Goosen thinks Tiger was faking injury

Perhaps the news that Tiger Woods will miss the rest of the 2008 season will finally convince Retief Goosen that his knee injury is genuine.

Tiger out for seasonTiger Woods not only won the U.S. Open, he apparently did so with a double stress fracture in his tibia and a knee that will require reconstructive ACL surgery. Now that all the facts are out, what do you think about Tiger's performance, the PGA Tour's ability to survive the season without him and whether Woods will still be able to break Jack's major record?

Goosen, a two-time U.S. Open champion himself, seemed to accuse Woods of faking the extent of the injury when he winced in pain and limped around Torrey Pines on his way to a third U.S. Open title and 14th major championship.

"I think so," Goosen said Tuesday when asked if Woods was exaggerating the severity of the injury, according to a report on the Web site of The London Times. "It just seemed that when he hit a bad shot his knee was in pain and on his good shots he wasn't in pain. You see when he made the putts and he went down on his knees and was shouting, 'Yeah,' his knee wasn't sore.

"Nobody really knows if he was just showing off or if he was really injured. I believe if he was really injured, he would not have played."

On Wednesday, Woods announced that he would have season-ending reconstructive ACL surgery. The world's No. 1 golfer also revealed that he has a double stress fracture in his left tibia. Woods initially tore his ACL while running near his Orlando home following last summer's British Open. He found out about the stress fractures a month ago, as he was attempting to prepare for the Memorial Tournament. The stress fractures were caused by his rehabilitation from an arthroscopic procedure on the knee he underwent two days after The Masters.

When pressed about his inflammatory comments, Goosen seemed to soften his tone, but did not retract what he said.

"I was being light-hearted," Goosen said, according to the Times. "No one but Tiger himself knows how badly hurt he was. But if he was really badly hurt, he would have withdrawn, wouldn't he?"

Woods' swing coach, Hank Haney, described the moment when Woods first learned of the stress fractures, and doctors told Woods the preferred treatment for the stress fractures was three weeks on crutches and three weeks of inactivity.

"Tiger looked at the doctor and said, 'I'm playing in the U.S. Open, and I'm going to win.' And then he started putting on his shoes," Haney said. "He looked at me and said, 'Come on, Hank. We'll just putt today."'

Goosen closed with 4-under 67 on Sunday at Torrey Pines, pulling within six shots of Woods and his playoff foe, Rocco Mediate, and finishing in a tie for 14th.

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Man, I frequently rag on golfers as athletes, but...wow. Just...wow.

Maybe the pain caused the bad shots.

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Maybe the pain caused the bad shots.

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No, he was having pain after impact with the ball. It was the torque from the follow though that bothered his knee, at impact Tiger plants and locks his left leg to produce more power on his drives.

Goosen is just mad because no matter what he or any other golfer does they are only half as good as Tiger and this past weekend proved it. There are several foreign players that really hate Tiger and his success. Els, Goosen, Singh all were dominating golf over sea's and they all decided to come and take over the PGA tour, but low and behold here's this brash young man that just takes over the golf world and leaves them picking up the crumbs.

I'm a pessimist and love Tiger but I too did question the legitimacy of the pain he was in during the tournament. After every bad shot he hobbled, and then sinks a putt and jumps to his knees in joy????

Maybe Goosen is onto something, and Tiger just wants some time off or is in a private dispute with the PGA. This fracture or surgery is a coverup ala Jordans gambling suspension (retirement) that pushed him to take up baseball.

Conspiracy theorists go to it!!

I think it was legit. Also, I think Jordan's retirement probably had JUST A LITTLE BIT to do with, you know, that whole dad being murdered thing.

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Originally Posted by Arctic Blast

I think it was legit. Also, I think Jordan's retirement probably had JUST A LITTLE BIT to do with, you know, that whole dad being murdered thing.

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ahhh, goin with the murder plot. love it!

Someone should move this thread to rejections or ejections whatever it is...golf isn't a sport

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Originally Posted by filihok

Someone should move this thread to rejections or ejections whatever it is...golf isn't a sport

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right.....I don't like soccer, guess that isn't a sport either. Hockey the same. I don't like bowling, darts, the thing in the olympics where they push big blocks of ice towards circles on the ice..don't like that either. I don't like archery, clay target shooting, the shot put, the discus throw, and many other games the olympics view as sports.

I guess I can say they aren't sports too. :(:confused::rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by dickay

right.....I don't like soccer, guess that isn't a sport either. Hockey the same. I don't like bowling, darts, the thing in the olympics where they push big blocks of ice towards circles on the ice..don't like that either. I don't like archery, clay target shooting, the shot put, the discus throw, and many other games the olympics view as sports.

I guess I can say they aren't sports too. :(:confused::rolleyes:

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Soccer is a sport. I don't like it though. Bowling, darts, curling, archery, shooting, shot put, discus, and especially racing I also don't think are sports. I believe they are, as you stated, games.

fwiw, I agree.

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fwiw, I agree.

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:: Does a google search for "FWIW" ::

It's worth a lot...one of the few people i've found that agree with me

So what is the difference between a sport and a game?

I agree with filihok...."Soccer is a sport. I don't like it though. Bowling, darts, curling, archery, shooting, shot put, discus, and especially racing I also don't think are sports. I believe they are, as you stated, games." Except Nascar isnt a game....its a non-sport... its, what.... racing, I guess.

I dont know how one differentiates between sports and games (or non-sports), exactly. Seems like its somewhat in the eye of the beholder. Depends on ones taste, I guess.

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So what is the difference between a sport and a game?

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IMO (i know that one),

A sport is an athletic contest between two (or more) individuals or teams that compete directly against one another.

A game is a contest with no restrictions on the number of participants. It may be anywhere from one to infinity. A game may be athletic in nature, or it may not. In a game, the contestants do not have to compete directly.