Media overrates Tiger Woods, says reader

Johnny wrote on: Dec 3, 2009

This would not have been such a big deal if the media would just let things alone. This is Tiger Woods personal life and no one else's business but nooooooo.. the media feels like everyone should know about it. Tiger just might lose his family thanks to all this negative coverage. He probably could have worked things out with his wife if you idiots would have kept your nose's out of it. This is why so many of us in America hate the media and do not trust you at all. This is not something that should be broadcast all over the world. Just leave this man alone and let him work his personal life out. Tiger, I'm sorry that the media won't leave you alone and my heart goes out to you. You're a wonderful man that is human and make mistakes just like the rest of us. I life a prayer up for you right now and my hope is that you and your wife can work things out regardless of whether all this is true or not and my opinion of you hasn't changed one bit. God bless you during this time in your life.

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Wes Fordem wrote on: Jul 6, 2009

I believe the press and media over-hype and over-rate him because they feel they have to give him extra points and have to help him out no matter what, win or lose.
I think it's racism at it's most subtle.
The rest of America can see it and are getting cynical.

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FU wrote on: Jun 16, 2008

Ya, tiger is an overrated joke, but tell the savage sub-humans of the world.

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Reasonable American wrote on: Jan 18, 2008

Tiger is an American who just happens to have had an African ancestor. No hyphens necessary. He is actually mostly Asian. I am proud that an American is the best of the best. All this wrangle about what race Tiger belongs to, and the comments about his “mixed heritage” in the press detract from his accomplishments and the positive example he fosters. That is why he chooses to ignore such nonsense, calling it a “non-issue”. Am I proud that I have an African ancestor too? Yes, I am…but I’m an American…no hyphen necessary.

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Jack R wrote on: Aug 27, 2007

In my opinion Tiger has changed golf for the worse and I would really like to think otherwise because I love the game always have.
His seriousness and competiveness has taken the joy out of the game for me.
I go back aways - when Nicklaus was challenging Palmer I had the same feeling but in short time I began to like Nicklaus for his attitude he seemed to convey a joy for the game and his mastery over it was something I saw came from the love of the game. He was enamored of his predecessors and gave them the respect they deserved.
I'd love to have the same respect for Tiger – The crowd that follows Tiger seem to have the same vehement - ‘Win at all cost – beat your opponent’.
It’s good for winning golf tournaments creating fear and domination in his opponents but not good for the game and for that matter for society in general.
Take the chip off your back Tiger before someone with courage and a good game steps up confuses you and takes it away your thrown unserendipitously.

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Joseph Dorval wrote on: Aug 5, 2007

Harold's rant would have been more believable if he had thrown out a few stats instead of just throwing out some names. We will never know how the greats would match up if they all were using the same equipment, and had the generational attitudes towards training and fitness. What the rcords have already proven to any one who can read, write, or listen objectively, is Tiger Woods would definitely be in the statosphere as all of the other greats of the game.

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Eric wrote on: Mar 23, 2007

When those old guys were playing golf there were less than 10 international players in the field. Now there are over 1/3 International players in the PGA. This says that competition is much better now than then. Tiger Woods is the best golfer of all time. Ask Jack Nicholson, he'll tell you. The only argument anti-Tiger people have is modern equipment but we all know courses today dwarf courses of yesterday.

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George Lyons wrote on: Feb 13, 2007

Harold,
you should maybe go hit a bucket full and get it out of your craw; it's really stuck way high up there. Man, you are TEED OFF!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!
Hacker.

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Curt wrote on: Feb 13, 2007

Harold,
After reading you letter, I debated as to wheather it
to respond. My initial impression was this is the rantings of a bitter old man shackled with the chains of racism, but that fact is rather obvious.
The disturbing fact is that you chose to ignore the multitude of legetimate records that Woods holds.
When you rant ,such as you have, you do a disservice to all those great golfers before Tiger. You also do harm to yourself by exposing how ignorant you are
concerning the sport.
You are obviously so fixated on hating this mixed- race man that the reality of his accomplishments
totally escapes you.
If you ever hope to expect people to take you seriously, you should not let them know how
racist you are. Everthing you say after that fact has been established is useless. You are obviously old enough to remember the old golfers but not old enough to have acquired a bit of oldfashioned common sense along the way.

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