Brandel Brings Up Tiger And PED's, Even Though No One Asked

Me thinks the Tiger true believers have been badgering Brandel Chamblee for his pointed analysis of Tiger's decline, because I'm not sure how else to explain the timing of a strange GolfChannel.com commentary offering the view that he does not believe Tiger ever used performance-enhancing drugs.

The argument is tortured when you consider some of Chamblee's recent remarks about how Tiger inexplicably changed the perfect golf body.

Why would he do something that would benefit him in the short term when he knows that it will take him years to achieve his dream? More importantly, he did not need to enhance his performance, he was dominant when he was sinewy. When Tiger looked down the range he did not see bulging muscles and athletes threatening to take away his crown, he saw slower, less gifted, softer athletes who were of little or no competition to him.

Critics, fans and jealous fellow competitors want him to be guilty of this era’s injected perfection, because it would explain what so many have failed to explain. Why was he so good? For all his faults, Tiger respects the records of this game and knows that his quest to break them is in need of only sweat, toil and time, not some magical cocktail injected in his veins. This is not to say that others in golf haven’t given into this temptation because I am certain they have. Unlike Tiger, others have wanted immediate gain, sought to close competitive gaps and harbored no desire to pursue records that required time.

So Brandel is certain others used PED's, yet he can't envision a scenario that others see for Tiger even though Tiger got noticeably larger and was a known patient of Dr. Spaceman, the world's most notorious HGH purveyer?

Here were Chamblee's comments prior to The Players, which may have prompted the above linked piece:

"Tiger's body was perfect for golf. He was lean, sinewy, quick. He's turned himself into an NFL linebacker — but why? In golf, you don't have to lift a car over your head. You swing an 11-ounce club."