It was fun to seen the shots he hit at Bay Hill, just hope his knee holds up. http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-bayhill
Not a fan of Woods like I use to be after he trashed his family. I hope he does make a comeback and have learned a lesson or two about himself and how to control his dick preventing himself to stay on top of his game. Many a great men let the dick rule to their detriment.
Nothing more exciting than a man of mixed race or black coming back from disgrace and poking his opponents in the eye and say "see you cannot hold me down, not even myself can hold me down".
The land used to build the course was an indigo plantation prior to the Civil War. Referred to by many golf writers as “the last of the old plantations,” Augusta National came by that moniker honestly. The plantation owner, Dennis Redmond, undoubtedly used slaves for his work force. The Masters was notoriously slow to allow minority members, the first was only admitted in 1990, and women are still to this day treated as second class citizens there. Unfortunately attitudes in many parts of the south are still stuck in the past.
It depends on the club, I have joined two private clubs, one in California and one in Arizona and was welcomed with open arms by the membership both times. There are still some clubs that have to be dragged into modern times (see the Shoal Creek controversy below), but a lot of progress has been made. I remember in the early 90's Tom Watson (one of the Giants/Legends of modern golf, 99.9% of private clubs would bend over backwards to have him as a member) resigned from the ultra conservative Kansas City country club because he found out they had an unspoken rule to refuse any Jewish applicants and Tom's wife is Jewish. Up until 1990, Shoal Creek had no African-American members, similar to other clubs across the nation. A firestorm began when club founder Hall Thompson commented that the club would not be pressured to accept African-American members, stating "this is our home, and we pick and choose who we want."[4] These comments, made prior to the 1990 PGA Championship, made the tournament front-page news as civil rights groups such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference threatened to protest the event and sponsors pulled advertising from the tournament. The PGA considered moving the tournament away from Shoal Creek, but in the end reached a compromise with the club: local insurance executive Louis Willie was invited to become an honorary member with full membership to come after the waiting-list period of any membership application. This incident forced everyone associated with golf—clubs, the PGA, and the USGA—to look at minority access in the sport. The PGA and USGA changed rules regarding course selection, requiring clubs that hosted events to meet inclusive membership requirements.[citation needed] Since this incident, Shoal Creek did not host any major golf event until 2008, when the club hosted the U.S. Junior Amateur. In regards to membership, Shoal Creek has welcomed some African-Americans, women, and Jews as members.[5] In September 2009, Condoleezza Rice, the former United States Secretary of State under President George W. Bush became a full member of Shoal Creek. Rice is originally from the Birmingham, Alabama area. In addition to joining Shoal Creek, Rice became a member of Greystone Golf and Country Club
He needs to keep his mind focussed on the game. He's still young. I think the talk of him being past his prime and retiring is a bit crazy. Nicklaus, Palmer, Snead, Crenshaw and others got better as they got older as will Tiger if he's healthy and ready. He could still take another year off the tour to really clear his mind of all the BS of the recent past and put up amazing numbers. Don't know how much his knee is affecting his game, but I would say his mental approach to every tournament is the only thing that's holding him back. When Tiger is locked on and in his groove, who else is better?
