Tiger Woods and Bobby Flay have one strange thing on common right now: They are both believed to be the targets of the “CHEATER” banner flown behind small planes.
Earlier this month, a plane with the banner flew overhead while Bobby was getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Then, yesterday, the same thing happened during the first round of the U.S. Open:
The banner at the U.S. Open, photographed by SB Nation‘s Brendan Porath.
There are a few options. For one, the yesterday’s banner could have targeted someone else. For another, it could have been a reference to Tiger’s old admissions–that he cheated on his ex-wife Elin Nordegren. Or, it could be from Lindsey Vonn’s people.
“He had a relapse in the sex department….Tiger cheated again. But it wasn’t with anyone special,” a “close friend” told The Daily Mail last month, soon after Tiger and Lindsey announced their split. “He really wanted Lindsey to be the one. But he blew it again. He can’t help himself. He’s got an addiction. He relapsed.”
Beside the distracting banner, yesterday was an all-around terrible day on the green for Tiger, who earned four bogeys during the first seven holes. It only got worse on the eighth hole when he lost his grip on the club when swinging from the rough.
At the end of the day, Tiger had eight bogeys, one triple-bogey and just one birdie. That summed up to a score of 80, which is his worst U.S. Open score ever.
