Tiger Woods didn't win many fellow professional golfers over with his controversial drop during the 2013 Masters. Then again, there may not have been an overwhelming amount of Woods supporters to begin with.
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Sports Illustrated conducted an anonymous poll of 200 professional players from the PGA, LPGA and Champions Tour ranks, in which two of the questions dealt with Woods' controversial drop after his approach shot on the par-5 15th hole at Augusta National caromed off the flag stick and rolled into the water during the second round of last year's Masters.
According to SB Nation, Woods then took a penalty stroke after an improper drop and eventually signed an incorrect scorecard. Masters officials did not disqualify Woods but instead gave him a two-stroke penalty, which was still enough to stymie his attempts to win the Grand Slam event.
The SI poll question, "Should Tiger have been DQ'ed at the Masters?" drew a 52 percent "Yes" answer from PGA Tour players and a 46 percent "Yes" answer from Champions Tour responses. Champions Tour responders, however, came out with 51 percent in favor of the statement that Tiger should have withdrawn from the event as a result of the confusion.
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The other question about Tiger regarding his multiple run-ins with the rules in 2013 - Golf.com cited that Woods had issues at the Abu Dhabi Championship, the BMW Championship and the Players Championship - asked whether those incidents changed anyone's opinions of him.
Only 15 percent of the PGA Tour brethren said yes, while 26 percent of the Champions Tour professionals confessed that his behavior changed their impression of him.
That statistic, however, might be misleading if the overriding sentiment among golfers about Woods was not strong in the first place.
When asked whether his run-ins changed his peers' opinions of him, one responder wrote, "No, it was already pretty low."
Even with the lack of faith in Woods' professionalism, one golfer also noted that Woods' popularity among golf fans almost mandated that he continue playing at the Masters last year.
Asked whether Woods should have been disqualified, the responder wrote, "No. Nobody would have watched.
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