Update: Tiger Ignores "Bootyism," "Sex Addict" Signs, Does Well at Masters
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Not everyone was applauding Tiger Woods' return to professional golf at the Masters in Augusta, Ga. on Thursday.
A subdued-looking Woods, 35, received a long ovation from spectators when he teed off at 1:42 p.m. It's the #1-ranked golfer's much-anticipated comeback since his far-reaching infidelity scandal began to unfold last November.
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But as he played his first hole, a small plane flew overhead -- carrying a banner reading "Tiger: Did you mean 'bootyism?" The quip was a reference to several public apologies made by Woods in late March; he told ESPN's Sports Center that he "had gotten away from my core values" while cheating on his wife Elin "I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditatitng."
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Woods didn't appear to see the snarky banner -- or the one carried by another plane that flew above later. That one read "Sex addict? Yeah. Right. Me Too!!"
Woods sought treatment for 45 days but declined to confirm that it was for sex addiction, saying it was a "private matter."
Update: Apparently Woods didn't let the heckling get to him: he finished his first round with a four-under score of 68, just two shots off the lead score. It was his best opening round score ever at the Masters tournamaent. (Veteran golfer Fred Couples was victorious in round one with a score of 66.)
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80For a so-called Christian nation, there sure are a lot of unforgiving people around. God forgives, but man surely does not. The people who have indicated that Tiger deserves ridicule, humiliation, etc. are probably the first people to attend church on Sunday and profess to be one of God's people. Tiger is married to Elin, not to any of us. If she forgives him or not, it is none of our business. He does not owe me or anyone else an apology. He is a golfer. If you are naive enough to have your child look to any sports star as a "role model" and the model falls short, you have no one to blame but yourself. You as a parent should be the positive role model. Some people just love to pass judgements on others to make themselves feel better. There's a lot of that going on! Tiger is a golfer. He is a millionaire, maybe a billionaire. If he never golfs again, he will not end up in an unemployment line. Get over it folks. Your rantings aren't doing a thing but making you look foolish. All that money spent on a plane to fly a banner to try to make someone feel bad didn't work! The self- proclaimed honorable and honest public won't change a thing. This bi-racial man with money, etc. will overcome this crap that the media keeps feeding the public. Get over yourselves people!!!
Hahaha! These airplanes signs are GREAT! Hope whoever is doing this keeps it up. I like to watch the golf matches, but seeing Tiger makes me nauseus. Eeeeew, he is skanky. I watch the others and when Woods comes on I turn the station. The man just plain grosses me out. I hate that people are applauding and fueling his huge sicko ego all because he can hit a silly ball with a stupid stick pretty good. Hate to tell you this, but that's NOT the measure of a man. Integrity is, and Woods has NONE. He deserves to be made fun of as much as possible. Sad that the public has such short memory, and so quickly forget...guess cause most of them are probably out leading some type of life similiar to what Woods was doing, they can relate, so they don't care. Too many trash people in this world who don't know the meaning of loyalty and honesty.
First, what kind of a lunatic is so spiteful and so obsessed that they would spend money on hiring a plane, just to insult a stranger? And, btw, to insult a religion with millions of followers? Buddhists deserve better than this kind of treatment. Second, I'm a feminist and I believe in monogamy. BUT I DON'T CARE about Tiger Woods. He is a celebrity, but he's a private citizen. He's not like the disgusting liars in Congress who preach a rigid, repressive, sexual "morality" and use my tax dollars to try to pass laws to enforce that on the rest of us -- while at the same time, having sex with their mistresses in a church (Congressman Pickering), soliciting undercover cops for gay sex in an airport bathroom, using tax money to visit a mistress in Argentina, and sexually preying upon the young teen pages who serve in the House of Representatives. I'd leave Tiger alone His affairs are none of my business. I don't want to read about them. I don't want to watch his family's suffering. I didn't vote for him or marry him, so I don't care.
Its a race thing because if a rich white man had cheated on his wife..(and i stress rich) and was a golfer there would be no way in hell that someone flying over his game with a banner with remarks about him, no way in hell. Tiger may not claim black but he is being treated like he is. period point blank. to many cheater out there for all the hater to only call tiger out.
Go Betty Shabazz....again History Repeats its self. i am still stuck on how is this country is supposed to be a christian country when white man started slavery. A christian country would no way in hell hang another man or lynch or burn a family or rape women and kill the husband and child b/c of its complection....i am stuck on this b/c i just heard someone say blacks need to go back to africa. if you want the black to leave this racist and leave the comments about something over 200 years ago, then stop bring up about black going back to africa.
Leave Tiger Woods alone! The man knows what he did was wrong. He is trying to hold his marriage together, but getting back to golf and leading a normal life. His life is really none of our business. Maybe this family can reunite and get on about the business of raising two beautiful children in a healthy, stable home, if the press leaves them alone.
To"Get over I"...He's not just a golfer! He sells his name & his image to any company willing to hand over millions of dollars and when he does that he'd better be prepared to take the critisism when all the dirt is revealed about his life and extremely poor moral actions. Not to mention the grief that his poor wife has to edure because of it!
OH GET OFF THE RACIST THING!! NOT EVERYTHING THE "WHITE MAN" DOES AND SAYS IS WITH THE INTENTION OF INSULTING BLACK PEOPLE!! QUIT READING PREJUDICE INTO EVERYTHING!! GEESH!!
All i can say is when the President was making a speech and the man from SC called him a liar nothing was seriously done about it but an apology. if it was President Bush that SC man would have been arrested...same case with this shyt with Tiger, he may not consider himself black but thats not what white man see, if his skin complection is dark, if his hair is kind of curly, he is considered a black man. say what you want people it is True. Those people should have been arrested for flying over the Masters, if it was Tom Watson the police would have been all over this matter. they should have been all over the matter when Mr SC yelled at the President. Things have not changed you people can say race is over all you want to but it's not. Remember history repeats its self, and the old ways are trying to make a come back.
Amen! Ms. Betty! You hit the hammer on the nail! and don't even try and compare that skank Jesse James with Tiger he is not a f***ing celebrity, he was just married to one! And as far as why black men marry white women, they won't something society used to say they couldn't have when they get whith white women they realize that p***y is all the same, & the BS is all the same too. Too bad they have to f*** their lives and careers up to see that for themselves.
Leave him alone? He made a spectacle of himself...sleeping with a bunch of trashy women sold his a** out for a quick buck. When you are in the public eye - you have to expect that your laundry will get aired out for all to see... Jesse and Tiger are both pigs! I don't care what colour you are...if you can't commmit - DON'T! I think the plane banner idea was awesome. Tiger is still one of the richest athletes in the world...he'll be OK with a little razzing!
Race has nothing to do with this!!!! People are disgusted with him because of his actions be he black, white, purple, blue or multicolored. Also, he is no athlete, golf is boring boring boring. The amount of money these golfers make is ridiculous. Golf is a passtime, not a real sport and they are not real athletes. I could care less if he cheated on his wife or not, it's between him and her. Move on, story over.........
I just want to add in that Angie's comment about golfers is ridiculus. First, overpaid? The only way a golfer can make a substantial income is by winning or by sponsers (which are compliments of them winning). You must know nothing about the sport of golf to consider them not athletes. Just look at how many well known athletes do golf. Tiger was wrong no doubt. Since he is a professional I understand the publicity. But people love to watch Tiger because he is the best to ever play the SPORT. I hardly consider Angie's comment valid!
He's a Golfer. His personal life is none of your business. Anybody looking to an athlete to be the beacon of morality is an idiot & deserves to be disappointed.
Can they do a plane with "FILTHY STINKING LYING CHEATER!" on it? Might work better. Tiger Woods has hit a new low this week, caught using dead relatives for commercials. Is this the kind of disrespect he learned in fake celebrity 'rehab'?
sex addict my butt, sad excuse for what you did, copy out, you and jesse F**ked up!!
Some of you are claiming that the only reason people are upset with Tiger Woods is because he's black. Have those same people taken notice of the fact that Jesse James is being slow-roasted on a spit for the same reason? Last time I checked, Jesse James was white (actually he's multicolored with the 894 tattoos but that's beside the point). Despite your attempts, not every issue can be tied up with a pretty little racist bow. Sometimes wrong is wrong no matter what color is involved. Or are only certain people allowed to have opinions?
Leave the guy alone.. would anyone post a sign like that at their workplace if their boss was caught cheating? Then leave him be.. he's working. This whole spectacle is between him and his wife and I hardly think his wife appreciates being constantly reminded of what happened. But no one thinks of that, do they? Why don't we hog tie Tiger and tattoo a scarlet A on him while we're at it eh?
BLACK FOLKS (or those PRETENDING TO COME ON THIS SITE AS BLACK--the racist trolls) have no business playing the race card in this situation. First of all, most African-Americans don't give a rat's a$$ about Tiger--so white folks shut up about him being half-this-and-that---YOU CAN HAVE ALL HIM for all I care - LOL. And those 2 or 3 black folks that do care, SHUT UP! He doesn't give a damn about YOU or your support. Let him marinade in the "sh#t he got himself into.
You know what that's exactly what you all say when your trying to take the focus off you hating on him because he's black & successful. Your full of S***.