TigerWoods.com: Monument to Woods' Delusion
by Ryan Ballengee on Dec 28, 2009 10:08 AM EST
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PrintUPDATE 1/5/10 11:50am: TigerWoods.com has been updated to remove both Accenture and AT&T as sponsors.
Throughout his entire career, Tiger Woods has used his own website as a propaganda machine. He's used it to announce his schedule, family events like the birth of his kids, and - more recently - a limited amount of information about his infidelity to his marriage.
After all of the turmoil, sponsors have been jumping ship on Woods left and right. Accenture is done. Gatorade Tiger is done, though his relationship with Gatorade isn't defunct. Gillette benched Woods. There is a rumor that EA Sports may go. Golf Digest and TAG Heuer have benched Woods for the duration of his self-imposed leave from golf.
So why then are they all listed on TigerWoods.com as active sponsors of his?
Upper Deck, Nike, Net Jets (don't even get started on those jokes, too easy), and the bankrupt TLC Laser Eye Centers have all expressed support for Tiger. But the above have definitely all said that they're either through with Tiger or at least shunning him indefinitely. Why keep up the charade?
Considering that the website also recently shut down the forum portion of the site, maybe Tiger Woods is going to try to rebuild his image in the same way that he created it: lying.
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The lights are on, but no one is home
That’s my guess as to why the sponsor list hasn’t been updated. The boss is in hiding somewhere and it wouldn’t surprise me if no one really has any idea what’s going on except for a select few, and those few clearly don’t care to keep the website up to date.
ALL THE KINGS MEN
If anyone is thinking that this is TIGAR at work doing all this himself, they are very delusional…He has his lawyer types, management hacks, etc. telling him EXACTLY what to say, when to say it, and how to say it….this is all out of his hands now…Why you ask?…It’s all about the money honey…..isn’t everything???….why else, or perhaps better said as “how else” could he be the BILLION DOLLAR MAN. We will probably never know exactly what happened the night that started this whole mess, that is unless Elin herself tells us, and I can’t see that happening anytime soon, but now the ATTORNEYS have the bit in their teeth, and can smell the hefty hourly billings to be made….check back soon, as this is still a work in progress….STUB
What it is !!
Referencing TW, “THE BRAND” I can totaly understand the Sponsors aingst in pulling out with the balance of them on the fence. This is nothing new in the business world. Like Kenny Rogers song says, “Know when to hold em and know when to fold em”. As far as Tiger the golfer goes as it relates to his fan base, I think the worst thing his “Think Tank” can do for him is to “shut off” access to his faithfull fans and bloggers via his website. A bad Public Relations move if you ask me. That less than strategic move will lose more support than it will gain in the long run…jumpn/progolf
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
One more thing !!!
I forgot to add. In the personal world it is said that, “Time heals all wounds”. In the business world, “Time is Money”
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
Sounds like someone bought himself a bigger hammer for Christmas. Enjoying taking big swings at Tiger, RB ?
Why would you or anyone POSSIBLY care about this ? The fact that he hasn’t updated this part of his web site is interesting to you ?
Come on. ACC Basketball has started – that’s a much better hobby than picking nits.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
It matters in the context that it is consistent with how the Woods team has handled this whole thing – like nothing bad has happened.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Dec 28, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
You’re really bored up there…aren’t you. :-D He, or his web person didn’t update that part of the web site. He’s probably been a little busy with other things lately.
Maybe I can help with this boredom problem with a little Terapin trivia – I had no idea that Maryland had won a national football championship…back in 1953. The coach left and went to UNC…where he came down with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and died…which really killed the momentum that ACC football was building.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
It’s kind of funny, we won the ’53 national title because the final vote was conducted BEFORE the bowl games. We lost our bowl game to Oklahoma but were already national champions.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Dec 28, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
court,
This is a golf blog, there are plenty of basketball blogs if that is what you are interested in. But if you’re not interested in golf(and TW is the biggest story in golf), then why are you wasting my time by posting here? (that is a rhetorical question, please don’t feel obligated to respond and waste my time some more)
And Ryan, you’re response is spot on….TW has handled every aspect of this scandal as absolutely wrong as possible, at least he’s consistent.
did I force you to read a single word I wrote ?
nibs – we talk about a LOT of things around here – did so before you showed up and decided that you were in charge – and we will continue to do so even if you continue to have this fantasy that you are in charge.
Tiger still hasn’t broken the law outside of traffic laws – which puts ALL of this garbage in the catagory of gossip.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
by courtgolf on Dec 28, 2009 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
AHA….gotcha…you demand your right to talk about anything that you like but you imply that Ryan, the blogmaster himself, should not be writing about the things that he likes…
“Sounds like someone bought himself a bigger hammer for Christmas. Enjoying taking big swings at Tiger, RB ?
Why would you or anyone POSSIBLY care about this ? The fact that he hasn’t updated this part of his web site is interesting to you ?"
…the clear implication is that Ryan is offbase by posting what is clearly about golf. How’s it feel to be clearly identified as a HYPOCRITE, courtgolf?
nibs – you haven’t been around very long to know that RB and I give each other a hard time about the things we write about – nothing as a personal attack. more like the Colonel in Monty Python who pops in with his “Stop that – it’s getting way too silly” line.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
hahaha @ monty python
This is more like the Angry Mob Scene in the movie young frankenstein , ( people yelling and carrying torches ) LMAO
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
PUT THAT MAN DOWN !! :-)
yep – all those vootschteps. WHAT ? VOOTSCHTEPS !! (stomp stomp stomp) OOooohhhhh – FOOTsteps !!
back to the lumberyard.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I really don’t take much said here personally. I just don’t care enough to take it that way. It’s usually in jest or good fun. Now, if someone accuses me of something rather serious, then I’ll take ’em to the woodshed without second thought!
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by Ryan Ballengee on Dec 28, 2009 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
court,
Too bad this isn’t a college football discussion blog…I would love to discuss this Mike Leach suspension!!!!!
Nibs,
You got it Nibs ! This is a golf site,..screw basketball et all. Let’s stay on point gentleman. Ryan,…you are100% correct in your assessment of how Woods & Co. have mishandled this situation. Funny,…some people over at TGC site used to gloat that Woods was getting solid advice on all fronts, which was completely at odds with all the lies forthcoming from his people. Example ???….. one Hank Haney about Woods knee before the ‘08 US Open. His whole team are nothing more than yes men,…paid to tell it "like is ain’t" Spin the “LIE” in otherwords……..Z.
you're still away,...choke on it !
The Tiger story is NOT a golf story
It’s celebutard story, so it doesn’t belong here either, right niblic?
Truth has a well-known liberal bias.
Hey Tiger......If you're reading this
then live with all the negative comments. We’ve had to live with all the suck-ups and media worship the last few years, now you can live with our comments. You are a slimeball!!
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
No......nor do I think he's reading this.....
just trying to make a point about all the concern for Tiger that somehow our posts are hurting him in some way…….lol
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
And I agree with you – BUT – here’s a more important point…
IF what TIger did doesn’t really affect us – and our comments don’t affect him one way or the other – then who DOES get hurt by all the gossip ? I would put it to you that we only hurt ourselves when we focus on gossip more than substance. If we can be distracted by all of this nonsense, then are we really paying attention to the important things in our lives ?
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Do you really think anyone here takes all this
seriously?? If the course was open today, I’d be playing instead of sitting at my computer yawning, especially since it’s supposed to rain the next two days……arrggggg.
On the positive side…..this does give me the opportunity to vent some of my frustration with Tiger and laugh at the same time.
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
Tiger used that joke........but I don't think
his finger was involved?? go figure.
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
LOLOLOLOLOLOOL , nice work
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by Ryan Ballengee on Dec 28, 2009 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
em66 Your from Louisiana ????????
And you don’t know what a beignet is ? what the ???
I’M IN SHOCK !!!!! You need to get out more and look around . hahaha
maybe this will help,,, http://shop.cafedumonde.com/originals.html
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
Oh.....I know.....nibs didn't......and yes I have
been to the French Quarter and eaten the beignets……my wife have made them and they are all good. I just had a feeling niblic was gonna “roast” ya on that one….lol lol lol
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
“Beignets are puffy square French doughnuts covered in powdered sugar.”
…that’s what I was looking for. Maybe if you’re staying at the Paris hotel in Vegas?
I'm sorry, but GOOOOGLE just doesn't tell just how good they are.........lol
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
Would someone (tigerhead?) pass this along to Tiger?
From VegasAdvisor….
“New Clubs Opening: In addition to Vanity at Hard Rock, three more new clubs are poised to open on New Year’s Eve. Haze at Aria and Eve at the Crystals will both debut in CityCenter, while the rock bar Smokin’ Hot Aces will open at the Venetian”.
Duping, and updating.
Tell you guys what…….Don’t turn to the Golf Channel the next couple of days. They are sneaking in some Tiger programming. I know that some of the more sensitive posters here are on suicide watch because Tiger Duped them. I see that Ryan has joined in the paparazzi TMZ style of reporting. Although, i think it’s too late to cripple him financially. Hey Ryan, he already has a Billion. He doesn’t need another nickel from the endorsers. I hear you guys chirping about “these guys are good”, yet all i see is Tiger Woods posts. Who are the “good guys” you speak of? I repeat Tiger Woods is being featured on TGC so please do not watch. I will report back to you “fans” when this anamoly is over. In the meantime feel free to tune into the home shopping network, or Dr. Phil, or desperate houswives, or any of the emotionally secure programs which cater to the sensitive side of you fans. Hey, better yet watch one of the “judge” shows; since some of you more “honorable” fellas seem to have become overnight Judges yourselves. Again, do not watch TGC, as they are featuring a golfer who has cheated on all of you “gentlemen” a golfer who won tournaments, but was lying to you all. A golfer who won the US Open with one leg, but failed to report to you about his infidelities. Please for your own sanity. avoid TGC. Watch at your own risk. Your mental stability is at stake. You may begin to feel duped all over again. And if you must watch: by all means tell your significant other that you will be crying, and making wimpering noises. Do not watch The Golf Channel as they are showing GOLF highlights. From the worlds #1 golfer. Don’t watch……..it’s just masterful golf by a golfing master. A 4 time Masters Champion, and a 14 time Major winner. Do not watch; because after all he cheated on his wife, and wrecked his truck.
by Fairways and Grins on Dec 28, 2009 10:43 PM EST reply actions
Last Night LOLOL
I tuned into TGC on TV and was greeted by a repeat of one of the Tavistock Cups featuring TW, so I switched over to the Football game. Then later on I flipped over to TGC again and it was a repeat of the 2005 Firestone tournament featuring, you guessed it, Tiger. So I returned to the football game. Before bed I switched over to the Golf Channel again and what did I see ? Tom Hawkins, Rich ( Hair Piece ) Lerner and Bob Abbott, groveling about Tiger Woods. I’d seen enough so I took one of my old 9 irons and had at it with my TV and put it in a floating box and dropped it into the Atlantic. I’m told TW is off the coast here somewhere in his boat “Infidelity” , I mean “Privacy” and perhaps the crew will spot that box and give it new life on board. BTW, good football game last night as “DA BEARS” won in overtime….jumpn/progolf
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
From the list of sponsors...
RB…Gatorade Tiger has been off the shelves for more than a year around here. It never sold. Turned into a Hollywood movie that was in theaters one week and in Blockbuster the next. One grocery story close to my house couldn’t give the stuff away. It was 3 or 4 for 1 before they could get it off the shelves.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I was looking for it last summer too. I couldn’t find it in any of my local stores. Was it that bad?
Truth has a well-known liberal bias.
Tiger Woods’ Indiscretions Cost Sponsors $12 Billion
As goes the image, so go the profits. At least they do for Tiger Woods’ sponsors, if not necessarily the man himself.
While Woods’ temporarily stymied endorsement deals may cause a small drop in his usual $100-million-per-year haul, it’s his stuck-by-him sponsors that are really feeling the fallout of the golfer’s rather spectacular fall from grace.
According to a study conducted by two University of California at Davis economics professors—who looked at stock market returns for Woods’ sponsor companies in the 13 trading days immediately following his Thanksgiving revelation, ending a week after he announced he would be indefinitely leaving the sport—sticking by Tiger may have cost the companies as much as $12 billion.
Which means (sorry, Tiger defenders) there was a little more than standard fluctuations in the market at play.
Nike, Gatorade and EA Sports were hit hardest as a result of their carefully worded vows of support for the cheater extraordinaire, losing a total of $6 billion, while the consulting firm Accenture—whose profits don’t so much depend on the opinionated whims of Joe Public—managed to escape their since-severed association with no negative financial effects to their company.
Which is all fine and dandy, but what we really want to know is, now that the revolving door of Tiger’s mistresses has (for now) stopped and the media haze has started to clear, will Woods’ private life affect your spending sprees?
ah - the "experts"
I love these guys. They shove their credentials in your face – tell you that they somehow came up with this idea to check up on all of these companies all on their own. (dollars to doughnuts – someone from a media outlet called them to get their opinion) – THEN they release their “research” with the word “MAY” slipped in just for safety’s sake.
Day one – lesson one – Econ 101…There is no such thing as a one handed economist – they will ALWAYS leave themselves room to say “on the other hand.”
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
And
The forever groveling Golf Channel didn’t shove Tiger down our collective throats week in and week out ? I’m all about golf, golf and more golf but that , return of Tiger Woods commercial ( post knee surgery) narrated by James Earl Jones, with the Angelic music playing in the backround was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay OVER ^ the top.
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
WAY over the top !! Lucky for me – I absolutely love James Earl Jones’ voice. (He makes Costner tolerable in “Field of Dreams”)
No doubt about it – xxx Golf Channel knows where their bread is buttered – that’s why I went out and bought one of these new fangled TV sets. Thanks to modern technology, I can turn the volume up and down, change channels, and even turn it off if I want. Amazing stuff. :-D
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
WHY I OTTA.. (stooges speak)
Unfortunatly for the “golf fans” like most of us here in this blog, we only have one golf channel. It’s a shame it’s an agenda / profit margin channel and not what Arnie had in mind when he started it. We tune in to watch everything golf and all we get is “Tiger Tiger Tiger”. Thank gaaaaaaaaaaaawd that Jan. 7th is almost here.
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
Name a channel that ISN’T profit driven ? Nope – public TV is still in that catagory.
Tell me about it – I wouldn’t care if they were playing with those big plastic toy golf clubs – as long as they show golf in HAWAII !!!! Love those views in prime time.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
LMFAO @ COURT
Big Plastic Golf Clubs..HAHAHAHAHA,, hey now I had those :o)
Dianemarie, I’ll take the big break re-runs anyday over the all so stupid medicus driver infomercial. I think that infomercial and TW-10 tens run a close first and second. Heck, I’ll even watch the Futures tour, just gimmee something other than repeats over and over and over and over. I’d be happy with some of the old black and white World of Golf tournaments. O well at least we have New Years and the 3 stooges.
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
EXCEPT for...
…the Sky Caddie infomercial with Natlie Gulbis ! :-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Clearance Rack
Ok thats not working either, I guess I’ll have to bring a few of those TW fist pump and pointing dolls with me to Las Vegas and visit the boys over at the Pawn Stars Pawn Shop a/k/a Gold & Silver Pawn. Chumley seems like the type to make a purchase. :o)
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
let me be the first to state here...
There is no such thing as a world renowned economist at UC Davis. It’s primarily an ag school. The economists they do have should stick to predicting pork belly futures.
Truth has a well-known liberal bias.
How much has he made the same sponsors??
This monumental negativity….How do you maintain all this negative energy?? Find yourself something positive to post please…I mean what are you doing. Come on!! This obsession you have with Tiger is silly, and sad. Move on. Find somebody to like stop the hate.. You can do it.
by Fairways and Grins on Dec 29, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
So that means
Tiger-Aid left a bitter taste in your mouth ? knuk knuk Sorry couldn’t resist.
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
SPEAKING of "nyuk nyuk nyuk"...
…Thursday, starting at 7:00am eastern, AMC is going to be running all of the Three Stooges shorts – digitally remastered – they’re going to be running all day and past midnight.
Definitely have to have the DVR set for this one ! :-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Yep it sure is :o)
I mentioned that in here the other day. They do the 3 stooges marathon every New Years for 24 hrs. I’m interested to see how the Digital Remaster looks. I hope it doesn’t take away from the origionality of the era too much. For the golf enthusiast, be sure not to miss the GOLF EPISODE, called, “Three Little Beers” The Stooges work at a brewery, and decide to sharpen up their golf game when they hear of a company tournament.
http://images.quickblogcast.com/5/5/8/4/7/185443-174855/three_stooges_golf_with_your_friend.jpg
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
this “digitally remastered” is just to restore them to their original quality since the analog film deteriorates over time.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Court.....You and Jumpn have been "duped"....
everyone knows that there were only “2” stooges. Revisionist historians want us to believe there were 3 stooges in the name of fairness and diversity. The original stooges were a conservative and a moderate, but now we see a liberal, tree hugger added in order to reflect current events……..but for me, it will always be the 2 Stooges…….yuk. yuk, yuk
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
Back to that Delusion thing......
Check out the following link on “How to apologize Like a Tiger”……pretty funny.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/637517/humor_how_to_apologize_like_a_tiger.html?cat=3
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
In a new development...
Gloria Allred is pissed that the lawyer for the man accused of extorting money from David Letterman has filed legal docs saying Allred and Rachel Uchitel did essentially the same thing.
Allred told TMZ that Robert Halderman’s lawyer, Gerald Shargel, does not have permission to use her name or the name of her client. Gloria adds, “I have no personal knowledge of his client’s case and he has no personal knowledge and therefore, no basis for his remarks about my representation of Ms. Uchitel.”
Shargel wants the case against his client booted, in part because of the new Tiger Woods defense.
Gloria added this zinger: “…Mr. Shargel should spend his time representing his client based solely on the facts of his case, rather than comparing it to other matters of which he has no personal knowledge.”
In other words, Rachel’s settlement was confidential.
…gotta just love lawyers!!!! LOL
we need a bigger boat...
the old joke of a thousand lawyers on a sinking ship being a “good start” just doesn’t fit anymore – we need aircraft carriers full of lawyers. :-)
So now the guy who should go to jail for extortion against David Letterman is on a crusade against other extortionists ? Funny thing, though – Rachel Uchitel is the one who DIDN’T try to take Tiger for anything.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Hello Again
I was shocked to see the number of commennts, then I read through. I’m woefully behind and haven’t looked at other articles, so if this too is already old news I apologize. When I saw that Tiger Woods’ fall from grace cost stockholders in various companies 12 billion dollars, I recalled that Phil Knight called it a “minor blip”…. I shudder to think what Phil consideres a major blip…. Hey, Tiger Woods gone from golf….no big deal. Sure hope my WR buddy wasn’t invested in Gillette….or one of their subsidiaries. To think I may have been within a 1000 miles of Tiger Woods when we were in Florida.
Ping.......Welcome back to the "un" real world......lol
If you have about 4 days, you can read the 215 posts over on the “Duped” article. Hope you had a great Christmas.
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
WB Ping
Hope your new hat fits that fat head of yours. Just kidding bro. You had a good week of weather down here in Florida I think. Hope your holiday was good…jumpnprogolf
em66 If ping had been here that 215 comment posting might have reached 300.
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
Sometimes the $hit comes down so heavy you need a hat....
Thanks boys! I did let the hat out as much as possible…. Florida weather was “unseasonably cool”. The day we chose for our ride to Tarpon Springs from St. Pete it was quite nippy. We did not expect to need jackets but were glad to have them. Two years ago we made the same ride with t-shirts and worked up a sweat….this year, not so much…. Frankly I’m a bit tapped out on the whole Tiger Woods thing, and that’s an understatement. We had an incredible 11 years of entertainment from Tiger, if it’s over….well it’s over. He sure took the world for a ride! The gap between him and the rest of the field was so large, #2 looks like the winner of the member/guest. As for me, my next big event will be the Wine Country Tandem Rally in September…
LOL@court @ Captian Kangaroo
I kinda liked Mr. Moose and the Ping Pong Balls
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
dianemarie, I love
the word “Celebutard”. How about Celebretard?
Also, court, thanks. Until today, I never knew how to spell “Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk”.
Dianemarie & court, let’s give the newbies a little more time. Remember, we didn’t start having perfect comments for at least a month.
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