Posted on 07/17/2009 11:47:28 AM PDT by Gillmeister
My wish has come true........Tiger Woods misses cut at British Open and my weekend TV viewing will be precious.
Now I don't have to listen to the suck hound annoucers drool over his every shot. Ever notice when Tiger hits a shot, it's brilliant.......but when another golfer hits the same OR better shot........it's OK ???
Sorry if this offends anyone, but I don't care. Tiger Woods will not be on my screen this weekend.....tee-hee.
And I won’t watch it. I wonder how many will be like you and I wonder how many will be like me? Will the advertisers care? Will the PGA care?
Oh my.
Has the Security Council been notified? This is series.
Tiger looked stuned at his interview.
Go Tom!
Hmmm. Sounds like the cries of a jealous fellow golfer...
;-)
I drool over Tiger’s every shot too. I’m sorry he missed the cut. My choice after Tiger is Miguel Angel Jimenez. I’ve been a fan of his on the European tour. Hopefully he will finish in the top three!
There never was a horse that couldnt be rode and there never was a rider who couldnt be throwed.
Tiger is rarely seen on my TV. I have better things to do on the weekends than to sit on my @$$ and watch others on TV out enjoying the sunshine.
Did you know it’s not broadcast in HD?
Sports announcers slobber all over Tiger Woods like the MSM slobbers all over Obama.
I really like seeing others do well and will enjoy watching weekend golf w/o the Tiger fan club's input.
you’re obviously a racist. ;)
Because of Clinton slap-down, I will never stop loving Tiger.
Tiger golfed today like Greg Norman described one of his rounds during a Masters Tournament. When asked why he wasn’t able to pull off a win, he replied; “I golfed like sh@t!”
Go Watson! Talk about a ratings booster.
The ‘Go Tom!’ was for Tom Lehman, the other old fart in the crowd that made the cut. ;-)
One can usually play at least 9 holes before golf coverage starts, plus a big flat screen in the garage helps while doing yardwork :-)
Hopefully Watson won't fall apart. If he's still in contention on Sunday, I'm afraid his putter problems might again plague him. But, he'd be a great story.
Your point is well taken. It’s not Tiger’s fault the announcers worship him. Even if you like him, you can’t help but get sick hearing about him.
It wouldn’t surprise me if half of the coverage for the next two days is about how “Tiger is still in the hunt.” No, I’m not ignorant about golf. I know he’s out of it, but the announcers aren’t going to know what else to say.
It starts at 7AM, so I can watch over my eggs and coffee and still be a productive upstanding citizen like yourself.
At the US Open in NY when Woods was effectively out of the contest they continued to break to him every time he made a shot regardless who else was addressing the ball and in contention. I only heard ONE other commentator later in the week suggest this was a tad misguided, and of course everyone else just sat there aghast that anyone would dare suggest otherwise. Don’t get me wrong, Woods is a great golfer and has his share of good as well as bad days - honesty in coverage is all we expect.
I think it is all indicative of our “rock-star” popular media. Branding, celebrity, and star power is what people purport to want to see, so it is hard to blame the networks I suppose if they think it will sell more air time. It was no different in the Women’s golf world where Kim was promoted way beyond her actual ability.
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