I’m lucky enough to be pretty healthy.\u00a0 I don’t have any\u00a0ailments, other than being a bit overweight…but I’m working on that!\u00a0 What I mean is, I’m healthy all-around.\u00a0 Like all of us, I have days where I may be a little under the weather.\u00a0 But it’s very rare that I actually get “sick.”\u00a0 Rare enough that my boss probably wouldn’t believe me if I was to call out of work for the day.\u00a0 I’ve been with my company for about four years and have yet to take a sick day.\u00a0 Well, that’s not entirely true.\u00a0 I did take one.\u00a0 But I used it to play golf on a Monday.\u00a0 And my boss was well aware.\u00a0 So I can understand him not believing me.<\/p>\n
What I don’t understand is why people don’t believe Tiger Woods when he says he’s hurt.\u00a0 He’s the #1 player in the world.\u00a0 It takes work and talent to get there.\u00a0 So when he pulled out of the Honda Classic, why, instead of understanding that he was struggling due to a known back injury, did many people react like he was full of crap?\u00a0 I began seeing all kinds of “Tiger is a baby” comments\u00a0(along with various other\u00a0descriptions I won’t say here) popping up on social media right away.\u00a0 Why the animosity?<\/p>\n
Is it because he is the worlds #1 ranked player?\u00a0 That could be.\u00a0 I mean, the #1 always has a target on their back.\u00a0 And it seems to be the American way to build someone up only to tear them down.\u00a0 Or maybe it’s because people still hold a grudge against him for\u00a0the past\u00a0mistakes in his personal life?\u00a0 I suppose that’s a reason.\u00a0 Because he’s a celebrity, everything he does wrong stands out more and is remembered for a longer period of time.\u00a0 Or maybe it’s simply because people just genuinely think he’s full of crap.\u00a0 They think he genuinely faked an injury because he wasn’t playing well and had no chance.\u00a0 I suppose that’s possible.\u00a0 After all, it’s not like he needs the money.\u00a0 He can walk away from a tournament and it certainly won’t hurt his wallet any.<\/p>\n
It seems as though many people have these thoughts in the back of their minds and aren’t taking into consideration that he may actually be hurt.\u00a0 But hurt enough to not finish the last five holes?\u00a0 I don’t know.\u00a0 I’m not even going to form an opinion on it.\u00a0 But I will say this – There’s a difference between being hurt\u00a0and being injured.\u00a0 You play when you’re hurt.\u00a0\u00a0And when you walk away with only five holes remaining after having a bad round…well, you can see how certain opinions can be formed.\u00a0 One can only hope that he’s not using the injury as an excuse for\u00a0poor play.<\/p>\n
Swing ’til you’re happy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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