THE ODD COUPLE – Chris Broussard & Rob Parker discuss the impact of Tiger Woods on golf and who has largely been responsible for its popularity for the last several years. Rob Parker finds it strange that his impact hasn’t inspired a larger influx of black golfers to pick up the sport professionally or at least achieve stardom close to what he’s done.
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26 Comments
Shoot I’m here but I wasn’t inspired by Tiger lol
I don’t understand why it always has to be about that. He’s part Asian why aren’t there a bunch of Asian golfers now? It’s so weird that if a single sport isn’t booming with a specific minority then there must be a problem. How come after yao Ming there was no influx of Chinese stars ? Makes no sense
yall didnt see the all black golf team that just won state in GA?
Well…got me to play golf via video games and a put green in the backyard. Tgats all from this brotha
No bitches, no teammates to blame when you lose, and you have to actually play to get paid. NFL and nba players can sit out and make millions. Ask Ben Simmons and Odell
Tiger isn't even black
It’s an easy answer people don’t realize how hard playing golf seriously is….
Tiger doesn’t even want to be black so how could he influence black children lol
I started playing gold in late 20s when my friends starting inviting me. It’s popular for the older folk because it’s less taxing on your body and slow pace. Some reasons for it not being as popular in black community that come to mind.
– relatively expensive. Yeah you can be thrifty but it’s still an expensive sport to play. Anyone saying otherwise is being disingenuous.
– Takes awhile to get good. It’s not like basketball we’re a athletic phenom can start playing and look good within a few weeks or months.
– It’s boring to watch. It’s slow, no exciting athleticism is really being displayed, it’s quiet, everyone takes turns, everyone wearing slacks and polos, etc.
– it’s not a “cool” sport. Tiger woods wasn’t viewed as cool. For youth saying you play golf isn’t viewed as impressive as basketball, football, baseball, boxing, list goes on.
Plain and simple when he said he wasn't black, he lost his "CARD" and he won't ever regain that respect from black people.
Golf is still an expensive and somewhat exclusive hobby. For the largest portions of the black community you have to go a bit out of your way to play and for it to be something that you take up as a sport you have to be willing to do so regularly. Actually, you really need to have your parents willing to do so regularly unless you're starting as an adult. It's simply as accessible. That's not to say blacks don't play but I think for it to be a sport you go pro at, you start young, and it's not that easy to do for large portions of the community and maybe that smaller portion that can just don't take to it.
Golf doesn’t fit into the cluster that is urban, black culture.
I'm not sure how anyone can be a "huge Tiger Woods fan". 😂
To busy shoplifting
Golf ain’t cheap 🤷🏽♂️
He said he wasnt black so why would black kids look to him
Tiger is Blaision not black. I know a lot of black men that plays golf they are not welcome in those rooms.
Not all african americans are black and and not all blacks are african American. Can yall stop that please? Also, golf can be very expensive. Just like formula 1. Thats the good thing about sponsorships but if you cant even make it on skills and placing, hoe are you gonna get sponsorships to continue?
WE BROKE !!!
To all the goofballs playing dumb. Time is money and money can buy you time. Majority of the wht dominant society has the money to pay, take time off or take time off completely to training/practice with kid/kids and go to all the events and tourneys plus not come back home to unpaid bills and eviction notice. Blks been deprived financially since slavery, jim crow and still now. It has nothing to do with golf being boring or sucks. This goes for all these top sports. Only a few out of the millions of blks are able to get the money to compete.
Tiger never connected with the black community. Most of the people in his life,that he relates to is not black.It's alright,his choice.
Golf is boring. Football and basketball way more appealing to Black people especially the youth
Agree, Tiger does Not identify as Black, and We don’t Identify with Him either…
Golf is boring af. I have never watched golf and unless the PGA tour allows someone to act like Happy Gilmore I'll never will.
You have ANY idea how crazy expensive amateur golf is for wannabes that don’t yet have a sponsor?
This is a good question. It’s not about the money. That’s ridiculous. If kids idolize you they will do whatever needs to be done.