G-Mac aiming at wrong targets after Tiger fallout

I SPENT much of last week wondering what Graeme McDowell was trying to apologise for.

G-Mac said on Twitter that his comments about Tiger Woods to journalists at Bay Hill were “taken out of context”, which is usually sports-speak for “I said it but didn’t much like it when I saw it on the printed page”.

Several respected golf journos were present at G-Mac’s press conference, most of whom are not given to sensationalising quotes.

G - Ma c , as we’ve noted before in T2G, is widely treasured in the press tent for having an opinion, speaking his mind eloquently and never being short of a usable quote on just about any subject.

Here’s what he said about Tiger: “He’s lost that sort of force field of invincibility around him.

“The aura is not as strong... (when I first played with him) he was playing a different sport than me. But guys get older, stuff happens.

“(Younger players) are not out there believing he is unbeatable because the positive press that happened for 10 years has been replaced with some negativity. He’s still Tiger Woods, still the greatest player ever in my opinion.”

What could possibly be taken out of context about that?

It turns out G-Mac’s comments, while eminently accurate to reasonable people, seem to fallen foul of the considerable legion of Tiger’s Twitter trolls,

I would hope G-Mac would have the courage to fight his corner with idiots rather than just deflect the blame to the media.

Picture: Getty. Tiger Woods and Graeme McDowell.