They don’t call him Tiger for nothing. The world’s number one Tiger Woods spoke out publically about a PGA rules official, after winning the 2009 Bridgestone Invitational. According to a PGA Tour official, he will likely be fined for his public criticism.
Apparently, the professional golfer made some remarks about PGA Rules Official John Paramour’s decision to put Woods and Padraig Harrington on the clock on the 16th tee of the final round of the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. Both players were affected by missing the fairway. Woods did manage to escape but Paddy could not.
So it was not the great victory Woods achieved that brought him in the News again, this time it’s something else. The pressure of being on the clock, Tiger says, made Harrington rush 3 difficult shots. Padraig Harrington, who is winner of three major championships and a pro on the European Tour for 12 years, told the Guardian that “There are rules, and the players make the rules and we’ve got to apply them. If you’re asking a player two or three groups ahead of the lead to play within a certain time frame, it’s unfair to give the leaders any leeway.”
Woods on the other hand said, “I don’t think that Paddy would have hit the pitch shot that way if he was able to take his time, look at it, analyze it. But he was on the clock, had to get up there quickly and hit it.” He was also quoted telling Harrington on the 18th green that he was, “… sorry John got in the way of such a great battle.”
The fact of the matter is that Woods was actually taking a stance on an issue, and someone within the PGA Tour felt that the fine needed to be made public.
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