"I have lost all respect for him, primarily as a man and a father," Parnevik said in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet on Thursday from the PGA Tour qualifying tournament in West Palm Beach, Fla. "It doesn't even feel like it matters what he has done on the golf course. My respect for him as a person is gone. We have been nice to Tiger before, but now he only has himself to blame.
"We thought better of him, but he is not the one we thought he was."
via sports.espn.go.com
I used to admire Tiger for his concentration and his lack of fear which I attributed to a meditative influence. I put out of mind his being a corporate shill, who didn't stand for anything, and just thought of his golf. But earlier this summer as I learned more about his on course outbursts, which the media hasn't shown, and thought about Jim Brown's really cogent criticism he began to have less and less appeal. As I rode home tonight on a train with several people going on and on about his prenup, I thought that he may yet break the records but he will never hold a candle to Watson, Palmer, Nicklaus, and many others greats as ambassadors of the game. At next year's majors I expect he won't be running away with anything. He may yet be formidable and capable of greatness, but I think respect will be lost and players won't be in awe. They will see a flawed human, evidentially not just a cheat but a lecher, who is beatable and I will cheer those who conquer their fear and go after it.
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