I watched a bit of the interview of Tiger Woods and he mentioned about his performance at the US Masters. Unfortunately he came out with his filthy dirty mouth saying that he played like a "spaz" !!

Tiger you are not a champion for saying that mate. You are an idiot !!

In Adelaide papers yesterday he apologized. . he realises that word means different things in other areas. . so maybe you could soften your 'idiot' headline. . it is polite to accept an apology when it is offered.  

I agree Giz. Look how many times other high profile sports people put their foot in 'it' and don't apologise. Tiger Woods has always been a great spokesperson for the sport of Golf and has devoted his life to something he loves. If someone makes a gaff and later apologises for it, all's well and good BUT if someone is knowingly rude and doesn't make an apology then yes, have a rant about it.

Just to add. Here some news reports on his use of 'that' word.

April 14, 2006, 5:43PM
Woods' Agent Apologizes for Word 'Spaz'
By The Associated Press
© 2006 The Associated Press

— Tiger Woods' agent issued an apology Friday for the golf star calling himself a "spaz" after the Masters last week.

"Tiger meant nothing derogatory to any person or persons and apologizes for any offense caused," IMG agent Mark Steinberg said on Woods' official Web site.


After finishing tied for third at the Masters on Sunday, Woods said, "I putted atrociously today. Once I got on the greens, I was a spaz."

The word "spaz" is considered by some people a derogatory way of referring to someone with physical coordination problems.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/golf/3794770.html



Teeing Off
Woods's Remark Insensitive, Not Meant to Hurt
By Leonard Shapiro
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 14, 2006; 1:23 PM

I got a call Tuesday from a reporter at BBC Radio, wondering if I'd go on the air to discuss the Tiger Woods controversy.

Having just returned from the Masters, and having spent four days watching Woods miss putt after make-able putt and finish tied for third in his quest for a fifth green jacket and 11th major championship, I assumed she wanted me to talk about his inexplicable inability to figure out the greens at Augusta National.


Phil Mickelson comes alive in Sunday's final round to win his second green jacket.
Thomas Boswell: Mickelson can now start thinking about his legacy.
Tony Kornheiser: His challengers fall away like spare parts, clearing the path for Mickelson to win the Masters.
John Feinstein: Rocco Mediate's bad back flares up Sunday, derailing his shot at a green jacket.
Notebook: Jose Maria Olazabal's hopes fizzle with a three-putt bogey on No. 16.
The Masters has lengthened Augusta National - twice - instead of adopting a scaled-down ball.
The 20th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus's historic 1986 Masters triumph has special meaning for Loritz "Scooter" Clark.

No, she said, people over here are very concerned about his language, particularly his comment that "as soon as I got on the green, I was a spaz."

I had heard Woods use that term after his final round, a day he needed 33 putts to get around the course, but in the interest of good taste, and yes, perhaps political correctness, and mostly knowing full well that my editors almost certainly would not allow "spaz" to appear, I decided not to use it.

My feeling then, and now, was that Woods had described his putting several different ways, all of them leading to the conclusion that he'd been awful.

At one point, he used the word "atrocious" in talking about his sloppy work on the greens, which certainly painted the proper picture and demonstrated his own obvious self-deprecating disgust with the state of putting. That's the quote I decided to use in my story.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041400875.html

This next one is my favourite:

DULY NOTED
By Ron Kantowski <kantowsi@lasvegassun.com>
Las Vegas Sun
GIVE TIGER A MULLIGAN

If you wonder why athletes seem reluctant to meet the press these days, it might be because anything - and everything - they say usually winds up being used against them.

This week, none other than Tiger Woods felt a need to apologize after using the word "spaz" during a TV interview.

Although the commentators attributed Woods' poor putting at the Masters to being distraught over his father's deteriorating health, the man himself blamed it on something else.

"Once I got on the greens, I was a spaz," Tiger said.

London-based Scope, formerly known as The Spastics Society, immediately denounced Woods for making an "appalling and insensitive" remark - even though the American Heritage Dictionary lists "clumsy and inept" among its definitions of "spaz."

I suppose Tiger could have just blamed his putter.

But then he would have probably had to explain himself to officials with a lot of time on their hands at Putters Anonymous and the Royal Order of the Flat Stick.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sports/2006/apr/15/566640289.html

Tiger Woods' Father Dies
After a long battle with prostate cancer, Earl Woods, father of Tiger Woods, passed away Wednesday (3rd May 2006) at the age of 74.

In a statement posted on his Web site, Tiger Woods said:

I'm very saddened to share the news of my father's passing at home early this morning. My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply. I'm overwhelmed when I think of all of the great things he accomplished in his life. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend. I wouldn't be where I am today without him, and I'm honored to continue his legacy of sharing and caring. Thank you to all who are sending condolences to my family and our Foundation. We are truly blessed to have so many who care during this difficult time.

http://golf.about.com/b/a/257676.htm

An excellent story covering Tiger's rise to golfing stardom and his Father's guidance and love can be found here:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2006/05/03/Sports/woods_obit060504.html

and also here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4970862.stm

Tiger's insensitive comments are just part of his psychopathic profile.  The reason that Woods is an arrogant, immature idiot, is that he must have suffered a severe psychologiacal trauma at approximately 4 years of age.  This trauma would have involved himself, or another family member being subjected to racist remarks.  At that moment in his life, Eldrick was severley traumatized to discover that other people thought he was inferior.  Mr. Woods has spent the rest of his life trying to prove to everyone on the planet that he is superior to all of us. Wow.

I think Michelson is a pretty great golfer, too.  But Phil obviously was not a victim of psychological trauma at an early age.  Such traumas almost always result in an emotional retardation complex which begins at the time of the traumatic event.  The result of such an event is that the individual becomes permanently imprinted with the emotional age that corresponds to his chronological age.  Thus, Tiger's emotional age is approximately 4-5 years old.  

Tiger can, of course, claim to be a vicitm of racism, to explain his emotional immaturity and megalomania.  This does not refute the fact that he is a psychopath, with an incredibly irritating demeanor, who is certain to stuff both feet into his quivering mouth with predictable regularity.

Don't hold back.  Tell us what you really think!

ROFL!  I am sorry, but that was the funniest stuff I've seen typed in a long time.  Your spelling and grammar are good too!

Dear dear deary me. atlantean1, get some professional help, now! Have to agree though, it is a funny read.