Rory Sabbatini is a Dope
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by Tyduffy
Rory Sabbatini is a complete and utter buffoon. He called Tiger "as beatable as ever" after he was beaten by Tiger on the final day at Wachovia. Tiger then destroyed him again during the final group by shooting a final round 65 at Bridgestone, with Sabbatini choking and limping to the finish with a final around 74. Big deal, this happens to some dope every other tournament.
The grander story is what Sabbatini did before taking his tee-shot on the 10th hole. A fan asked him "Hey, Rory, still think Tiger is beatable?" Sabbatini then had the spectator forcibly removed by the police, employing an expletive "barked" at the police officer to get the fan "out of here."
Why do golfers need absolute silence? Why does a benign heckler who says something while he is walking to the tee box, not while he is shooting susceptible to being removed by police? Heaven forbid someone call Sabbatini fat, they might be beaten with batons.
If baseball players have to hit with flashbulbs and 40,000 people screaming at them, and soccer players have to take corner kicks with streamers, coins, and fresh produce being lobbed at them, why are golfers such sensitive geniuses that they need complete and utter silence to concentrate? Even the announcers speak in muted tones. It is ridiculous.
Golfing is a great skill, but these guys are hardly Picasso painting. They should be able to perform without a couple hundred people bowing to their greatness and maintaining perfect silence. Allowing people to make noise would end the sense of entitlement that makes Sabbatini feel like he can have the police escort anyone who mildly annoys him and Tiger feel that its acceptable to send his caddie marauding into the crowd after some poor schmuck who took his picture. It was also make a far more entertaining spectacle.
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