Rory McElroy recently blasted Tiger Woods in the media while playing messenger in a statement that Tiger Woods is so washed up that he should be on Celebrity Apprentice, according to AOL’s Sporting News Feed. The young, talented golf pro has been taking low blows in the media and is not, in the least, worried about being disproven.
Rory didn’t actually make the statement his self but the 21-year-old played cub reporter for Sports Illustrated and claimed that Tiger would never again be the dominant force he once was in the sport. Being that, at one time, Tiger won nine tournaments in one season, nobody except Tiger would agree to disagree on the assumption. To add fuel to the fire Ian Poulter predicted that Woods wouldn’t even finish in the Top Five this week.
Woods replied, “Poulter is always right isn’t he?” When asked if we have seen the best of Tiger Woods he icily replied, “No.”
Woods proved his worth after he golfed a 71 on Thursday, he now has the chance to either golf a 65 or miss the cut altogether. Woods didn’t give in to the pressure but seeing McElroy leading, of course, has to be slightly more irksome than say, Hiroyuki Fujita.
“I’d rather be where Rory is,” was all Tiger said while looking at the scoreboard. He once was where Rory was.
This is understandable being that before all of the endorsements, fame and, more recently, call girls Tiger was once considered the God of Golf. In 1997, Tiger destroyed the field and became the youngest person to ever win a Masters. McElroy now owns the title for being the youngest first-round leader in Masters history. The young golf master recently won third both at the British and PGA World Tours, not long after, he led Europe to a Ryder Cup win.
If Tiger doesn’t come back and win to this 21-year-old soon to be Golf champion this could be a serious PR fail on the Woods part. Not only has he lost major credibility with his recent rendezvous with girls outside of his marriage but his game, the reason he’s famous in the first place, has been considerably off point. The fact that someone new is coming in, winning and challenging what was once a golf legend is something to be talked about. Tiger Woods has both a lot to prove and a lot to disprove in the weeks to come, hopefully he can pull through.
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