THE MASTERS ON CBS

As I write this entry, they haven't begun final round play at golf's showcase--The Masters. But I know who won. And I'm tired of Tiger Woods.

I cannot say that I haven't behaved badly on the golf course. I certainly have. And it's not one of those macho things that guys do when they act badly and then say they're sorry or make excuses. That's always been my favorite apology, "I'm sorry, but..." but, I've never had a tv cameraman following me around my whole life. Why does Woods act and cuss that way?

He's not alone. I remember Freddy Couples a few years ago doing it, too. He's just not as consistent. And there are others.

But when the weather got bad on Saturday, the crybabies came out. Moaning, crying--c'mon. Just play the game. Sure Some Like It Hot. Most do. But golf is a game that is dependant on the weather, and try telling young kids playing in brutal conditions on courses a whole lot less pristine than Augusta that the wind was too strong and the greens were too hard.

Give me a break, primas! Play golf on Saturday morning in the rain in May because in the Midwest it rains lots of Saturdays that time of year. Play golf because you love it: not because you can't shoot in the 60's every round.

And try to show some class along the way.