I am not a golf fan. I am not a golfer. I might be the only person on the planet that thinks its funny to watch Tiger Woods implode on a golf course and it doesn't happen much. I think I have been to the driving range maybe 5 or 6 times in my life and that was just to swat the hell out of something. I did watch the final round of the U.S. Open yesterday because I had heard so much about Rory McIlroy.
I do not understand why golfers have to have complete silence when they putt or do anything else. Basketball players have to try to sink free throws with people screaming at them and waving objects in the background and Field Goal Kickers have to try to make game winning field goals with 80,000 people screaming at them and raising all sorts of hell. I want to see golfers sink that 20 foot putt with all of this going on. Tiger Woods has lost it before when a photographer took a picture of him before while he was trying to hit a shot. All he heard was the click. If he needs that much silence to concentrate maybe he should try a different sport.
Watching golf on TV is a desperate act for me. It means nothing else is on and it is raining outside. That is how I ended up watching the U.S. Open yesterday. Watching the golf officials is funny. The player named Yang hit one into the spectators and you had 10 golf officials immediately tear into the crowd and start clearing a path. I would love to see one of the spectators pick up the ball and throw it back onto the fairway like the fans do when an opposing player hits a homerun into the left field stands at Wrigley Field. When the officials do clear a path and the player is ready to hit his shot the officials all face the crowd and hold their hands straight up in the air. I don't if they are asking for silence or letting their armpits air out. I wonder how they would react if a spectator said "Hey numbnuts! You're blocking my view!"
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