Tiger Back at Torrey as a Caddie

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 21, 2008 11:09 AM EDT Comment 13 comments

The AP's Bernie Wilson reports on the back nine at Torrey South where Tiger was caddie for a gentleman who won the Buick contest to have Tiger be on the bag. The retelling is pretty cool, but I thought it was interesting where the pin on 18 was:

Woods checked into the Lodge at Torrey Pines on Sunday night and noticed the pin in the same spot it was during the Monday playoff.

“I opened the curtains and saw the 18th green,” Woods said. “I was like, ‘You know what? That is pretty cool.’ A different atmosphere. You can actually see. They don’t have the grandstands in the way. I saw where the pin was and was thinking, ‘You know what? I remember that putt.”’

And in what will apparently become some kind of legendary putt on the course (har har)...

After Abel finished his round, Woods gave him a final treat by dropping the ball at the same spot of his Sunday putt.

“When they asked me, do you know what you’re doing?’ I said, ‘No,”’ Abel said. “When I was stepping up to it, they mentioned it. They said, ‘This is his putt.”’

Abel missed.

“His putt probably broke another two inches more than what mine did,” Woods said. “Mine was more down in the valley. Slightly different putt.”

Pretty cool stuff from the world #1.

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xxx Golf Channel confused me

did Tiger caddy for all 18 or just the back 9 ?

how cool was that to have Tiger Woods in a caddy bib guiding him around the course ? He could’ve just bailed or put it off. That’s class.

Of course – 5 putting the 10th green was a little nerve wracking. :-)

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 21, 2008 11:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The AP said the back nine

But I’m not sure either. Tiger strikes me as a guy that has a hell of a sense of humor, just not when doing his job.

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 21, 2008 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

true

wouldn’t it be nice if he could be his real self without worrying about the media fallout of a good joke or some politically correct nut job filing a law suit ?

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 21, 2008 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The GQ thing

Kind of ruined it for everybody.

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 21, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sooner or later

it would’ve happend – GQ just gave him his introduction into media dishonesty. He learned his lesson well.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 21, 2008 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True

Someone would’ve gotten him. It is almost guaranteed that the media will turn on anyone who isn’t perfectly complicit with their biases, view, wants, etc.

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 21, 2008 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you mean...

…like Bush and republicans ? (WHO SAID THAT ??) :-D (just kidding – don’t want to start that again)

I love it when a story comes out about someone winning a law suit against a magazine or paper or the papparazzi for invasion of privacy, slander, or libel. The people in the media have lost their integrity and think they can do anything while hiding behind the first amendment.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 21, 2008 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was gonna say

John McCain as the prime example. I mean, he has run a TERRIBLE Presidential campaign, but the media used to love the guy because he provided a high amount of access. Now that he’s not doing that and is running against a Democrat instead of fellow pubs, he is getting a different rub.

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 21, 2008 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

exactly

McCain is a democrat under the republican flag – that’s what always caught up to him for presidential nominations. Now the things he was proposing 20 years ago are behind what Obama wants and he looks “conservative”. Scary.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 21, 2008 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know that he was ever a Dem

in Republican’s clothing. To claim to be a footsoldier in the Reagan “revolution” and vote with GWB 90% of the time is not being a Democrat.

What actually got him in 2000 was a smear campaign by Rove and company that worked extremely well. Had he won SC back then, he would’ve won the nomination…and history may be a lot different.

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 21, 2008 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

big government republican...

…McCain wasn’t quite as big a proponent of welfare and a few social programs as most democrats – but he was in Arizona and had to be a snake oil salesman for seniors and the indian reservations – he bought a lot of votes with his promises. He is definitely a big government kind of guy.

Claiming to be something is one thing – doing the opposite of what you claim is what shows your true character. Voting with Bush 90% of the time isn’t exactly a badge of honor.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 21, 2008 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs