I'm fine with that. I'm not really rooting for anyone I just find the endless takes of "why are the US players abject failures" and stuff crazy. I mean there are people that were saying it was a mistake to have Tiger Woods be a captains choice when just a week earlier he won the tour championship and got 2nd in the FedEx Cup. Just so silly.

The European Players are definitely much more likeable. Patrick Reed vs. Tommy Fleetwood? Not even close.

sounds like your issue is with all sports journalism ever tbh

I really don't care for Patrick Reed, Dustin Johnson, or Bubba Watson. Tiger is exciting to watch but his personality is pretty grating.

Yes, true. Even though I used to be one of them.

I'm totally expecting this guy to be one man with an acoustic guitar playing sea shanties after this post.

Tiger the GOAT.

Most hated players seem to become loveable as they age. Except Tom Brady.

No.

Tiger has never been loveable, and never will be loveable. Very talented, yes. A good guy, maybe. Nothing more.

Pretty much agree. Incredibly exciting to watch and I always root for him. But really awful personality

For the record, I have never rooted for Tiger. Never will.

For comparison, I will also state that I did not root for any horse after Affirmed to win the Triple Crown, until American Pharoah. Pharoah was the first since Affirmed that I thought would be a worthy winner.

In Tiger's case, I have not found anyone worthy to root for since Jack, except Tom W. Nobody since then that I see as worthy to surpass Jack.

Seems like the only qualification for being worthy is being great.

Tiger GOAT

Me too. Isn’t he? Then I won’t bother looking him up.

are you going to factor this in when you get around to revealing that category?

anybody who endorses nike sweatshop labor products can't be all bad

lol touché

I’m expecting a seriously lit Nike commercial about Tiger’s performance at the tour championship.

But I’m guessing the sweatshop labor will not feature prominently

Lolgolf

if they don't like their job then they should just quit and find another one

I don't know of anyone who thought it was a mistake to have Tiger on the team. And I am not a Tiger fan.

I think people were concerned that Phil was not playing well of late, and that the course really penalized wayward shots. The other concern was Bubba being Bubba when he leaves continental USA. Spieth was off form going in and DeChambeau was tired.

Golf is an individual sport, so you cant take too much stock in the results of a Ryder Cup (but I was glad that the Euros won, because, damn it they just have more fun .

But, if there is a critique that Tiger deserves, is that he is not (and does not appear to want to be) a leader. If people are expecting Tiger to take a young guy under his wing, that is just not going to happen. He is a cold fish and that is just his nature. It might be why people who play with him are probably more fearful of playing bad than inspired to play well. It might also explain why some of his best pairings have been with people older than him (O'Meara and Stricker, for example).

I don't dislike Tiger but my dream foursome would probably be me, my Dad, Justin Rose and Jason Day..

wp

did consider running a walrus a few times this year but haha no I just don't have the time

Checking in

Thinking about buying another TV. Anyone have thoughts on the value of 4k UHD vs regular old 1080p? Probably looking at 43"-55", don't need anything bigger.

Always bigger. lol at thinking about a 43" TV. Even if I'm 3 feet away, I'm getting a 65" minimum (kidding but just barely).

And there's more to the equation than 4k vs 1080

How dark is the room?
What are the required viewing angles?
using it to play games? (i.e. need fast response time?)

Walk into Costco and look around. Costco mainly sells middle tier TV's.