TIGER'S TALE
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by user ETWPURPSE29
TIGER ROCKS! I KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE GAME OF GOLF BEFORE TIGER WOODS CAME ALONG. QUITE HONESTLY, I PROBABLY COULDN'T HAVE EVEN NAMED THE TOP TWO PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, BUT I'D BET THE HOUSE I KNOW NOW! I ABSOLUTELY ADORE TIGER FOR HIS GAME, HIS PERSONALITY, AND PARTICULARLY, HIS HUMILITY. IT WOULD BE SO EASY FOR HIM TO BE ARROGANT AND COCKY WITHOUT REMORSE, BUT INSTEAD HE IS HUMBLE, SENSITIVE, AND RIGHTEOUS, YET CONFIDENT BEYOND MEASURE. IN A GAME WHERE HE IS ATTACKED SO OFTEN BY HIS PEERS, DUE PRIMARILY TO JEALOUSY, AND VICTIMIZED BY HIS OWN SUCCESS HE STILL SUCCEEDS.
- MANY BELIEVE "THERE IS NO GOD IN SPORTS" BUT I HAPPEN TO DISAGREE. AN OUTSTANDING MULTIRACIAL GOLFER, NICKNAMED "TIGER" BY THE WORLD, ARISES IN A GAME PREVIOUSLY DOMINATED BY ALL WHITE MEN, AND EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS, INTRODUCING A WHOLE NEW GENERATION TO A ONCE OBSCURE PASTIME, AND MAKING IT COOL TO PICK UP A GOLF CLUB. BUILDING A DIVERSE INTEREST IN A SPORT THAT FOR SO LONG HAS BEEN RESISTENT TO "CHANGE", AND DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO "TRADITION". A SPORT WITH A HISTORY RICH IN RACISM AND ETHNIC EXCLUSION NOW HAS A MAN OF COLOR AS ITS NUMBER 1 PLAYER IN THE WORLD! DO YOU THINK GOD MAY HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR? EVERY TIME SOMEONE CHALLENGES HIM, RIDICULES HIM, DISRESPECTS HIM, HE IS STRENGTHENED AND THEN DESTROYS THEM. TAKE NOTES PHIL, AMES, RORY WHATS-HIS-NAME. YOU GUY'S HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE UP AGAINST. TIGER'S PURPOSE IN LIFE AND IN GOLF IS AN ENORMOUS ONE, BUT HE CAN HANDLE IT. HE IS FIERCE, FEROCIOUS, CUNNING, AND STRONG JUST AS HIS NAME SUGGESTS.
- MANY PEOPLE PROCLAIM THEY HAVE TIRED OF TIGER’S EXPLOITS AND COMPLAIN OF BOREDOM IN GOLF DUE TO A LACK OF COMPETITION. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 250,000 “PROFESSIONAL” GOLFER’S IN THE PGA! IS IT REALLY HIS FAULT HE IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST. I FOUND THESE COMMENTS OFFERED BY STEPEN AMES SEVEN YEARS AGO IN REFERENCE TO TIGER SETTING COURSE RECORDS LAUGHABLE! PARTICULARLY WHEN HE SAID, “HE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE HAS ENOUGH RESPECT FOR OTHER PLAYERS. TIGER’S COMING ACROSS BIGGER THAN THE GAME. HE’S A SPOILED 24-YEAR-OLD. IF I WAS IN HIS POSITION, I’D BE MORE CONSIDERATE. IF I WAS BEATING THE SPIT OUT OF OTHER PLAYERS, I WOULDN’T HAVE TO BEAT THEM IN THAT WAY, TOO.” STEPHEN DO YOU WANT SOME CHEESE WITH THAT WINE? I HOPE FOR HIS SAKE THESE REMARKS WERE TAKING OUT OF CONTEXT, ALTHOUGH I DON’T FEEL HE LEFT VERY MUCH ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION. ARE HIS ADVERSARIES SUGGESTING HE SLOW DOWN TO ALLOW THE REST OF THE FIELD TO CATCH UP, BECAUSE HE HAS SET A PACE MANY ARE UNWILLING TO STRIVE TO MAINTAIN? WHY…TO BOOST RATINGS? IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD AND SHAMEFUL TO EVEN REMOTELY INSINUATE TIGER SACRAFICE HIS POTENTIAL TO PACIFY THE EGO OF A LESSER PLAYER.
- DESPITE THE CRITICISM OF ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST RECOGNIZABLE ICONS; BY THE END OF HIS CAREER ELDRICK “TIGER” WOODS WILL BE THE GREATEST TO HAVE EVER GRACED A GOLF COURSE. HE WILL HAVE SURPASSED JACK NICKLAUS’ ALL TIME MAJOR VICTORIES RECORD AND LEFT BEHIND AN EXTROADINARY FEAT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG DETERMINED ATHLETES TO PURSUE. HE WILL BE CREDITED WITH POPULARIZING THE SPORT OF GOLF, NOT ONLY AMONG BLACKS, AND OTHER MINORITIES, BUT AMONG CHILDREN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. GOLF IS A GENTLEMEN'S GAME REQUIRING PATIENCE, PRECISION, INTEGRITY, AND INTELLIGENCE. IF EVER THERE WAS A PERSON THAT EMBODIED ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A WINNER, IT WOULD BE TIGER WOODS. HE IS UNDENIABLY A GENTLEMEN AND A SCHOLAR! GO GET 'EM TIGER!
