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GarandFan:

IIRC, didn't his wife use a 3 iron?

Terwiliger:

Aw, come on, man. That should be Tiger teeing up his own head. There's no vast dog-leg right conspiracy. The tabloids didn't make him a philandering skank-monger who's now trying to buy his way out of jam. Is this an example of the "Two Americas" John Edwards was talking about?

I wonder if Barack will say he "Acted stupidly."

GF:

Somebody told me that Jesper Parnevik wished she'd used a driver. For future reference, a sand wedge makes a much better weapon.

Check out the cover of the new Golf Digest. It has a picture of Tiger caddying for Obama with the caption, "10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger".

Now that's funny right there... I don't care who you are.

Cowboy:

Your toons are so thought out. Lots of things to read into this without being totally mean.

GarandFan:

Sadly, Tiger isn't the first guy to let the 'little head think for the big head'. And he certainly won' be the last.

Maybe there should be an annual award to the guy who screwed up the most. The big question would be how'd you measure the screw-up. # of mistresses claimed? Illegitimate children fathered? Or amount of alimony paid out?

john cox:

HEY COWBOY

Thanks for the kind word.

I was going for a "snapshot moment": non-judgemental with a touch of the absurd. It's easy to rag on a well-known icon like Woods for infidelity. He'll reap the consequences, no doubt.


I was more interested in depicting the soulless tabloid business.

Rutager:

Is welching on a covenant entered into before God and a commitment sworn to your wife to "forsake all others" any less soulless?

Cowboy:

As my father told me a long time ago.

"Sometimes the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you get"

Dad was always right.

Tom Wms.:

FOUR!!!

Tom Wms.:

John, I know I said I'm tired of hearing about Tiger, but I just read that Tiger Woods is sponsoring a new 72 Ho Golf Tournament.

Terwiliger:

I was sick of Tiger by the end of 1997.

I have no argument against the fact that he is arguably the best to have ever played the game, but as a former golf enthusiast, there are some things that need to be taken into consideration.

(1) Tiger Woods is basically the Richard Petty of golf. Concessions have been made for him that have never been made for another golfer to ensure his success. If you can find it, look at the video of him preparing for his 3rd shot into the 8th hole of the 1997 Masters. He likely should have incurred a penalty, which would have prevented him from "shattering the tournament record".

(2) Tiger was given highly preferential treatment for Thursday & Friday tee-times for several years--a decided scoring advantage in golf. I believe this would have continued if Johnny Miller had not made specific mention of this on-air (after he mentioned a conversation he had with Tiger on this subject, Tiger ceased to get those cherry tee-times on a disproportionate basis).

(3) It is also clear that the USGA (or the PGA) has set up certain courses to favor Tiger's strengths--his power, his ability to hit a straight ball, & his length. I could explain in detail, but I'll use a brief analogy. Tiger is a .50 caliber Barrett. The rest of the field ranges from a .300 Win Mag to a 1911. In essence, several courses were set up to test the various marksmanship skills of shooters with lesser talent, but there was little if any penalty for over-penetration (pun intended) & very little if any reward for those who possessed stronger finesse but lacked power. Those courses actually opened up to Tiger's strengths; therefore he was not tested as severely as his competitors.

(4) When it was apparent that Tiger was on track to break every record in the books, the USGA (& perhaps the Royal & Ancient) decided to outlaw square grooves. This takes a tool out of a future phenom's arsenal to challenge Tiger's new records.

I have no doubt that Tiger would have been the most successful golfer in the last 12 years without those concessions, & I also think he still would have challenged (if not surpassed) the win & majors records. However, I think those concessions were made to increase the disproportion of his success & a perceived greater disproportion in his ability.

All that remains is this question: "WHY?"

Dr. Bob:

To add to Terwiliger's comments, I always thought that golf was a gentleman's game. Woods is no gentleman.

Over the years I've watched Woods become less and less gentlemanly - the swearing after bad shots, the machine-like, cold demeanor and acting like a jerk.

Recently, I saw a Leroy Neiman print in my doctor's office. Pictured were six of the best from the 50's, 60's and 70's. If I remember correctly Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Lee Trevino, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer were included and a sixth I couldn't identify, maybe Ben Hogan. All of them were gentlemen on and off the course, bad shot or good, win or lose.

Woods is not.

Here's the print -
http://www.artbeautiful.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=142_156_785&products_id=2734&zenid=3338041bd732faa8ad011a63ffc19ac5

Terwilger:

DR. BOB:

Good point. I dislike the excess "Keep on Truckin'/In your face" celebratory fist pumps almost as much as the tantrums. Too bad there's no penalty in golf for unsportsmanlike conduct (other than token fines).

The 6th golfer in that print is indeed Ben Hogan.

Anonymous:

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Are you hinting at the "Donovan McNabb" angle? If you didn't hear him today, Limbaugh alluded to it. The "lamestream media" has been waiting with baited breath for him to bring it up. They've even made comments about it as if he had already brought it up. But he said he isn't going there. Are you?

Terwiliger:

Hey man.

All I did was raise a rhetorical question. Take it in whatever direction you wish.

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