There are many reasons why Tiger Woods may not be everyone's favourite sports star, but there is one that will not seem to go away: his habit of spitting.
The world number one upset many spectators at the Open Championship on Sunday with his persistent spitting around the course, and TV viewers were also quick to register their disgust on social media.
It is not the first time that Woods has been caught in the act, so to speak. He vowed to "be more respectful" in 2010 after a spitting incident. In 2011 he followed that with a heavy fine for having been seen spitting on the 12th green at a European Tour event in Dubai.
At the time, Woods conceded in a Twitter post: "It was inconsiderate to spit like that and I know better. Just wasn't thinking and want to say I'm sorry."
Of the incident, Sky TV's Ewen Murray said of Woods: "It doesn't get much lower than that.
"There are some parts of him that are just arrogant and petulant. Somebody now has to come behind him and maybe putt over his spit."
Murray also famously described Woods spitting on a green in 2011 as "one of the ugliest things you will ever see on a golf course."
Well, this issue has sadly reared its head once more at the weekend with Woods lambasted on social media for "spitting his way round Muirfield" while his widely popular and cheerful compatriot Phil Mickelson won his first Open title.
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