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Tiger Woods jeered by drunks at U.S. Open
By April MacIntyre Jun 21, 2009, 14:51 GMT
Tiger Woods of the US (R) and his caddie Steve Williams Drunken fans were dotted all over the holes of the course, tossing out remarks to golfers, "This Bud\'s for you!" and "you suck" to various players while other attending spectators booed the hooligans. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
Like a scene out of "Happy Gilmore," some U.S. Open fans heckled Tiger Woods and others during the golf tournament.
Drunken fans were dotted all over the holes of the course, tossing out remarks to golfers, "This Bud's for you!" and "you suck" to various players while other attending spectators booed the hooligans.
Newsday and ESPN are reporting that some at the U.S. Open called out insults and comments to Tiger Woods and other golfers. The combination of too much beer and rain created a bit of a vocal raucous crowd that followed Woods and other golfers, subjecting them to drunken heckling as the Bethpage Black event came to a close.
Newsday reports that at 6:42 p.m., "dozens of drunken spectators at Hole 10 taunted Woods as he prepared to start his third round in the rain."
"We're on Long Island, baby, where men are men!" one fan yelled. "Put that umbrella down!"
The crowd was mixed, divided into drunks and sober fans who allegedly tried to rein in the troublemakers.
Woods reportedly ignored the hecklers, despite continued jabs directed at him: "Suck it up, you've got your own video game!" someone shouted at Woods, reported Newsday.
It wasn't just Woods who was getting harassed, golfer Fred Funk reportedly was greeted at the 10th hole by drunkards shouting his last name as the F-word obscenity.
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Keep in mind, those same Long Islanders, are the same people that voted for, and put Chuck Schumer into office as a United States Senator. Yes,....that Chuck Schumer who sides with left-wing socialists Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi.
Pretty much says it all about Long Island New Yorkers.
Unfortunately you do not know much about Long island or New York Politics.
Suffolk County is a republican strong-hold that abhors the filth that is schumer, hillary, Obama Osama and pelosi. You got it all wrong. All those terrible votes come from the city, souther Westchester and western Nassau.
Get your facts straight before you knock the true blue blood long islanders.
PS - the guy that ripped Tiger said one of the funnies things that I have ever heard at a golf tournament. 'Put that umbrella down' ! during a rain storm is just plain funny.
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alisviewJun 21st, 2009 - 23:07:12
The individual that yelled out to Tiger 'put down that umbrella, you're on Long Island where men are men', probably has no idea what a MAN really is!!! I only hope that he was not a LI resident..raised on LI, but that wouldn't be a big surprise either! I abhor individuals that heckle at celebs during events. I guess it's a way of letting out anger for their inconsequential selves!!! WE LUV U TIGER...4EVA.
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