2015 Wyndham Championship Discussion Thread

[Rogin]

Calling Tiger "Eldrick" is fair enough, as long as you also call Bubba "Gerry" or Boo "Thomas".

[TreyWingbat]

Calling Tiger "Eldrick" is fair enough, as long as you call Bubba "Gerry".

Sure, and Boo Weekley "Thomas" which is what I've done as well when talking to friends.  Sure, I have to explain to them who I'm talking about at times, but it's all good.

Do all you call Fred Couples "Boom Boom" or Sergio Garcia "El Nino"... probably not, because these nicknames aren't as standardized.

[pumaAttack]

Sure, and Boo Weekley "Thomas" which is what I've done as well when talking to friends.  Sure, I have to explain to them who I'm talking about at times, but it's all good.

Do all you call Fred Couples "Boom Boom" or Sergio Garcia "El Nino"... probably not, because these nicknames aren't as standardized.

Has a leaderboard ever read as Boom Boom Couples or El Nino Garcia?

Tiger is his name for all intents and purposes.

[Chilli Dipper]

In other news, Kaymer came to Wyndham hoping to qualify for the playoffs, but did not succeed and consequently lost his tour card for the 15-16 season because he didn't meet the requirement of 15 events played.

Isn't this a bit of a ridiculous technicality? He has an exemption until 2019 for winning the U.S. Open last year, and he earned more than enough last year to break the top 125 on the money list. Does it really matter that he only entered 13 events?

[skydog]

Do all you call Fred Couples "Boom Boom" or Sergio Garcia "El Nino"... probably not, because these nicknames aren't as standardized.

In all honesty, I exclusively refer to Freddie as Boom Boom...Sergio, I just don't even bother to talk about.

Isn't this a bit of a ridiculous technicality? He has an exemption until 2019 for winning the U.S. Open last year, and he earned more than enough last year to break the top 125 on the money list. Does it really matter that he only entered 13 events?

Agreed. It seems ridiculous for a guy who won the US Open and Players in the last 16 months to 'lose' his tour card for next year. Is this some new product of the FedEx system because I have never heard of this garbage before?

[pumaAttack]

Isn't this a bit of a ridiculous technicality? He has an exemption until 2019 for winning the U.S. Open last year, and he earned more than enough last year to break the top 125 on the money list. Does it really matter that he only entered 13 events?

Yes...  it absolutely matters.

Because the PGA needs its star players to attend events.  If they didn't have this rule we wouldn't see nearly as many star players at the lesser events.  Which would hurt the game.

[ChrisP]

Wow that's shocking about Kaymer. I thought his Players win in '14 would give him a PGA exemption. That being said, he will still play in all 4 majors, all the WGC events and Players, so he'll still be playing in a lot of big tourneys on Tour.

[pumaAttack]

Wow that's shocking about Kaymer. I thought his Players win in '14 would give him a PGA exemption. That being said, he will still play in all 4 majors, all the WGC events and Players, so he'll still be playing in a lot of big tourneys on Tour.

And if he wins one event during a pga sanctioned event, he automatically makes it back on tour and the FEDEX cup.

[Fourputt]

Like I stated before, I feel like more of a fan knowing his real name, whereby a majority of people don't.  I can call him Tiger too.

I don't get mad when people call me by my real name, instead of a nickname which is what I used for most of my life.  The statement I've heard for me personally is that people grow out of nicknames too when they get older, so maybe that should apply to Tiger as well?  I know people refused to call Larry Jones "Chipper" as he got older.

Obviously Tiger has not outgrown the nickname.  It is one of the most recognized names in the sports world.  Not using it to make yourself feel like a friend of his is just weird.  My Father-in-law was nicknamed "Buddy" before he was 3 years old.  Now he's 2 weeks short of 92 and he's still "Bud".  89 years with essentially the same nickname.

[Duff McGee]

Obviously Tiger has not outgrown the nickname.  It is one of the most recognized names in the sports world.  Not using it to make yourself feel like a friend of his is just weird.  My Father-in-law was nicknamed "Buddy" before he was 3 years old.  Now he's 2 weeks short of 92 and he's still "Bud".  89 years with essentially the same nickname.

Yeah it is actually kind of creepy.

[Valleygolfer]

How does saying "Eldrick looked great in red and black" demeaning to him and his real name?  Yeah, I said Fatrick afterwards in the same paragraph (and then said I probably shouldn't have), but I'm not a fan of Patrick Reed.

Ask anyone I talk to about golf, and I always use the name Eldrick, and they know I don't say it to demean him.  You people on here don't know me and are just rushing to judgements, based on how Eldrick has been used on this board.  Newsflash: this board isn't the say-all and end-all of golf.

Filed under conversations that didn't happen....

@TreyWingbat ce round!"

Tiger: "Hey Trey, thanks but call me Eldrick. Only people that don't know me, my friends, my fans and my family call me Tiger."

[nevets88]

Tempting Tiger.

Spectators out on the right are directly in the line of fire should a thin shot occur.