Comments on: Duval reaches out to Blackmon on road to recovery

By: bakerman

bakerman — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:29:27 +0000

David might not have the ‘personality’ you like, but you do not see him mouthing expletives on the golf course like other ‘personalities’. I’ve known him the better part of 20 years, and I believe he is the most misunderstood player on tour. He happens to be an introvert who is well grounded and comfortable in his own skin. He is probably the most well-read player on tour. I will always pull for him because he deserves it.

By: DooDuval

DooDuval — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:54:56 +0000

Agree with GT’s nuts.. went to school with him and he has a dud of a personality. There is really no endearing quality to speak of when it comes to Duval. What you see is what you get, which is nothing.

By: Reality

Reality — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:37:54 +0000

It may be a necessary evil to achieve top-of-the-world status at a particular sport, but I have to agree with GT’s Nuts. The history of Duval’s personality is one of total, mind-boggling arrogance. Even his comment after his Open performance reveals a man who doesn’t want to be gracious, enjoy the moment and say something positive or endearing. All he could say was, “There was never any doubt I was going to win that tournament.” Really, David? You haven’t sniffed a lead in seven or eight years and you had no doubt that you were going to win the most difficult tournament of the year? No denying it was a great performance, but he’s going to have to do a lot more funny Nike commercials (”best contact you’ve made all year, Duval”) or kiss a ton of babies before I’m going to actually root FOR him. My opinion is he’s had his moment in the sun. I’d prefer he toil at the game for the rest of his life like the rest of us mere mortals and let some decent human beings like Kenny Perry or Sean O’Hair win some majors. Duval is golf’s original FIGJAM (Google it if you don’t know what it means.)

By: ResacaJoe

ResacaJoe — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:20:52 +0000

1992 Bellsouth Classic playing as an amateur Duval hit driver 7 iron into 18, a short par 5 and drained eagle putt to get in the final group on Sunday with eventual winner Tom Kite. Locals went beserk as they should have. Even “Dawg” fans were cheering the college kid from GT. He played terrible on Sunday mostly trying to stay out of Kite’s way but Saturday’s finish was magic. Definitely a strange dude but I wish him well.

By: GT's Nuts

GT's Nuts — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:57:19 +0000

He’s still an inter-galactic A hole.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:26:05 +0000

Nuts, I would submit that Duval definiely fit that description for many years of his life (definitely when he was at GT), but it seems that finally having a family and going thru what he did with his game have had quite a positive impact on his demeanor and interaction. Hope his “comeback” continues.

By: GT's Nuts

GT's Nuts — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:43:14 +0000

I’m a Georgia Tech die hard but David Duval is a first class A hole. This article doesn’t come close to describing how much of a turd he really is. I’m not sure how anyone can root for this joker..

By: kfc

kfc — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:11:03 +0000

nobody was pulling harder for dd than i was…the story should be about where dd is now, not where he was!

By: smartguy

smartguy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:44:17 +0000

Go get ‘em DD.

By: GT71

GT71 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:31:29 +0000

I’ll try to not carry on with the kfc putdowns, but dang, it must be embarrassing to throw stupidity out there for all to see. Course, the great thing about free speech is it DOES make the idiots easier to spot.
As for Duval, I spent Father’s Day in Greenville, SC with my in-laws and they were thrilled that the Clempson kid won. I was too, but was more impressed by what Furman and Blackmon saw in Duval. The swing seems to be back – the putting never left. But the attitude – from without – still seems a bit irrascible (and that’s being nice and un-Duvalish if you will). But if the inner demons are being dealt with, that’s terrific. He can practice up on the Mickelson schmooze next week. He has the swing again, now he needs to develop the mental toughness (if that can be developed) of Mr. Woods. Once that’s done, he can compete with the best. Best of luck, David. And nice article, Furman.