Least Favorite Player

[Chris223]

Originally Posted by phan52

I used to like Adam Scott, but now I find myself rooting against him because of that atrocious putter and his a-hole caddie. Not fair, I know, but that's the way it is for me.

The funny thing about the putter is that he is not a very good putter with it anyway. How bad was he without it?

He was AWFUL without it - even admitted it's the only reason you see him anywhere on the front page of the leaderboards anymore.  Can't wait til it gets banned and he fades back into obscurity.  I'm with you on not liking him for the exact same reasons.  His caddie is a loser who needs to learn how to keep his mouth shut and that putter just annoys me.  It certainly is awful.

Besides him, eh, not a big fan of Angel Cabrera.

[geauxforbroke]

Originally Posted by Jakester23

Phil (get a f ing hair cut) and I hate seeing him hit from the wrong side.

Can't do anything about the hair. Sorry.

[BostonBrew]

Keegan Bradley. All of that fidgeting, flipping, and crap drives me nuts.

[barbm12thtee]

I can't stay away from this thread and I promise you I'm not a hater (disliker either). I was watching Solheim Cup from two years ago and Christina Kim was acting bizarre. Don't really dislike her...she's annoying!

[BallStriker]

Steve Stricker......I will keep the underlying reasons to myself, but a complete ass*hole

[Stretch]

Don't usually waste energy rooting against particular people or teams*, but if Bubba Watson was playing a three-headed green alien in a "Space Jam"-style matchup with the fate of the entire human race at stake, I'd be cheering for the golfer with tentacles.

(* OK, the New York Giants can also **** off and die.)

[Lefty-Golfer]

Ian Poulter - In my opinion he is the walking definition of a douche bag. From his look, to his constant bitching and moaning about anything that is on his mind…there is nothing I enjoy more than watching him crumble in majors…and stroke play in general. If he wasn’t so good in match play he would irrelevant! I have to give him credit for being a Ryder cup stud but I hate him.

[Chris223]

Ian Poulter - In my opinion he is the walking definition of a douche bag. From his look, to his constant bitching and moaning about anything that is on his mind…there is nothing I enjoy more than watching him crumble in majors…and stroke play in general. If he wasn’t so good in match play he would irrelevant! I have to give him credit for being a Ryder cup stud but I hate him.

Poulter is hillarious and on tour hes well known as being a humorous fun guy to be around. As for the person who lost respect for phil because he applauded GREAT shots made by Rose during the Ryder Cup... clearly just doesnt understand the game, its history and what it stands for

[Ernest Jones]

As for the person who lost respect for phil because he applauded GREAT shots made by Rose during the Ryder Cup... clearly just doesnt understand the game, its history and what it stands for

Glad to see I'm not alone in this regard. I've heard lots of people slam Phil for the Ryder Cup match vs Rose and I just don't get the mentality. I thought it was pure class.

[Shorty]

Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

Glad to see I'm not alone in this regard. I've heard lots of people slam Phil for the Ryder Cup match vs Rose and I just don't get the mentality. I thought it was pure class.

Agreed.

He was acknowledging good play, not "applauding his opposition".

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by Chris223

As for the person who lost respect for phil because he applauded GREAT shots made by Rose during the Ryder Cup... clearly just doesnt understand the game, its history and what it stands for

Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

Glad to see I'm not alone in this regard. I've heard lots of people slam Phil for the Ryder Cup match vs Rose and I just don't get the mentality. I thought it was pure class.

Originally Posted by Shorty

Agreed.

He was acknowledging good play, not "applauding his opposition".

I'm with all of you three.  There was an extensive argument on this topic in the Ryder Cup thread ... if only Shorty was around at the time (I think it was during your hiatus)  ;)

[colin007]

I've said it before on similar threads Tim Herron - because he's fat.

[David L Yskes]

I'd probably say  Tiger Woods

as much as i like what he has done for the game of golf...  I've felt that once he became a big star on tour, everyone just kind of looked the other way...

He throws temper tantrums cusses and swears, berates someone in the gallery, oh it's just Tiger being ultra competative...

Someone else does this, and they are over reacting...

Probably the best thing that ever happened was Tiger and his Ex getting into the imfamous fight and Tiger crashing his SUV, and the world finally finding out who he really is.....   A extremely bratty guy with a lot of money who thought he could get away with basically banging all the ****s in the world... Yet he was married to a really attractive women, yet she just was not enough...   And then his golf game went to crap, and he ended up being just another good golfer..

[plum]

sergio and bubba is slowly climbing up my hate list. I think its all a front with him.

[Wisguy]

Can we expand this topic to include people who say that a particular pro golfer is an a-hole, but then say "but I'm not gonna explain why"? If you aren't going provide us with an explanation behind a highly controversial opinion, why on earth are you bothering to share it with anyone? Why would you think any of us care, if you don't give us a reason why?

This is particularly true when it comes to someone who is as universally well-regarded as Steve Stricker. Quite frankly, I've never heard anyone say anything bad about the guy, certainly nothing worse than comment on his failure to win a major or the bad couple of years he had after his initial success when he then switched equipment for a better endorsement deal. I live in Wisconsin and I've never heard anyone say a less-than-positive word about him here. For whatever it's worth, I once grabbed a quick breakfast at a restaurant where he was eating with his family and he seemed about as pleasant and kind of a father and husband as anyone I've ever seen. I know someone who knows Stricker and I plan on asking about this [almost certainly false] claim that he's a jerk under the highly pleasant public facade.

BallStriker, if you are going to make highly critical statements about someone, at least have the guts to explain why. Otherwise, you sound like a child whining on the playground. If there is a genuinely reasonable explanation for why you wouldn't share this information about Stricker, at least send me a PM and if you do have a good reason, I'll concede that point to you here in this forum.

[Wisguy]

Probably the best thing that ever happened was Tiger and his Ex getting into the imfamous fight and Tiger crashing his SUV, and the world finally finding out who he really is.....   A extremely bratty guy with a lot of money who thought he could get away with basically banging all the ****s in the world... Yet he was married to a really attractive women, yet she just was not enough...   And then his golf game went to crap, and he ended up being just another good golfer..

One of my guilty pleasures is that I sometimes read advice columns (yes, it's kind of lame) and this opinion and other similar ones I've seen here condemning Tiger for his infidelity remind me of the many letters I saw years ago to rather crusty, conservative Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby on the topic of marital infidelity. Almost every single one of those "Abby, my/my sister's/my daughter's/my friend's hubby/boyfriend is cheating!" letters received exactly the same response - the filthy, no good b*st*rd was always 100% to blame, men were always assumed to be fully responsible for cheating and the woman was always the poor, innocent victim, 100% blameless. Given that the infidelity rate for marriages in the US is supposed to be around 50% and there's no small coterie of super-skank women who are responsible for all this cheating, that means that many millions of woman are also fully to blame for the adultery. It is simply unfair to say that one spouse is fully to blame, one is completely blameless without knowing all of the facts.

Now there are many reasons why one could criticize Tiger's judgment about decisions he made when cheating on his wife relating to who, what, where, when, why, how many, how likely indiscrete, etc.... However, none of us know a damn thing about his marriage or about Elin other than she was blond, Swedish and very pretty. Yes, she has innocent, somewhat angelic looks, but does that mean she was an angel? No, of course not. Maybe she turned into a horrible nag. Maybe she developed body issues and became self-conscious after her pregnancies, maybe she became religious or super-feminist, or maybe things just cooled off for her romantically and she turned into a frigid ice queen and she wasn't willing to do anything to make the situation better (haven't we all had at least a friend or two who found that stereotype about marriage coming true with their wives?). That would not altogether excuse Tiger's actions but it would go quite a ways toward making them seem less unreasonable. Just because Elin is attactive does not mean that she did not contribute toward problems in her marriage. Or maybe Elin was a terrific wife in all ways and Tiger really was the ego-driven POS that some people believe him to be. We just don't know. So, absent situations involving abuse and out-of-control addictions, I tend to hold back a bit on judging other people's relationship problems because there are two sides to every story and we seldom get to know the whole truth.

[jdwillas]

Gary Player comes off extremely narcissistic at times, but also comes off generous and congratulatory toward others. Stenson and Blixt sometimes come off as prickish in their interviews, but I think that might just be unfamiliar Swedish mannerisms. Bubba Watson's personality rubs me the wrong way.

However, I wouldn't root against any of the previously mentioned players. The only person on tour who I actively root against is Tiger Woods. The guy's an immature, arrogant phony. I would find it incredibly satisfying if he finished his career with 100+ wins and only 14 majors.

[3putter]

Originally Posted by Wisguy

One of my guilty pleasures is that I sometimes read advice columns (yes, it's kind of lame) and this opinion and other similar ones I've seen here condemning Tiger for his infidelity remind me of the many letters I saw years ago to rather crusty, conservative Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby on the topic of marital infidelity. Almost every single one of those "Abby, my/my sister's/my daughter's/my friend's hubby/boyfriend is cheating!" letters received exactly the same response - the filthy, no good b*st*rd was always 100% to blame, men were always assumed to be fully responsible for cheating and the woman was always the poor, innocent victim, 100% blameless. Given that the infidelity rate for marriages in the US is supposed to be around 50% and there's no small coterie of super-skank women who are responsible for all this cheating, that means that many millions of woman are also fully to blame for the adultery. It is simply unfair to say that one spouse is fully to blame, one is completely blameless without knowing all of the facts.

Now there are many reasons why one could criticize Tiger's judgment about decisions he made when cheating on his wife relating to who, what, where, when, why, how many, how likely indiscrete, etc.... However, none of us know a damn thing about his marriage or about Elin other than she was blond, Swedish and very pretty. Yes, she has innocent, somewhat angelic looks, but does that mean she was an angel? No, of course not. Maybe she turned into a horrible nag. Maybe she developed body issues and became self-conscious after her pregnancies, maybe she became religious or super-feminist, or maybe things just cooled off for her romantically and she turned into a frigid ice queen and she wasn't willing to do anything to make the situation better (haven't we all had at least a friend or two who found that stereotype about marriage coming true with their wives?). That would not altogether excuse Tiger's actions but it would go quite a ways toward making them seem less unreasonable. Just because Elin is attactive does not mean that she did not contribute toward problems in her marriage. Or maybe Elin was a terrific wife in all ways and Tiger really was the ego-driven POS that some people believe him to be. We just don't know. So, absent situations involving abuse and out-of-control addictions, I tend to hold back a bit on judging other people's relationship problems because there are two sides to every story and we seldom get to know the whole truth.

C'mon man. You have to drop reason at the door, and hastily render judgment on a situation most know nothing (Outside of media reports) about. I am 100% in agreement with you. However, it's a stick his haters will use to beat him with till the end of time. They obviously can't legitimately hate on him winning more than anyone playing right now, so they act like he had non-consensual sex with their wives/Sisters/daughter...etc.