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Second you guys are going about this the wrong way. I think what Tiger did is great, but the fact that he was able to do it makes it not a story. Any guy in any other sport couldn't do it because it would just be too hard. Their sports are way to physically demanding and it just isn't possible to play with a fractured tibia.  |
Up until Tiger did it I would have thought the same thing about golf. Which is what makes it so impressive.
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And to suggest that golf isn't an elite sport for the upper class is ludicrous. How is that a bias just because 99% of golfers were already upper class people before they started? Do you know how expensive it is to have a membership at a private golf club? Been to the Glenco (sp?) in calgary lately? To suggest that is bias is silly , tell me the last time a golfer had to put up with conditions that NFL or NHL players have had to? |
You don't need a membership at a private course to play golf. Hockey is pretty damn expensive to play and I know a lot of families that can't afford to have their kids in it.
Really though I have no clue what any of that has to do with the debate at hand.
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Are you gonna tell me that what Tiger did was any harder than guys playing 20 or so NFL games to win the Superbowl? Or warring it out every second night for 3 months like the NHL playoffs? |
Not harder. Not easier. Different.
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What Tiger did was great, and maybe no other golfer could do it, so maybe in comparison to his own sport it was fantastic, but compare it to any other sport and I just don't see how playing injured is a big deal,
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He wasn't just playing injured - it was the type of injury he had that makes it unreal.