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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
People aren’t his game. Congrats on his win. I’ll never be a fan, having decided he was an asshole going back before any of you likely ever heard of him.

My best friend grew up in southern CA and played golf with him when he was a preteen/teen.

Same story.

He's been a prick his whole life.

I'm sorry to any of the lovers out there, but this man does nothing to improve the game of golf. He just doesn't and it's as simple as that. To try to put him in the same category as men like Nicklaus, or Palmer, or Nick Faldo, or Ernie Els, or Fred Couples, or any of the other classy men who have graced the greens over the decades is laughable.

I watched Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar playing the 16th yesterday. Kuchar hit a great shot close to the pin and he and Phil, laughing and smiling, bumped fists after his great hit. Competitors... congratulating each other and enjoying their game. Does anyone here think for one second that Woods would do the same? Hardly.

Kuchar is a great guy and is what golf is supposed to be, as is Mickelson. Woods? Not even close.

In my opinion, those who adore the man (and I use that term loosely) care more about the win than how one goes about the win. Golf is more about how one goes about the win than the win. It always has been and always will be a gentleman's game of honor. Woods is no gentleman and he is most certainly not honorable.

A great athlete and golfer? Yes. Beyond that? No.