If you've been to golf tournaments you'd realize most to all golfers do the same thing. I was at the buick open a little while back and pat bates (who freakin sucks on a side note) did it as well. when i play with my playing partners, i get annoyed if there is noise in the middle of the backswing. you can dislike tiger for a lot of things, but disliking him for something that most people do makes no sense to me.