Palmetto Proving Grounds

The person who yelled out should be removed from the grounds. No place in golf for that.

However, his fans have brought many distasteful things to the sport of Golf. Personally I don't care for him or his fans so neither one of them have anything to complain about.

You let in rift raft and this is what you get. But it is wrong to do it. So live with it Tiger...

I'm reminded of a round I was playing a few years ago against my eight year old niece over at Frankie's Fun Park - I was putting for par for the victory when out of the blue a bunch of teenagers became rowdy and disruptive with their giggling - I became so flustered I ended up with a double boggy. Darn those kids.

It's a little different when it's "regular" noises and when someone yells from close by in the middle of your backswing. I agree they should be removed from the grounds.

I think it would be awesome for the PGA to have 1 tournament a year where there were bleachers on every hole and people could yell and be rowdy like at a football game.

I think everydamnbody that yells "get in the hole" should immediately be beaten, ejected and banned for life..... then shot to death.

I wish people who don't play golf, or don't respect the game would keep their opinions to themselves when it comes to golf. Its pretty simple, the rules are there, the gentlemen's rules are there. If you disagree just go home and shut up. Golf is not asking for anyone's opinion. It's a well established game and quite frankly I dont think any golfer cares what newbies think. If you yell in my backswing, Im re-teeing and if you do it more than once, expect a 2 iron stinger to be buzzing you. And don't complain when i hit you either.

Some sports require a great deal more focus/concentration than others. The Golf swing, when the tennis player hits his serve, the pool player in a tournament...the rules of sportsmanship should apply to these situations. There's a reason the person yelling out isn't the person playing the game...think about it.

I seriously don't believe that it is harder to hit a stationary ball than one coming from off a pitching mound and you have little idea what pitch/movement/velocity is coming, there's a reason success in baseball is defined at 30%. And people scream like crazy in important baseball games.
That's not saying golf isn't an incredibly hard sport, it is. But the level of concentration that it takes to play is not why fans don't scream. Like a lot of individual vs team sports, a different etiquette has grown up around it. And with that, fans that attend those sports should recognize that and respect it.
If you yell out during someone's swing at a golf event, you're pretty much an idiot.
But let's not pretend golf is harder sport or takes more concentration to play than baseball.

I will address "his Fans". You really never heard people "Yell out, "get in the hole" or other cries until Tiger arrived. By doing the yelling and showing your butts you are really showing your ignorance and disrespect for the game of golf. I make no apologies for the sport of Golf and how one should conduct themselves on the golf course.

Tiger, with his cursing, kicking clubs, refusal to interview after a bad round, plus his private life which dishonors all that the game teaches is not a good example of some "poor little kid"
that is being treated unfairly by whites. He is a great golfer but a hollow person.

I fully expect him to win again and win big, but at what price will the game of golf pay for his triumphs. As far as the fans he has brought to the game, the economy has them not playing the game as golf rounds played has actually decreased in the last few years.

I can understand your statement and I will not go on one of my rants about Tiger.......I do not like the way the media treats this man after what he has done to not only himself and his family but even to golf itself....Tiger will never be half the man Jack is and that is a fact...I also think that Tigers career is all but washed up. He may win a few more tournys but will fade quietly into the night much like the Clemson Baseball team did today.....

haha touche

Let's not pretend Tiger is the only person who gets upset about this. But it does happen to him more with the crowds who follow him. I've also seen numerous pros complain about having to play in front of Tiger because of how the crowds are always moving around to get ahead of him. You should mention those guys too since that's not even a sharp noise just some walking and rustling around.

Anyway - for non-golfers - imagine taking a math test back in the day when the room is quiet and you're concentraiting and your head is filled with numbers...and then someone comes and shouts next to you. My guess is you'd probably lose whatever you had in your head. Same with shouting in the back swing - breaks the concentration and kills the shot.

I need to play with Mr Nice Guy - we'd get along great

In baseball u get 3 strikes.
If u hit it foul u get another chance.
If the catcher drops it on strike 3 u have a chance to get on base. (Slim chance but a chance)
Fielder makes error u get on base.
Many ways to get on base.
Hit a sac fly its a successful AB
Bunt a runner over its a successful AB.

U make 3 bad swings in baseball u strike out and can forget about it. You make a bad swing in golf, you have to go hit ur next shot.

Go 1-5 with a Dble and two RBI and you've had a good game.

I'm not denying how hard baseball is, one of the toughest sports without a doubt. But it doesn't take near the concentration that golf requires. Every single shot matters and there is no one out there that you can depend on to bail you out. There are the rare good bounces on a bad shot but they don't come close to the number of bad breaks on good shots.

And people comparing themselves playing at joes public links and not being bothered to professionals playing is like comparing yourself in a church league softball game and the guys on Sunday night baseball.