Budding Bromance: Branden Grace Unabashedly Declares For Tiger
“I hadn’t played with him before, but now, to have played with him three days in a row, has been unreal,” Grace said. “I've learned a hell of a lot from playing with him. The way he plays shots, the way he handles himself and things like that, has been great. He's there because he is the best in the world. I've seen it now, and I think people really criticize him, that is wrong. He's one hell of a guy, and he's pretty much the nicest guy I've ever played with.”
There is something wrong if Tiger is this agreeable to play with. Mercifully, they are not paired together again tomorrow.
Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 05:26 PM
Reader Comments (19)
Hold me, I'm scared!
My picks are designed to maximize profits. I could not care less about what players say.
My picks are not designed to satisfy stunted-growth induced fantasies built around sporting idols.
Tiger by five at the PGA?
If there were a million of you, the Nevada economy would be back on its feet.
The press may not feel the same because of his responses to their many stupid questions.
In private Tiger is very likeable.
That's not enough for u? What else is on ur agenda? Feeling a little insecure? Something else bothering u?
As previously noted, you can't even properly spell Ladbrokes, absolutely no possible way you could mount a successful wagering strategy with them. Especially with you relying on the simulator and your volatility theory, and the ascendancy/decline theory, and the small investor theory....LMAO. Hey, how's John Chambers? You guy make a lot of cold calls last week? Any new accounts?
WAY more importantly, you could have been quoting any number of younger players that have said the same about tiger recently and some not so recently...
dustin/bubba have both talked ad nauseam about learning alot playing with tiger
That is absolutely not fact.
In actuality, almost no PGA tour players spend any time at all with Tiger, and if being honest most would offer no opinion at all as to whether they "liked" Tiger or not. They are not going to say outright to the media that they dislike Tiger, there is no upside for doing something like that, but most wouldn't have a clue whether they "like" Tiger as a person or not.
"In private Tiger is very likeable."
Wrong. As I have said before, I have first-hand knowledge about this. Tiger probably isn't the devil incarnate that some people would have you believe, but likeable is not how people who spend a bit of time with him describe him.
Try this excerpt from a PGA players poll.
In a way, this is surprising. It's not surpring that Woods is popular among his peers. Excepting Vijay Singh and his little buddy Tom Pernice (Batman and Robin), just about everyone likes Tiger. It's surprising, though, because Woods is so intensely focused during his rounds, can be very slow on the greens, expresses anger with ease (and foul language) after bad shots, and draws tremendous crowds and attention.
On the other hand, he draws tremendous crowds and attention. Playing with Tiger ensures that you'll be getting plenty of attention and TV time, too (for good or ill). But what it boils down to is probably this: Woods is simply well-liked, and who doesn't want to share the stage with the greatest golfer who ever lived?
In the most-popular playing partner poll, Phil Mickelson didn't receive a single vote. In the least-popular playing partner poll, Tiger Woods didn't receive a single vote