Tiger might not be dropping putts, but he's still masterful at dropping F-bombs

After struggling out of the gate with a 4-over 74 on Thursday in the opening round of the Bridgestone Invitational, things did not get much better on Friday, as he meandered around the South Course at Firestone Country Club to a 2-over 72.
Since there is no cut at this particular tournament, Tiger is expected to be back for the weekend, the exact opposite of what the seemingly disinterested Tiger would prefer to see happen. In fact, something tells me Tiger wishes he could slink away with his tail between his legs and wait for the next tournament where he could attempt once again to answer the question on everyone’s minds: Will Woods ever be able to turn it around?
As alluded to above, even if his play on the course is one hot mess, it hasn’t prevented one aspect of Tiger’s persona to fall by the wayside: his innate and unparalleled ability to bust out the effenheimers like it’s nobody’s business.

Gary Van Sickle, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated in a piece for Golf.com recapped the profanity-tinged events which occurred shortly after Tiger completed yet another frustrating round (via Waggle Room):

After Tiger emerged from the scoring trailer early Friday afternoon, a Tour media official, who seemed resigned to the inevitable answer, asked if Woods wanted to do a media interview. “F— no,” Woods answered, in a joking tone of voice. How about a TV interview? “F— no,” Woods repeated.

Holy F-bombs, Batman! Granted, this was simply a media official Tiger “worked blue” in front of and it was unlikely directed – or even heard – by folks in the gallery, but if we needed a window into the fragile hold Tiger has on his once carefully controlled yet disintegrating public persona, there you have it.
Not that I can blame Tiger, to be honest. Who in their right mind would want to stand in front of assembled media members and be forced to explain what’s gone wrong over and over and over again? And frankly, like it or not, agree or disagree, Tiger doesn’t owe any of us any sort of explanation about what’s happened to his golf game. People can think what they want and say that Tiger is getting what he deserves, but in the end, Woods somehow figuring out a way to turn this thing around is good for golf and great for the PGA. Don’t believe me? Just ask some of his fellow Tour players about Tiger’s presence on Tour – especially how it has affected the prize money available and consequently, their incomes.
***
Tiger Woods is not making any progress with PGA Championship and Ryder Cup on the horizon [Golf.com (via Waggle Room)]