Tiger Woods is unquestionably one of the two greatest golfers to have ever graced the game.
Many argue that he is actually the greatest, despite the fact that he finished three majors short of Jack Nicklaus’ record 18 major championship wins.
Woods won a record 82 PGA Tour events, including 15 majors.
Tiger Woods broke almost every record in the professional game, and had he avoided serious injury throughout his career, he would have almost certainly surpassed Nicklaus’ tally of 18 majors.
However, Woods has endured plenty of criticism throughout his career.
And Brandel Chamblee has now laid the blame for some of the poor behavior we see from modern day stars at the feet of the 50-year-old.
Brandel Chamblee says Tiger Woods is to blame for poor behavior from some golfers
When speaking on Golf Channel’s Live From The US Open, Chamblee embarked on a lengthy rant about some of the poor behavior he has witnessed from the stars of today on the golf course.
And he highlighted how he believes Tiger Woods is the reason why so many of today’s top stars feel as though it’s okay to use profanity and throw clubs on the course.
“I never saw Jack Nicklaus throw a club I never heard him yell, an F-bomb. Never heard him yell a profane word on the golf course. He hit a bad shot, you’d hear him go, ‘Ah, Jack’,“ Chamblee said.
“Never saw Palmer throw a club, never heard him yell at F-bomb. Same with Tom Watson.
“Pick your player. Never saw Greg Norman with all those bad losses he had, never saw him throw a club. Never heard an F-bomb from him.
“Say what you want about Phil Mickelson. I never saw Phil Mickelson throw a club, or yell an F-bomb.
“You know, the same’s not true of Tiger Woods?
“Tiger Woods the greatest player ever. We all love him. Everybody got rich off of him, but he was one of the most profane golfers to ever play the game.
“And everybody who’s playing now grew up watching him. These are Tiger’s progeny, if you will.
“And it rains F-bombs on the PGA Tour. Clubs get thrown all the time. Tee markers get destroyed.
“The players have all the power in the world.
“I always thought you would get fined for profanity on the PGA Tour, but I guess not, because when you watch, it’s just F-bomb after F-bomb after F-bomb.
“Jon Rahm missed a putt and said, you know, screamed the F-word, loud as he could.“
Brandel Chamblee insists golfing stars have a responsibility
Chamblee suggested that it is lazy when some of the biggest stars allow their tempers to get the better of them.
“I’m no prude. You know, I’ve played golf. I understand how crazy it gets,“ he explained.
“But not that I was on TV a lot. These guys are. They are videotaped everywhere they go, and TV is everywhere, so they have, I would say, a bigger burden than you and I would have had, no doubt about it.
“But with that burden comes unimaginable wealth. It goes with the scrutiny, and composure is a skill. It’s a skill.
“It is lazy to throw clubs, and it is lazy to drop F-bombs, when you know the whole world is watching.
“By the way, you could be watching with your kids. You take your kids out to watch a golf tournament and F-bombs raining everywhere?
“It’s great that this code of conduct has been passed. It is great that it’s sending a message to the players.
“What Sergio did at Augusta National? I think that kind of sent a message. I think everybody kind of drew a line in the sand last year at the U.S. Open.
“A combination of Wyndham Clark and Rory tearing up a tee marker, et cetera, et cetera.
“These guys have just run amok, and I think it’s great that the code of conduct is put in place.“
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