Jim Nantz
Jim Nantz Has Harsh Words for Tiger Woods
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 | Golf, Sports, The Masters, Tiger Woods | No Comments
Long-time CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz had some harsh words for Tiger Words after his display at the Masters. Ever since Woods came clean about his extra-marital affairs, Woods has talked about being a “different” person both on and off the golf course. Woods talked about being more reserved on the golf course and less inclined to have “offensive” outbursts after a bad shot or upon hearing the click of a camera when he takes a swing. But after watching Tiger during his 4 rounds at Augusta over the past weekend, it was clear that Tiger is still the same old Tiger.
In Saturday’s 3rd round, you could hear Tiger yell — “Tiger Woods, you suck” followed by an offensive expletive. It was loud enough for the TV microphones to pick it up live on air. Then on Sunday, Woods uttered “Jesus Christ” after a poor tee shot on the 13th hole.
Nantz went off on Woods’ behavior given his recent promises that he would be a different player on the course. Here are a few snippits from Nantz:
“If I said what he said on the air, I would be fired. I read in the USA Today and it was called “mild language”. Someone on my broadcast dismissed it as him having a camera in his face. Well, guess what? Phil Mickelson had a camera in his face all week and did you even hear him come close to approaching that? He didn’t hit every shot the way he wanted. Have you ever heard Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus use that kind of language? What are the parameters between what’s right or wrong?”
“How about the father and son who are standing right there by the tee? How about the hundreds of people who around that tee who hear that? How about the hundreds of letters I’ve gotten through the years from people who have been outraged at the language they’ve heard there and have written me and said, ‘Why don’t you guys ever say something about that?’”
So much for having more respect for the game of golf and for trying to avoid any profanity-laden outbursts when he makes a bad shot. Guess he is still Tiger being Tiger. And if that’s the case, does anyone have any pics of Tiger visiting the local Augusta establishment? Please, please — send them our way if you do…
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