embodiment of golf itself. Once virtually undefeatable, Woods has begun to show his humanity in recent years with injuries and losses mounting in ways once unthinkable. Still though, Tiger Woods is likely the most dominant player that has ever and will ever pick up a golf club.
Seeming to regain some of the glory from his younger days, Woods showed total dominance at Hazeltine until the end when he was bested by the 110th ranked player in the world, Y.E. Yang. Aside from the embarrassment of losing to such an unheralded player, Woods has become increasingly uncomfortable with his appearance as a normal player and is reportedly considering dropping out of the PGA tour entirely if he continues to lose. Though many believe his the threat a knee jerk reaction to the startling loss, insiders indicate that the golfing great has been considering such radical action for a number of years now, and that this loss might just be his breaking point.
“Look, to be great you have to have a great ego and people like that hurt all the more when they fall. They feel losses much more significantly than lesser players and they are beset by this feeling that they have never had to experience before, namely losing. Tiger is like all great athletes; He revels in victory and the defeat of others so being on the losing side is a difficult thing to take,” said our insider. “He’s really just sick of it. He feels like he has done so much for the sport and for the Association and now he is being dealt loss after loss. He feels unappreciated and just plain angry with the way he is being treated and I think his threat is a lot closer to real than many people think.”
It’s not clear what options Woods would have should he leave the PGA which is the most dominant golfing league in the world. It’s also not clear what PGA officials would or would not be willing to do in order to retain their biggest star.
“The simplest thing would be to give him a couple strokes advantage in every tournament but that would be a little too transparent. The sticky part of this is that whatever they do has to be seen as fair to the other players otherwise they will show the favouritism that they obviously have. That will anger the other players but will also turn into anger from the fans, which no one wants,” said Scrape TV Sports analyst Mark Marvins. “Another option would be akin to what happened with Muhammad Ali later in his career. They could pair him against lesser talent more consistently and while that won’t guarantee victory, as we saw at Hazeltine, it will give him a better chance of pulling down more victories.”
Other players have complained about Woods in the past claiming that his dominance on the course has made it difficult for them to win tournaments and thus the lucrative purses awarded for victories. Many are viewing this new development as a kind of just desserts for the man who has taken so much money from their pockets.
“The other option, and perhaps the most viable one, would be to silently drug the other players. By intoxicating them with some kind of subtle drug they could induce lesser play and put Woods in a position to win a lot more easily. That could of course bring up all sorts of ethical issues but at least it will make Tiger happy,” continued Marvins. “Ultimately it befits the PGA to have Tiger win as much as possible as well. He is the biggest draw they have ever had and keeping him happy has to be their top priority. People like to see Tiger Woods win as much as he likes doing it.”
It’s not clear whether the PGA would use some sort of prescribed medication to drug other players or would lean towards street products such as GHB and Acid.
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