The Tiger Woods saga

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#1,351
VolsSportsFan said:
You don't even need to wait for him to win. The media, in particular ESPN, seems to do 180s on Woods about 3-4 times a year.

If he's playing well leading up to a major, especially if he wins a tournament, they declare that he's back and put him as the favorite to win the next major. When he doesn't win it, they immediately start talking about how he's fallen, especially if it plays out that he went into Sunday with a good shot to win and falters.

If he doesn't win the PGA, look for a slew of articles about his demise between then and next April before the Masters, when they'll declare he's prime to win it.
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At one point Sunday one of the announcers said "This clearly isn't the Tiger we're used to seeing." Really? Looked like the same major Weekend Tiger we've all been watching for a few years now. The media glamorizes Tiger and has chosen to go the sensational route with reporting rather than just sell the news. Most people, especially ESPN, believe that golf can't sell at its current rate without Tiger being the focal point. I personally disagree. I think Tiger led the PGA to its current status, but there are now enough big names and marquee players to keep it going even if Tiger isn't in the picture one weekend. The only problem is no one is trying to sell that angle.

I also think ESPN is in trouble because of their desire to report in such a sensationalistic style of journalism. It is mind boggling how many reporters have jumped ship in the past year and a half or so.
 
#1,352
#1,352
volfanbill said:
I also think ESPN is in trouble because of their desire to report in such a sensationalistic style of journalism.
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Not sure how much "trouble" it's in when it has broadcast rights to most sporting events.

I'd gladly watch the events elsewhere, but they aren't on elsewhere.
 
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#1,353
volfanbill said:
At one point Sunday one of the announcers said "This clearly isn't the Tiger we're used to seeing." Really? Looked like the same major Weekend Tiger we've all been watching for a few years now. The media glamorizes Tiger and has chosen to go the sensational route with reporting rather than just sell the news. Most people, especially ESPN, believe that golf can't sell at its current rate without Tiger being the focal point. I personally disagree. I think Tiger led the PGA to its current status, but there are now enough big names and marquee players to keep it going even if Tiger isn't in the picture one weekend. The only problem is no one is trying to sell that angle.

I also think ESPN is in trouble because of their desire to report in such a sensationalistic style of journalism. It is mind boggling how many reporters have jumped ship in the past year and a half or so.
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No golfer out there ha the Q rating of Tiger
He's the marketing machine of the tour and until
Rory
Ricky
Keegan
Hunter
Etc... Start to win enough Majors or start dominating tournaments and Tigers still going to be the draw
 
#1,354
#1,354
vol_in_ar said:
No golfer out there ha the Q rating of Tiger
He's the marketing machine of the tour and until
Rory
Ricky
Keegan
Hunter
Etc... Start to win enough Majors or start dominating tournaments and Tigers still going to be the draw
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that's just it. The marketing isn't Rory. Nor Ricky. Nor Keegan. Nor Hunter. Nor Bubba. Nor Phil. Nor the Johnsons. Nor Scott, etc. It's Rory, Ricky, Keegan, Hunter, Bubba, Phil, the Johnsons and Scott. It's the fact that game has far more talent today than it did a decade ago. That instead of watching Tiger run away from the field on Sunday, we're going to be watching until the end to see what happens every tournament.
 
#1,355
#1,355
Not buying the part about now vs 10 years ago. Back then, Tiger, Harrington, Goosen, Els, Singh, Phil, Leonard, Furyk and Love were going strong and most of them had already proven something. I'd say the talent has been pretty steady since a lull in the early 90s.
 
#1,356
#1,356
volfanbill said:
At one point Sunday one of the announcers said "This clearly isn't the Tiger we're used to seeing." Really? Looked like the same major Weekend Tiger we've all been watching for a few years now. The media glamorizes Tiger and has chosen to go the sensational route with reporting rather than just sell the news. Most people, especially ESPN, believe that golf can't sell at its current rate without Tiger being the focal point. I personally disagree. I think Tiger led the PGA to its current status, but there are now enough big names and marquee players to keep it going even if Tiger isn't in the picture one weekend. The only problem is no one is trying to sell that angle.

I also think ESPN is in trouble because of their desire to report in such a sensationalistic style of journalism. It is mind boggling how many reporters have jumped ship in the past year and a half or so.
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Dude doesn't come from behind to win majors. Ever. That's what we got again this past weekend....shouldn't surprise anyone.
 
#1,363
#1,363
terrypedigo said:
10 million does not matter to Tiger, he would give his soul to the devil for Jacks record, and he is not going to get that now, he blew that, i wont feel to sorry for him anyway.:cray:
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Yea he's over the hill. He'll be lucky to ever break 80 again.
 
#1,365
#1,365
There are three physical things Tiger will have to overcome before he can return to winning majors. 1) His knees need to be able to handle 4 days of highly competitive golf. They have to be equal in strength and maintain their flex. 2) His back must do the same as his knees - stay strong and flexible with no neck issues. 3) His arms, in particular his elbow with tendonitis needs to stay healthy.

He has the skill and focus without question. He is a terrific putter when the rest of his game is good. My doubts are about the physical aspects I listed. As we age it gets harder and harder with the extremely athletic swing like Tiger has. When one physical part of the body weakens the rest of the swing gets out of kilter. He is not good with his driver now. If the course gets set up tougher like in the majors, he struggles because of it. If he gets that corrected and fine tunes his distances better on the short irons he can start winning majors again. There just are a lot of "ifs" now that hinge on his physical health with the type swing he has used through the years.
 
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#1,366
Over analysis IMO. Injuries matter, but more than anything, winning majors is just hard to do. If it was easy, the current second most successful major winner,Phil, would have more than 5 or 6.
 
#1,372
#1,372
And just like that, he's going to the last hole with a shot at a playoff. I've never seen a guy that consistently scores as well as Tiger when it looks like he's dying out there.
 
#1,375
#1,375
unbelievable last hour of golf...Tiger's can't even bend over to take the ball out of the cup and comes 3 rolls away from a putt dropping to force a playoff..
 
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