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[CaneBrain]

http://sports.espn.g...tory?id=3450453he was playing with a stress fracture. Damn. He is so freaking good....but I really fear he jeopardized a lot just to win one major. Speedy recovery golf god.

[CBass1724]

That sucks, I was hoping he'd be at Congressional at his tournament this year because I was going to go on one of the weekend days. Oh well.

[PMJackson21]

CaneBrain, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 8:53 AM, said:

http://sports.espn.g...tory?id=3450453he was playing with a stress fracture. Damn. He is so freaking good....but I really fear he jeopardized a lot just to win one major. Speedy recovery golf god.

And in related news, golf tv ratings plummetted.

[PMJackson21]

And in more related news, the US loses the Ryder Cup again.

[HubDub04]

At least we now know that he wasn't faking his knee injury.

[CBass1724]

PMJackson21, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 12:34 PM, said:

And in more related news, the US loses the Ryder Cup again.

We would have lost anyway. Watch us win now which would make no sense. Does Rocco get his spot? lol

[Jackets1407]

PMJackson21, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 12:34 PM, said:

And in more related news, the US loses the Ryder Cup again.

At least we have an excuse now!

[James D]

CBass1724, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 8:44 AM, said:

We would have lost anyway. Watch us win now which would make no sense. Does Rocco get his spot? lol

It may help USA actually. Maybe the rest of the team will feel more of a collectivity, and also be able to concentrate on the team's goals more, without the whole Tiger Circus/media frenzy that usually surrounds him. It must be a little distracting for all the other USA players... so now they can relax more and not have to play second fiddle to Tiger, which I assume could have demoralized some of the team in recent years.

[vonteego3]

HubDub04, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 11:37 AM, said:

At least we now know that he wasn't faking his knee injury.

Was this seriously questioned?

[CaneBrain]

James D, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 9:03 AM, said:

It may help USA actually. Maybe the rest of the team will feel more of a collectivity, and also be able to concentrate on the team's goals more, without the whole Tiger Circus/media frenzy that usually surrounds him. It must be a little distracting for all the other USA players... so now they can relax more and not have to play second fiddle to Tiger, which I assume could have demoralized some of the team in recent years.

Ewing theory FTW????Tiger actually has been a massive Ryder Cup disappointment (reminds me of how Pete Sampras always sucked in Davis Cup) so it is not the end of the world. Maybe the US will figure out how to play well in the teams portion....Europe always builds a giant lead in that part of the competition.

[SuitedAces21]

HubDub04, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 12:37 PM, said:

At least we now know that he wasn't faking his knee injury.

We're talking about Tiger Woods. Not Paul Pierce.

[James D]

vonteego3, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 9:04 AM, said:

Was this seriously questioned?

It was actually questioned by a few pros. Concensus was that he showed pain only whenever he hit a bad shot. I'm pretty sure it was Retief Goosen (not 100% sure, it was someone like that though) who said it publicly.

[HubDub04]

I don't think he faked it necessarily but I do think it was a little strange that after he made the tying birdie putt on 18 on Sunday he jumped and danced around no problem.But then he hobbles up and down the fairway.IDK.

[CaneBrain]

HubDub04, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 9:18 AM, said:

I don't think he faked it necessarily but I do think it was a little strange that after he made the tying birdie putt on 18 on Sunday he jumped and danced around no problem.But then he hobbles up and down the fairway.IDK.

You are not understanding knee injuries and the golf swing. His knee was fine to walk or jump.....he probably could have even done some running....but only over short distances.The golf swing is a different animal. It is very very hard on your knees....especially on the follow-through when the knee just completely torques (and tiger woods produces a lot of torque). And with anything that is recently surgically repaired....constant motion (long walks up hilled fairways right after torquing his knee trying to bomb a drive) are much tougher than short burts. Personally, I dont think Tiger should have played at all even though he won. Ignoring doctor's orders is bad policy.

[PMJackson21]

CaneBrain, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 10:23 AM, said:

You are not understanding knee injuries and the golf swing. His knee was fine to walk or jump.....he probably could have even done some running....but only over short distances.The golf swing is a different animal. It is very very hard on your knees....especially on the follow-through when the knee just completely torques (and tiger woods produces a lot of torque). And with anything that is recently surgically repaired....constant motion (long walks up hilled fairways right after torquing his knee trying to bomb a drive) are much tougher than short burts. Personally, I dont think Tiger should have played at all even though he won. Ignoring doctor's orders is bad policy.

It was pretty obvious anytime he walked down a hill that he was in a good amount of pain. Tiger and his swing coach were really worried about hitting the ball off a downhill lie, but he never had to do that, which is amazing in it's own right. He hadn't hit balls off anything but a flat lie prior to the Open, which is just nuts.

[vonteego3]

CaneBrain, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 12:23 PM, said:

You are not understanding knee injuries and the golf swing. His knee was fine to walk or jump.....he probably could have even done some running....but only over short distances.The golf swing is a different animal. It is very very hard on your knees....especially on the follow-through when the knee just completely torques (and tiger woods produces a lot of torque). And with anything that is recently surgically repaired....constant motion (long walks up hilled fairways right after torquing his knee trying to bomb a drive) are much tougher than short burts. Personally, I dont think Tiger should have played at all even though he won. Ignoring doctor's orders is bad policy.

Not to mention adrenaline's ability to mask pain.

[CaneBrain]

PMJackson21, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 9:28 AM, said:

It was pretty obvious anytime he walked down a hill that he was in a good amount of pain. Tiger and his swing coach were really worried about hitting the ball off a downhill lie, but he never had to do that, which is amazing in it's own right. He hadn't hit balls off anything but a flat lie prior to the Open, which is just nuts.

another great point. most people dont realize that walking downhill is tougher on your knees than walking uphill. A lot tougher in fact.

[Yoda]

I couldn't figure out, why the hell didn't he take the golf cart. I know he likes to walk but wtf, your knee is shot! Unless walking caused 0 pain and the motion is just so totally unrelated it didn't matter. But I somehow doubt that.

[PMJackson21]

Yoda, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 11:23 AM, said:

I couldn't figure out, why the hell didn't he take the golf cart. I know he likes to walk but wtf, your knee is shot! Unless walking caused 0 pain and the motion is just so totally unrelated it didn't matter. But I somehow doubt that.

Golf carts are not allowed, unless...http://en.wikipedia...._Inc._v._Martin

[dEv~]

CaneBrain, on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008, 11:53 AM, said:

http://sports.espn.g...tory?id=3450453

What does everyone think about the poll results they have attached to that story?