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Is Tiger Woods claiming Arnold Palmer’s mantle of congratulating winners in golf?

“He asked me how it felt on the putting green, then I asked him how it felt to have a hundred of them.”

TROON,Scotland–TigerWoodsmaynotbelightinguptheleaderboardsthesedaysbutthatdoesn’tmeanhe’sforgottenwhatittakestobeagreatchampion. Woods,48,isturningintoaregularArnoldPalmerthesedays.RememberhowPalmerusedtofamouslysendletterstothewinnersofallthemajorprofessionalgolftournaments?Itwasawonderfulgestureandsomethingthatplayerssavedandcherish. Well,Tigerisn’texactlypenningloveletterstohisfellowprosbutinhisdotagehe’sturnedoveranewleafandstartedtobecometheelderstatesmanwhosewordsofcongratulations–orinthecaseofRoryMcIlroywordsofencouragement–meantheworldtoplayers. Earlierthisweek,TigeracknowledgedthathewaitedaweekforthingstodiedownaftertheU.S.OpentotextMcIlroyandessentiallytellhimtokeephisheadupandbetterdaysareaheadafterhisheartbreakingdefeat(moreonTiger’stextandMcIlroy’sphonenumberchangehere). ItalsobecamepublicthatTigercongratulatedBrysonDeChambeauonwinningtheU.S.OpeninJune.DeChambe