Golf fans' screams spark 'hate' from ESPN's Rome

0 Comments | USA TODAY, February, 2008 | by Michael McCarthy

Here's a quick way to improve golf telecasts. Give fans something, anything, to yell besides "You da Man!" and "Get in the hole!"

During Sunday's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on NBC, two fans were in such a hurry to shout "Get in the hole!" after Tiger Woods hit his tee shot, they screamed it in unison.

Fans should be free to boo or cheer whoever they want. But fans are now screaming "Get in the hole!" when Woods, Phil Mickelson and others tee off on par-4 and par-5 holes, ESPN's Jim Rome says. "If you're saying these things, stop doing it immediately," Rome said during Friday's Jim Rome Is Burning. "The players hate you, other fans hate you and, most importantly, I hate you. You're bringing everybody down, and you're embarrassing yourself."

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