Tiger Woods Master Catch-All Discussion

[turtleback]

  On 8/16/2016 at 7:48 PM, Gunther said:

He protected himself from the press and in so doing, from the fans.  But the press protected him too, pre-incident.  Once that happened the floodgates opened.  Before that, very few wanted to utter a negative word about him for fear of upsetting him thereby getting cut off from any access to him whatsoever.  I never quite got this since he provided so little access anyway.  I'm certain there were media types aware of his proclivities long before they were inadvertently outed.

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Due respect, but it is ridiculous to claim that the press knew about his peccadilloes and did not report them.  Maybe not the NY Times, but the TMZs and the Gawkers would have been all over it.  

[Gunther]

  On 8/17/2016 at 3:40 PM, turtleback said:

Due respect, but it is ridiculous to claim that the press knew about his peccadilloes and did not report them.  Maybe not the NY Times, but the TMZs and the Gawkers would have been all over it.  

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I doubt TMZ was aware but these golf reporters are quite cozy with the pros, there's no question some of them were aware, Tim Rosaforte, perhaps.  So I reject your claim of ridiculous, but I appreciate your respect.

[iacas]

  On 8/17/2016 at 4:12 PM, Gunther said:

I doubt TMZ was aware but these golf reporters are quite cozy with the pros, there's no question some of them were aware, Tim Rosaforte, perhaps.  So I reject your claim of ridiculous, but I appreciate your respect.

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They didn't know.

No clue.

[BallStriker]

  On 8/17/2016 at 3:40 PM, turtleback said:

Due respect, but it is ridiculous to claim that the press knew about his peccadilloes and did not report them.  Maybe not the NY Times, but the TMZs and the Gawkers would have been all over it.  

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The "press" did know about it -- Tiger paid them "hush money" (or better yet, hush services) by agreeing to do a cover story with Men's Fitness in exchange for keeping it quiet (at least, that is the story I have heard).

[jbishop15]

  On 8/17/2016 at 8:38 PM, BallStriker said:

 

The "press" did know about it -- Tiger paid them "hush money" (or better yet, hush services) by agreeing to do a cover story with Men's Fitness in exchange for keeping it quiet (at least, that is the story I have heard).

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That's the National Enquirer, or the company that owns them and Men's Fitness. The rest of the press didn't know, or they would've printed it. It would've been a huge, huge, HUGE scoop, and the media isn't going to turn that down. It wasn't as if Tiger was nice to the media anyway. 

 

EDIT: Hey! 1600 posts! A weird one to hit that number on. 

[colin007]

  On 8/14/2016 at 11:34 AM, iacas said:

You of course get to have your opinion. Just like some might really like Coldplay or Bud Light.

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[nevets88]

Rumouring about a Woods Miura deal, with a Capital R.

 

 

[newtogolf]

  On 8/19/2016 at 8:59 PM, nevets88 said:

Rumouring about a Woods Miura deal, with a Capital R.

 

 

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Tiger played Miura clubs before Titleist and Nike, I wouldn't be shocked if he went back to them.  

[nevets88]

Fluff on Woods just after he turned pro.

 

[nevets88]

Curtis Strange's "You'll learn" eating crow never gets old.

http://www.progolfweekly.com/skratch-tv-celebrating-20-years-tiger-woods-award-winning-videos/

[natureboy]

  On 8/16/2016 at 6:57 PM, Rainmaker said:

we (the press, the fans, etc) built the facade ourselves. 

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I get what you're saying, but don't entirely agree. His sports management company helped build up part of the facade in the way he was marketed by sponsors and in arranged media pieces. Hardly unique to Tiger, though. Crafting an image goes well back - at least to the 20's Hollywood studio system.

[nevets88]

Interview from yesterday.

http://robbreport.com/sports-leisure/exclusive-conversation-tiger-woods

[newtogolf]

  On 9/1/2016 at 1:56 PM, natureboy said:

I get what you're saying, but don't entirely agree. His sports management company helped build up part of the facade in the way he was marketed by sponsors and in arranged media pieces. Hardly unique to Tiger, though. Crafting an image goes well back - at least to the 20's Hollywood studio system.

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His sports management company certainly helped build up the facade, the problem Tiger had (like many celebrities) is his ego got too big.  

[nevets88]

Rumors of Woods buying TaylorMade. Doesn't make sense to me, maybe he's part of a consortium?

 

[Groucho Valentine]

I would think if he would buy any equipment company it would be the remnants of nike golf. Probably at bargain prices! He practically built it, anyway. 

[nevets88]

Nolayingup rumor on Woods' WITB at Safeway

 

[colin007]

  On 10/4/2016 at 5:54 PM, nevets88 said:

Nolayingup rumor on Woods' WITB at Safeway

 

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That's.....fascinating. Honestly. I think the ball choice has to be most interesting.

If true, of course.

[nevets88]

We've been here before. We'll see when the Safeway starts.

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As Golf Digest reports, Woods has been seen swinging away at Medalist Golf Club, where he’s a member, near his home in Jupiter, Fla. And he’s not just pounding away… he’s striping it! That revelation comes via Jesper Parnevik, who revealed that he’s quite impressed with what he’s seen from Woods in practice. So much so that he’s predicting a “spectacular” return.

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http://golfweek.com/quick_shot/tiger-woods-reportedly-flushing-ball-in-practice-return-safeway-open-jesper-parnevik/