Jesus, Tiger is just....brutal. It reminds me of Rick Ankiel or Chuck Knonbluach or any of a number of very public totally inexplicable meltdowns. Although this one has been sort of lingering for a while now. The good thing is he seems to be keeping his spirits up about it (at least in the post-round interviews). He seems to believe he's on the right track, so I guess that's a positive. Which is sort of hard to believe after seeing his last few rounds. And that completely topped 3-wood...seriously. I never thought I'd ever see anything like that from a pro, let alone one of the greatest of all time. At this point, I'm not sure if he should just shut it down for the rest of the year or keep playing through it. Taking all that time off doesn't seem to have helped, and he looks okay on the range - hitting balls on the range doesn't seem to be his problem right now.
I don't mind Fox's coverage. It's different. Definitely has that Fox "feel" to it. But I actually like how they try some zany things in their sports coverage - even the much-ridiculed "comet" puck from their hockey coverage years ago, I mean, at least they're trying some different things. Some innovative ideas will fail and they'll learn. But some of it might turn out to be awesome (e.g. first-down line on football coverage which is now standard). They need to work out how to show less-than-vital made putts on delay while showing other shots live, though. For me, CBS golf coverage is still my favorite - they've got it down to a science.
I would stop just short of saying I feel sorry for him (I know what you mean, though), but I definitely take no pleasure in watching one of the titans of the game publicly humiliate himself out there. It's just.....sad.
I never thought I'd hear anybody say this.