Tour players and cheating/affairs

[majorchamp]

I was very surprised having a conversation with my cousin back in July...he was a very pro-Tiger fan, but after the crap hit the fan with him...he lost all respect for the guy and vowed to never support him or his golf ever again. I looked at him puzzled and said "did you watch him play golf because he was a great husband and father, or because he is one of the greatest players ever"...he simply said he can't support someone who deceived everyone like that.

I went on to tell him that Tiger is not the only tour player who goes behind his spouses back...I have heard plenty that other players do the same, etc... and he was like "no way... I don't see other players like Mickelson, etc.. doing that stuff. I then said there has been a long standing rumor about Mickelson and his wife having an open marriage, etc... though I have no way to validate that kind of statement..just what I have heard over the years.

I told him.."you think that Jack and Arnie weren't womanizers back in the day..you didn't have TMZ and the National Enquirer hounding their every step. I heard from my grandfather that Arnold especially was known to have a wandering eye.

It sucks to hear people plaster Tiger as this evil husband for what he did (and it is awful what he did) but to praise other players as if they are much better. They just don't have the limelight on them.

What is funny was 1 month ago, I met up with my cousin and he said "your going to tell me I told you so..but I was watching the news in Ft. Myers florida..and they were talking about the Blue Martini bar that Tiger would frequent near where he lives..and turns out other players like Zach Johnson and such would spend time in the private area of the bar".

I am from Indianapolis...hell there are rumors Peyton Manning goes off with other women all the time, but many people don't believe that especially those who don't live in Indy.

Anyways...was curious if there are rumors or facts you guys know of tour players and their off course behaviors. not trying to throw any tour player under the bus...just stuff you have "heard".

[iacas]

Yeah, let's put more negativity into the world! Woo! Three cheers for...

No thanks.

[sean_miller]

In a 2004 book written by Johnny Miller, he referred to there being cliques on tour back in the old days, but the biggest two were 1.) the guys who were cheating on their wives, and 2.) the guys who weren't.

[Kieran123]

Lets not turn TST into TMZ

Gossip? Meh.

[majorchamp]

Lets not turn TST into TMZ

fair enough...my fault

[majorchamp]

Erik, I can no longer delete this thread...please remove for me

Thanks