An incident from yesterday's Waste Management Open practice rounds indicates that the Arizona crowds at the (usually-)rowdy 16th figured out what was going on pretty quickly.
And Tiger Woods responded in kind, as only the curmudgeon can.
So Tiger is practicing the amphitheatre par-3 and puts his tee shot into the bunker.
As he comes to the green, he is booed.
Many of the sports media try to cover it up as Tiger being booed for putting his shot into the bunker, but most people understood pretty quickly why signs went up a couple weeks before the event banning the practices which allowed the 16th to become the Rowdiest Hole in Golf.
No throwing stuff into the crowd.
The caddie races went away a couple years ago.
Why? Tournament needed Tiger back to be relevant.
So, what do Tiger do for the crowd?
More, what did he do TO the crowd???
He skulled the shot out of the bunker, intentionally sending his ball INTO the crowd -- and I'm not so sure that wasn't a message to said crowd!
Well...
What I predicted was probably going to happen is about to happen. Sounds to me like Tiger can take a side trip to the Super Bowl this weekend.
His chipping failed him pretty good on Thursday.
+2 73 on one of the easiest courses to score on the tour. Tied for 104th and headed to be cut tomorrow.
Now, Phoenix just needs to stick it to the motherfucker on Saturday after he does, and rescind those signs.
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