Tuesday 16 April 2013

Not a tiger but a cheetah

The fact that Tiger Woods did not even consider withdrawing from the Masters, let alone actually do it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/22139762

suggests that golf has now become like pretty much every other professional sport - winning has become the only thing that matters. If you have to cheat to do so, well no problem. A far cry from the days when Bobby Jones, after being congratulated by journalists for calling a foul on himself which ultimately cost him the US Open, famously commented: "You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank".