A commentator on British Open featured groups coverage made a dark observation about Tiger Woods on Thursday. A dark observation he likely wishes he could have back.
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Woods, who got off to a four-over start through his first eight holes in some trying conditions at Royal Troon, didn’t exactly look comfortable in the cold weather. He began par-par-birdie to reach one under, holing a long bomb from off the third green that produced quite the roar.Â
Not long after, the commentator assigned to the Woods, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay group made this suggestion about the 15-time major champion’s eyes as he strolled up the fairway:
“You look at the eyes,” the commentator said, “you’ve got to think that there’s a lot of painkillers being taken to cope with the pain. Not easy.”
It’s no secret that Woods is in pain any time he tees it up, or that Woods has used medication to deal with his myriad injuries in the past. But this is still probably not something you want to say out loud. Naturally, Golf Twitter pounced:
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