say that all of the other golfers have worse playing conditions. There are thousands of people everywhere Tiger goes, and hundreds of cameras watching every single one of his moves. There's no other player who has to deal with more press, fans, attention, or expectations than Tiger does.
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Intimidation is one thing. It's not much to intimidate someone Luke Donald's age. However, I don't think all of the players are intimidated by him. A couple have kicked his ass solidly this year.
As for playing with larger crowds, every player who plays in Tiger's group (twosome, threesome) is playing with
exactly the same crowd. The difference is that Tiger plays a shot and then goes through all the exaggerated behavior trying to whip up his fans in the gallery. This unsettles the gallery and they are moving around and talking while his competitors play.
Next time, watch the gallery closely as Tiger plays and as his opponents play. Be open and fair in your assessment and you will see what I mean.
My point, which I am not sure you understood as I meant it, was that Jack Nicklaus never had to resort to that kind of behavior. He played his shot and then stood and watched the other man play. No fist pumping or histrionics. He WAS intimidating, but mainly in his aggressive shotmaking not by whipping up the crowd like Tiger does.
Golf isn't the NFL.
I share your belief that Tiger is "all that". I'm just saying that he needs to stop the other crap so that we can all see it better.
