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Article: Pulling Tiger by the tail? Sutton denies giving Ryder Cup pep talk to Woods
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- September 15, 2004
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Maybe it was a pre-Ryder Cup pep talk
in disguise, maybe it wasn't. Tiger Woods insists he didn't take
offense, and U.S. captain Hal Sutton denies pushing golf's biggest
name into becoming a team player like, say, Jack Nicklaus.
To those accustomed to the don't-step-on-Tiger's tail deference
normally paid Woods, Sutton's motivational words Tuesday sounded more
like those heard at halftime in a locker room than in a pleasant chat
alongside the 18th green.
Sutton, picked to lead the Americans partly because of his
reputation for being candid and assertive, is challenging Woods to do
something about a 5-8-2 Ryder Cup record that compares poorly to
Nicklaus' 17-8-3.