re: T.Woods goes down in pain at The Barclays

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Talk about milking it for the cameras. I've never seen anyone, ever, crumble to the ground in agony like that. Give me a break.

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That very well could happen.

It happened to me.

I had terrible back trouble after a hard foul during a basketball game when I was about 14.

It was so bad that my obliques felt constantly weak.

I can remember trying to play a game of baseball in the street with friends, and when I swung, the pain was so intense and shot down to my legs that it made my legs buckle and give out, and I fell like Tiger did.

I don't think you realize, but it hurt like you wouldn't believe, and you involuntarily fall to your knees, and need a few seconds to let the sharp shooting pain subside back into the more dull pain that is constant.

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nd I fell like Tiger did.

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But did you look to see where the ball went, while you were in all that much pain?

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and then he got up and walked off like it was nothing. DRAMA QUEEN

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I'm only 23 with a good back and the other day I hit a tee shot and fell to my knees because it tweaked my back weird. It only hurt for a second and then I got up and walked away.

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Does any other fool think he completely faked it?

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Not faked. Embellished. Exaggerated.

How many times do you think they would show an average tour player falling to the ground after a tee shot? Unless it's a big name, and/or he's in contention, it'd probably get shown once or twice. No GIF would be posted to the MSB, for sure.

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I've seen people limp with a hurt knee before. I've seen people grip their back after a swing. I've never seen someone fall to the ground in pain after a swing. Do you think he hurt his back worse on that swing than anyone has ever hurt their back on the PGA Tour (at least, as long I've been watching)?

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If you have ever tweaked your back, then you would know.

The pain shoots and literally makes your legs give out from under you.

Did Tiger milk it? I don't know. But falling to your knees isn't an odd reaction if you tweak your back. It happens involuntarily.

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That makes you and Tiger the only people I've heard of falling to the ground after a swing. Elite company.

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I explained earlier in this thread that it happened to me while playing baseball.

I had back trouble after a hard foul while playing basketball.

I was playing baseball with my back trouble, and I tweaked it even worse during a swing, and I fell to the ground just like Tiger did.

That is how I can imagine how Tiger felt if he tweaked it, and those of you saying it doesn't happen just do not know what you are talking about.

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I was playing baseball with my back trouble, and I tweaked it even worse during a swing, and I fell to the ground just like Tiger did.

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I've seen lots of baseball players go to ground after a swing.

Good thing golf doesn't matter until April if he's hurt.