Tiger In The Raw

Blaming Tiger woods is pure ugly racism.

( This is sarcasm of course!!!)

February 15, 2010 is the start of the year of the tiger. 2009 sure the hell wasn't.

Shoulda made Tiger POTUS....he coulda tried to carry on JFK's legacy......
He couldn't be any worse....I would prefer the PGA to Daly's Chicago Machine....

Tiger Woods is to family values what the climate scienticians at CRU East Anglia are to science.

Similar characteristics too: screwing around behind everybody's back.

Still, at least Tiger's peccadilloes were personal rather than professional in nature. He may be a cad but he's still a great golfer.

Those boys at CRU proved themselves to be both personal and professional cads.

C'mon, lay off Tiger...he's a VICTIM, doncha know! Poor dear suffers from "Satyriasis", or something like that. His wife is such a meanie for not being tolerant and understanding of his condition.

Luckily he's stinking rich otherwise he'd just be another rapist,in which case that picture of him on the cover of Vanity Fair lifting weights would be from inside some maximum security prison.

I usually try to avoid the Tiger gossip stuff. On those rare occasions when I do read it (such as this) my thought is "Well, it can't get any worse than that."

He does seem to be able to prove me wrong by performing (!!) at a higher level as each new revelation surfaces.

Even worse for him, he can stay out of sight until the furror dies down but as soon as he emerges to contine his pursuit of Nicklaus all of this will come back to a full boil.

One good thing about it though. At least TV golf announcers won't need to show their Tiger Woods fan club membership card to get the job. We may also be spared watching every shot he hits even though he's 15 shots back in 43rd place.

"but he's still a great golfer."

That must be one heck of a golf course on his yacht.

When do you think his driver will see anything resembling a cup again? All that power and nowhere to swing.

I think I found my problem with my golf game. Maybe it keeps his hips loose and therefore is occupational therapy!

I don't think there is a "hole in 17" on the golf course.

Tiger of course will now be pursuing a name change to, wait for it:

"CHEETAH" Woods.

Maybe he is trying to make sex an Olympic sport, the deep and burning question is whether it is Winter or Summer games...

The real problem is all those endorsement advertising contracts lost to pay for that oversized harem...

Too bad he wasn't born in some previous century to be some Ottoman type potentate...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Harem

Cheers

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief

1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North"

Did Tiger Woods actually say he was a victim? Sorry, I don't follow the news on him. But I was under the impression that after his public confession/apology he has "taken it like a man" (ie. suffered the slings and arrows in silence). I'm neither for nor against...I'm just curious to know if he actually has come out and said he was a victim (I'd lose any respect for him I have left).

All he need do is announce he's running for the Democrat presidential slot.
The media will forgive and forget immediately.

Man, how do you screwup $ 1 Billion a year in sponsorship money ?

Mr.g @12:31 - whaddayamean "rapist"?

Honestly, I haven't followed this in any detail. There could easily be something you know about that I don't. But if he's just a ridiculously promiscuous sleazebag with cheesy taste in women, that doesn't make him a rapist, does it?

http://www.lfpress.com/sports/golf/2010/01/05/12353796.html

According to Pat Burns (who would know about sticks to the head).. Tiger was missing for a couple of days as Elin took out a couple of teeth with a 9 iron before chasing him out to the car and breaking the windows.

Not sure whether she used a different club on the car, or how many clubs were in the bag when she went after him.

Pat Burns' take on the affair, is the first story I've read that seems to be believable. Everyone else seems to have something at stake in the story.

The timing of Vanity Fair's cover, it seems to want to portray him in an "edgier" fashion, and he went along with this why?

I read somewhere (probably on a tabloid cover, waiting in the grocery line) that Elin Nordegren was cooling her heels in France and Sweden, thinking about a possible reunion with Tiger.

After all of these revelations, I don't know how this would be possible. Aside from the trust issue, what about Tiger's putting her health at risk after all of his extra-marital dabbling?

What a schmuck this guy is. Literally.

I've posted similar sentiments on golf sites over the years, so this is nothing new for me.

Tiger Woods is not a golfer. He is a prodigious golfing talent, perhaps the best that ever played, but he is not a golfer.

A golfer is defined, not so much by skill, as by spirit. A golfer, if physically able, carries his bag. He fixes his ball mark, and one more. He doesn't improve his lie, give himself putts, or talk while his opponent is playing. He has respect for the game, his opponent, and the course.

Tiger exhibits few, if any, of these qualities. At a PGA tournament in Seattle, Tiger hit a ball up a tree and couldn't identify it. Any of his competitors would have had to declare a lost ball, and take a stroke and distance penalty. The drunken college kids following Tiger built a pyramid to climb the tree and identify the ball, saving Tiger a stroke. Similarly, in another tournament, Tiger hit his ball behind an enormous rock. Any other golfer would have had to hit sideways. Again, Tiger's fans banded together and moved the rock, again saving him a stroke. Since many PGA tournaments are decided by a single shot over four days, the fact that Tiger accepts such extraordinary assistance gives him an advantage over other golfers. I'm pretty sure Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer wouldn't have accepted this help; that Tiger does shows he has no respect for the spirit of the game.

In Tiger's last US Amateur, he was down 4 holes with five to play. Caught up in the moment, he was about to play without replacing his marker (he'd had to move it to allow his opponent to putt). All Steve Smith, that opponent, had to do was shut up and let Tiger play. Playing from a wrong place is automatic loss of hole; match to Smith, 5 & 4. Smith didn't hesitate for a second; he told Tiger to replace his ball before playing. I had the pleasure of marking for Steve Smith, who played on the Canadian Tour, trying to make the big time, years later. I mentioned that moment to his wife (and caddy), and she said he never doubted that he'd done the right thing (and that it was at that moment she decided she would marry him!). Steve Smith is a golfer.

When Nicklaus was "Fat Jack" and Palmer commanded "Arnie's Army", Palmer would always ensure that Nicklaus was safely inside Arnie's "cocoon" as they moved from one hole to the next, rather than having him pushed around by the crowds. Nicklaus watched and learned, and when Jack became the most popular player in golf, he emulated Arnie and made sure his playing partner was by his side as they moved from hole to hole. When Mike Weir played with Tiger a few years back in the Canadian Open, Tiger would leave the hole as soon as Mike's putt dropped, leaving Weir - who's not a big guy by any means - to struggle through the throngs. In the event, Mike was jostled harshly by fans and hurt his shoulder; it took him nearly two years to get his swing back. Mike never complained. Mike Weir is a golfer.

John Daly drinks too much, smokes too much, swears too much, and gets married too much. But, he never professed to be anything more than a "grip it and rip it" guy. He lives with his heart on his sleeve, and his life in the tabloids. John Daly is not a golfer, but I'd tee it up with him anytime, anywhere.

Golf is the most humbling of games, because there's no one else to blame. Tee shot in the creek? You hit it there, bub. Yipped that 3-footer? It's not your caddy's fault. A lot of golfers are uncomfortable playing foursomes (four players, two balls) because they're not used to having to play someone else's shot (or worse, having them have to play yours!). Real golfers are humble.

As I noted, many tournaments are decided by a single stroke. Pro golfers are acutely aware of how much luck is involved. A thin shot out of the sand that hits the flag and drops by the hole, or a drive that bounces off the second cut and stays safely in the first - these can win a tournament. At the same time, a perfectly hit ball that skips up to the hole and then spins back into the water, or a putt that goes entirely around the cup but doesn't fall in - those can lose an event. Pro golfers know they have to be lucky to win.

But Tiger never showed any appreciation for luck, or appetite for humility. He exuded arrogance at every turn. When he married Elin, there were jokes - "Figures he'd marry an ice queen; their personalities match". Now that it's all come out in the wash, that arrogance has crumbled into invisibility.

Call it what you want - schadenfreude, comeuppance ('member that?), or karma. It took a while, but while the wheels of justice grind slowly, they grind exceedingly fine. Watch out for Tiger dust.

On issue on timing magazine cover. What has happened with Golf Digest featuring Tiger with Obama?

a...never mind....I clicked the second link

I gotta get one of them Golf Digest magazines

Fascinating reading, KevinB. Thanks for an inside look at this guy.

So, he's a schmuck not only in domestic matters but on the links, too: a seamless garment and a naked ape.

I am sticking up for Tiger. He is a remarkable golfer, driven, you might say, by the need to be the best golfer EVER.

He has always remained well mannered and not adopted arrogance (OK he swears a little when he does a bad shot, but, hey .. how about you other less successful golfers out there).

As a single guy, I can only envy his ability to rent the services of a professional as frequently as he does, although I might question his taste.

BUT, his PR machine is a business, and it required him to deny his own self and play a role that he clearly didn't buy into. So, now we piss on him, when the PR industry around him has caused this.

Well, power to the guy. I expect to see him play golf like never before, perhaps with a little more animus. And power to his "elbow".

Has anyone noticed that Tiger has not had his wife charged with assault?

Robert of Ottawa, 'so sorry you're sticking up for an obviously very sick and twisted guy. To have that many sexual partners when you're married with kids is despicable.

" ... his PR machine is a business, and it required him to deny his own self and play a role that he clearly didn't buy into." Huh????

Tiger Woods got paid gazillion$; if making all this money meant denying "his own self," maybe he should have to himself been true -- and left the money behind so he could be "his own self."

OTOH, without denying his own self, which made him a bundle of buck$, he wouldn't have been able to hire the high-end call girls.

"So, now we piss on him, when the PR industry around him has caused this."

Poor Tiger. 'Just a misunderstood dupe who was forced into promiscuity by his PR machine.

As for your question "Has anyone noticed that Tiger has not had his wife charged with assault?" It's quite possible that her picking up a driver and nailing him had something to do with self defense. He'd probably also hoped to avoid the sleazy facts of the matter coming out -- which they definitely would have, in a court of law, if he had charged his wife with assault.

Not buying it Robert!
Talented, yes, but pride and arrogance, coupled with obscene wealth, will have ultimately been his undoing.
Blame it on the PR industry if you must...this parasitic fraternity isn't blameless, after all, they need the host for their well-being.
But I wonder what Earl would be thinking about now??

Seen his new logo yet?
Check out new_tiger_woods_logo.png

Tiger, Tiger, burning bright
Were you really in a fight?
Did a golf club strike your eye?
Or did you only hit a tree?

Tiger, Tiger, golfing right,
Scoring ladies day and night,
What immoral agent's lie
Could save thy contract with Nike?

Tiger, Tiger, such a schmuck,
You've finally run out of luck.
Elin hit you with a club --
"What's it like to be on the other end, bub?"