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According to a new Forbes magazine poll, Tiger Woods is the second most disliked athlete in America. He is ranked just behind Michael Vick, the convicted dogfighting criminal. He is ranked just ahead of Plaxico Burress, who also did prison time, on a gun charge. Really? Woods' marriage suffered an epic fail two years ago, self-inflicted. No one could defend his behavior in that regard. But does the man truly belong between two former jailbirds on a most-loathed list? The poll-takers should have shown up for Thursday's first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Here is what they would have seen:
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