Dan Jenkins (Fake) Interviews Tiger Woods

[The Recreational Golfer]

In this month's Golf Digest magazine, there is an interview of Tiger Woods by legendary golf writer Dan Jenkins. As usual, Jenkins, the interviewer, made up all the questions. In an interesting twist, Jenkins made up all the answers, too. It is too funny for words, and spot bleeping on.

[jamo]

Link?

[The Recreational Golfer]

Link?

None that I can find. I read it in the print edition.

[Judah Ben-Hur]

I guess I'll have to take your word for it.

[Spitfisher]

In this month's Golf Digest magazine, there is an interview of Tiger Woods by legendary golf writer Dan Jenkins. As usual, Jenkins, the interviewer, made up all the questions. In an interesting twist, Jenkins made up all the answers, too. It is too funny for words, and spot bleeping on.

We're the answers, dry, shallow, lacking content? did he use the words & phrases like " process, reps, traj, ball compression, firing sequence, explosiveness????

[mvmac]

Link?

http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2014-12/dan-jenkins-fake-interview-with-tiger

[Foursum Golf]

Here is Tiger's reply.

http://thesandtrap.com/t/78220/wow-tiger-got-dissed-by-dan-jenkins

I'd say this was all orchestrated by Golf Digest. Smart.

[bubble]

tiger seams p.ssed off, I dont understand why ?

[Jakester23]

tiger seams p.ssed off, I dont understand why ?

I don't know if I should even respond to this?

[rehmwa]

I read the interview - I read Tiger's response

The interview wasn't funny, seemed like a bitter slam piece, pretty low level in a sport where being courteous is considered one of the foundations

Tiger's response to it was decent and maintained a bit of class

I'm not a Tiger fan, but I think Jenkins comes across as an ass

IMHO

[Valleygolfer]

I have to say that given this writer's behavior I don't blame Tiger for never offering an interview. Dated material that makes him look like a fool and out right unfunny stuff unless you hate Tiger already. These old codgers that get to a point where the line blurs and they think it is okay to play grab ass with bosses wife while he is in the room. This isn't far off the PGA president Ted Bishop's twitter responses to Poulter except the morons at GD thought it was print worthy. If I was the PGA I would consider pulling him out of the hall of fame. A petty, egocentrically personal attack on character against one of the most prolific golfers who made GD a ton of money over the years by bringing more fans and money to golf than anyone ever.

What if this was written about Jack or Arnie? This guy needs to be put out to pasture.

[newtogolf]

I have to say that given this writer's behavior I don't blame Tiger for never offering an interview. Dated material that makes him look like a fool and out right unfunny stuff unless you hate Tiger already. These old codgers that get to a point where the line blurs and they think it is okay to play grab ass with bosses wife while he is in the room. This isn't far off the PGA president Ted Bishop's twitter responses to Poulter except the morons at GD thought it was print worthy. If I was the PGA I would consider pulling him out of the hall of fame. A petty, egocentrically personal attack on character against one of the most prolific golfers who made GD a ton of money over the years by bringing more fans and money to golf than anyone ever.

What if this was written about Jack or Arnie? This guy needs to be put out to pasture.

Beyond shock value you have to question what Jenkins and the GD editors were thinking when they published this piece.

1. Tiger doesn't have much of a sense of humor about these things, so obviously they knew he and his agent wouldn't view it favorably.
2. Despite the lack of majors and his injury, the golf industry and media still rely heavily on Tiger to keep people interested in golf.
3. I don't know Golf Digests demographics but I doubt more than half of them dislike Tiger and found Jenkins piece funny or appropriate.

The publishing industry is struggling overall so you have to question the business sense of a management team that decides to attack one of the greatest players in the sports history and the most prolific of in the sport today.

[Thrash13]

I'll never be looked at as a Tiger fan by any means, but Golf Digest should be ashamed for letting this tasteless article be published.  This might help sales because of the "shock" factor mentioned above, but the negative ramifications will outshine that in the end.  It's a pretty surprising article to say the least.  SMH

[Mulligan Jeff]

Jenkins is an a.. that's a given. Not sure why Golf Digest publish such distasteful parody interview - they may have accomplished more sales for the month of December but beyond that they lose big time.