# Wear some fucking earplugs Tiger!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069 "2002-12-02T23:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/21 "2002-12-03T19:13:34Z")
Maybe he should endorse a line of silent shutter cameras. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/22 "2002-12-03T19:21:47Z")
Maybe he just thought the pants he was wearing that day made his butt look big. I wouldn’t want my picture taken either. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/23 "2002-12-03T20:27:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Honey \* > \*\*Bolding Mine. > > If what he’s been doing has been _choking_, the man’s going to be dangerous when he gets the hang of things. \*\* What i meant to imply was: a) Woods is an asshole b) _If_ he ever begins to choke (in the way that Norman did), then that choking combined with his assholishness will make him the next Greg Norman. I thought my post made that clear, but maybe not. Anyway, there you have it. ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/24 "2002-12-03T21:16:26Z")
If I were independently wealthy, I’d hire that guy from Police Academy who did the sounds to follow Tiger around during a tournament. Hmm… maybe I’ll hire him to do that, then wager a ton of money against Tiger and become independantly wealthy. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/25 "2002-12-03T23:50:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mycroft Holmes \* > \*\*You know, this exact phrase was used in one of the Sniper’s letters to the Montgomery County Police Department. Now you’ve gone and frightened me. You weren’t _INVOLVED_ in any way were you? 😉 \*\* Even Worse : I hear they’re issuing a subpoena for Herbert Kornfeld! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/26 "2002-12-04T00:18:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zoony \* > \*\*glared for a few moments at the photog. \*\* PHOTOG 2GR 1/2 Sacrifice camera: photog gets +3/+3 until end of turn. ---
**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/27 "2002-12-04T00:19:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Even Worse : I hear they’re issuing a subpoena for Herbert Kornfeld! And the H-dog would be saying "Ah’m hearin’ a lot’o shizzit from playa hate-ahs in dis’ thread, word up!! Cuz dat Tiger is da bomb, and y’all be playin’ like some be-yotches tryin’ to get up in 'is jock. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/28 "2002-12-04T14:35:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mhendo \* > \*\*What i meant to imply was: > > a) Woods is an asshole > b) _If_ he ever begins to choke (in the way that Norman did), then that choking combined with his assholishness will make him the next Greg Norman. > > I thought my post made that clear, but maybe not. Anyway, there you have it. \*\* :smack: I should have read your post more carefully, you did say **if** he begins to choke. Apologies to you. Honey ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/29 "2002-12-04T15:24:14Z")
So maybe the solution is simply to ramp up the level of ambient sound/crowd noise, so an isolated shutter click will not stand out. Let’s see if the Chicago-area crowd at Olympia Fields can improve this year upon last year’s NY crowds! I know we have discussed it before, but I do not understand why it is presumed that silence is required in golf. ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/30 "2002-12-04T15:25:46Z")
I know it wasn’t a “real” tournament, but in defense of Tiger, the man is ultra-competitive and expects to win everytime he steps onto the golf course. That includes exhibition matches. This is why he’s the best golfer in the world right now. I used to think his demeanor on the course was both cocky and cold until I realized this was his _job_. He’s just really focussed on winning and that’s why he comes off the way he does. As far as his concentration goes, I think he concentrates as good as any player in the game, but when a camera goes off in the middle of your backswing it tends to shake even the most seasoned golfers. [Homer]Mmmmm, Seasoned Golfers[/Homer] As far as the money is concerned. I know he’s loaded and has everything material anyone could ever want in life, but he earned all of that through years of practice and hard work. The players were required to donate 20% of their winnings to charity, but Tiger donated all of his $125,000 to the Tiger Woods Foundation. That doesn’t sound like he’s lining his pockets to me. With regards to the caddies actions, I didn’t know he threw the guy’s camera in the lake. If he did indeed do that, it’s inexcusable. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069/31 "2002-12-04T15:40:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\*Even Worse : I hear they’re issuing a subpoena for Herbert Kornfeld! \*\* Bwahahahah!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wear-some-fucking-earplugs-tiger/140069.md?page=1)