It might just be me - it's not like I watch sport to any significant degree (although last week's State of Origin was very good) to assess the degree of charm of individual sporting champions. But after watching Cameron Smith's bit of media after winning the British Open, it occurred to me that golf seems to have trouble attracting champions who have any particular charm. Perhaps people used to think that about Tiger Woods, but then his personal life became a mess and I don't think people like him much anymore?
I wondered if this is more the case with individual sports than team ones? Maybe - but while there have always been jerk tennis champions, it seems a sport which has always had a reasonable number of seemingly likeable personalities.
Golf, though...
(People used to like Greg Norman, I guess, but he became increasingly weird as he aged. He is perhaps a symbol of the Right wing character of the sport. I mean, it is considered a rich person's game in many countries, I guess - although not as much in Australia, perhaps.)
I always found Norman a bit of a prat and he was a choker
ReplyDeleteChoker - definitely.
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