Poll: If Tiger Had Tossed A Club Into A Doral Lake...
/Several commenters here immediately reacted to Rory McIlroy's funny-but-childish club toss into a Doral lake by immediately pointing out that Tiger Woods would not have gotten the free pass that young Rory enjoyed (especially from the fawning British press!). ESPN.com's Bob Harig suggested a Woods chuck into water would have prompted "indignation" that "would have blown up the Internet." I don't think he's wrong.
Curtis Bunn went a step beyond and openly questioned the praise for McIlroy's passion and humanness, while Woods, even though he's never heaved a club so blatantly into a lake, would not have gotten the same free pass.
Rory McIlroy, who holds Woods’ old position as the No. 1 player in the world, was so upset with himself that he tossed a three-iron into the lake Friday at Doral outside of Miami. But here’s the kicker?
Everyone laughed.
There was no protests from players, no complaints from golf legends. No nothing—except platitudes to McIlroy, actually, that he showed himself to be a regular guy.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Woods tosses his club back to his golf bag in anger, curses under his breath, and he’s the angry Black man. Tom Watson says, “He needs to clean it up.”
McIlroy slung a club into the water…and everyone laughed.
This is what Watson said a few years ago about Woods: “He really shouldn’t be setting that sort of example for kids. His swearing and his club throwing, that should end. I think he needs to clean up his act and show respect for the game that people before him have shown.”
So that leaves us a poll question to settle this life-and-death matter (I realize that's a bit strong but do think this is worth exploring):
