Being a fan for a golf is very interesting because unlike many other sports there no home teams. Many golf fans decide there favorite golfers but many just want to see a good tournament. Some fans cheer for Tiger Woods to win every single tournament, others want an underdog to win every tournament. But some like me change who I want to win, but I know who I want to lose. There are three golfers in the PGA that I never want to win a tournament: Sergio Garcia, Rory Sabbatani, and Phil Mickelson.
For me these guys because of their arrogance and feeling they are better than the tour I decide not to cheer for them. Sergio for not winning anything talks a lot of trash to the best athlete of our generation. Sabbatani is one of the biggest stuck up athletes who calls himself a Tiger killer though he time and time again can not handle the Tiger pressure.
Phil is another story all together, I think I was only person in the room that was not cheering when he canned that putt to win the 2004 Masters. Nobody loves themselves in sports more than Phil, his nickname by other players is "FIGJAM" (F@#K I'm Good, Just Ask Me). He is hated on the tour by all others players for being a fraud with his "fake smile". He has this image by many sports fan that he is a "family man". A few years ago, when his wife was in labor he said he would walk off the course if he got paged by his wife. I think he is filled with PR stunts, to cover the skeltons in his closet. He is a terrible gambler, he uses all the money he gets from his sponspors to pay off the millions he loses in the casino, "some family man".
Now his wife is going through a very difficult bout with cancer. I wish Amy Mickelson the best and I truly hope that she recovers. However for me as a sports fan to cheer for him just because of the sentimental story is not true. I am sure there are 5 better stories this weekend that are never talked about like Phil talks about his. There is a difference between feeling sympathy for someone and wishing them the best and wanting them to beat your team.
If Carlos Zambrano's mom died day before game 7 in the NL pennant against the Brewers would I cheer for the Cubs, NO. I am not cheering for Phil this weekend and I don't think I am the devil. If he wins it has nothing to do with his wife, it has to do with PHIL. PHIL MICKELSON IS THE EDDIE HASKELL OF THE PGA TOUR. I will never cheer for him but I wish his wife the best in her battle with breast cancer.
But that's just my TWO CENTS FROM THE NOSE BLEEDS
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