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Questions for Shane Ryan About His Upcoming Book, Slaying the Tiger


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I'm going to do a little interview with golf writer Shane Ryan (Grantland, Golf Digest, he wrote that piece about Patrick Reed's past a few months ago, he does a golf podcast called The Friends of Tiger, etc.), who wrote a book called Slaying The Tiger about the young players breaking through over the 2014 PGA Tour season. I'm about 2/3rds of the way through the book (which comes out in June). It's been a very good read so far. It's sort of like if The Greatest Game Ever Played was written in 1914 and didn't involve Shia LaBeouf (so far!). I think a lot of TSTers will like it. If anyone has any questions about the book or the podcast or Patrick Reed or anything related to the PGA Tour, post it!

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I'd be curious if he thinks Patrick Reeds "Top 5" comment has helped, hurt or not impacted his success.  I'd also like to know what (beyond airing out some dirty laundry) the goal of his article on Patrick Reed was, i.e. does he not like the guy or was he just offering his version of TMZ for golf.

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I like the cover. McIlroy is literally inside Tiger's head. Deliberate?

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I like the cover. McIlroy is literally inside Tiger's head. Deliberate?

Using that thought process, does that makes Reed the other "head".

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While researching for the book what was something he found interesting but didn't have the time to write about it?

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I have a lot of questions that I'm guessing he won't want to answer, haha.

  1. Who were your least favorite/most favorite golfers as you were writing the book?
  2. How much backlash do you expect because of this book (because of, for example, allegations about Reed, and I think you've hinted about stuff about Dubuisson on your podcast as well)?

I'll probably think of more.

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No direct questions, but that book looks fun and I hadn't heard of the podcast. I'm adding the latter to my podcast list as soon as I figure out how to do so.

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I'm just wondering when this slaying occurred.  I remember Jack slaying Arnie over a period of years.  I remember both Watson and Trevino slaying Jack a couple of times each.  As in taking him on at or near his best and beating him.

And I remember Tiger winning more times than any of these guys just 2 years ago.

This isn't a slaying.  It well might be and probably IS a changing of the guard, but it is more a case of the new guard outlasting the old guard than taking it on and beating it.

But putting the word Tiger in the title probably increases sales.

But then again, what the hell do I know?

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1.  What do the players think about the caddie lawsuit?

2.  What players are known for taking advantage of the "gray" area in the rules?

3.  If a player had to bet 1/2 his net worth on whether Tiger wins another major, how many do you thing would actually bet "yes"

4.  Do players really care about who their playing partners on any given day?  Are there any players that guys hate getting paired with?

Gotta run, but have more.......

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Round Two...........

1.  What in the heck has happened to Hunter Mahan?

2.  Dustin Johnson was suspended by the Tour -- true or false?

3.  How much time does the average tour player practice per "non-tournament-round" day?

4,  Name a player who has more talent but has gotten less out of his career than Geoff Ogilvy

"Getting paired with you is the equivalent to a two-stroke penalty to your playing competitors"  -- Sean O'Hair to Rory Sabbatini (Zurich Classic, 2011)

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