This is why people get tired of Tiger Woods
by courtgolf on Jul 2, 2009 10:50 PM EDT
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Reading the front page of PGATour.com this afternoon, the headline was TIGER LOOKS SOLID IN ROUND ONE, followed by a little "oh by the way" mention that Anthony Kim set the course record with an inconsequential 62.
Now, watching the replay on xxx Golf Channel, these brain dead professional voices have already handed Woods the trophy in a runaway. Nevermind the fact that at this point in the broadcast he is four shots behind Kim at -4. (He finishes the first round at -6, but they didn't know it after 13 holes)
If I was a Tour player, I would be furious with these people. They whine and complain that nobody challenges Woods - but when he is challenged, they ignore the other players around him. This isn't shaping up to be an exciting tournament with a lot of great play - it's not even a playoff with a bunch of guys around him at -6, much less that Kim guy in front of him.
Yes - he is the best. Yes - he is the most dominant player on tour. But come on people - let's have a little less hero worship...or is it just plain worship (aka sucking up) from the booth. The media isn't supposed to cheer on the job, but that doesn't stop the golf media.
I honestly believe that if the broadcasters would call the live action honestly, there would be a lot fewer people who get tired of hearing the name Tiger Woods, and a lot more appreciation of what is going on with the rest of the field.
There is no reason to pull against the man, much less "hate" him. (a word that is thrown around much too easily) I can understand pulling for another golfer who is a personal favorite, but there is no reason to despise Woods...except that we get tired of hearing his name attached to so much constant adoration and hyperbole.
Call the action honestly and fairly, and people will not only enjoy the broadcast more, they will appreciate Woods and the rest of the golfers in the field more.
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true dat
credit the schizophrenic media, they’re doped up as all get out.
"Have a take and do not suck or you will get run." - Jim Rome
by jonny-yuma on Jul 3, 2009 2:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This phenomenon is certainly not exclusive to golf.
It’s the same in the NFL (Favre, TO, Vick etc…), Basketball (LeBron, Kobe) really any sport one can think of. As long as he’s in an event, he will dominate the coverage, to the detriment of the reporting. The networks stopped or forgot how to cover tournaments as a whole long ago. (One of the few downsides of the Tiger influence.) But I don’t think it’s fair to blame the grossly lopsided media coverage for why people grow tired of Tiger. (By the way, these people are idiots. Sit back, think for yourself and enjoy his ride.) We always grow tired of dominance, there is always some measure of backlash. It seems to be in our nature. We love winners but we love the underdog who wins even more. In this particular case, I think Kim got his due run. And in defense of the coverage, no one follows up a low round (64) like Tiger (66). (Another thing his is better at than anyone else.) In any case, if Tiger fires a 64 in the opening round, I don’t think it’s too unreasonable to declare game over, as crazy as that sounds.
I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.
by Dukeshire on Jul 4, 2009 11:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
court, I used to be 100%
guilty as charged, now it’s a lot less. Give me a C- for effort.
At one time, 24/7 TW was okay with me. In one way, Tiger has hurt the PGA tour. Some people refuse to watch televised golf unless Tiger is in the field. There would have been superstars if Tiger had stayed amateur. Vijay, Phil, Furyk and a few others might have 5-6 majors apiece and 15 more victories each.
I still want Tiger to win every tournament by 25 strokes and end up with 100 victories and 25 majors, but The Golf Channel, ESPN, the networks and the mainstream media are ridiculous.Even the golf blogosphere is outrageously pro-Tiger.
I love Lucas Glover. I hope he is going to Turnberry…
...from the land of pleasant living, Baltimore.
by One-Eyed Golfer Guy on Jul 4, 2009 12:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That's a fan !
Nobody should ever tell you NOT to be a Tiger fan – and anybody who reads your posts and articles knows that you also pull for other guys out there – and I don’t recall you ever handing Woods a trophy in the middle of the first round.
Not sure that Vijay, Phil, and Furyk would have that many majors. Vijay wasn’t old enough :-D, Phil was…well…Phil, and hadn’t cashed in during the 6 years he had pre-Tiger, and Furyk was still getting his feet wet. It is VERY possible that, if Tiger had stayed for his last 2 years at Stanford, he could have won at least one major as an amateur. He was already invited to the Masters, US Open and British Open for his play in the US Am. How’s THAT for a scary thought ?
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
by courtgolf on Jul 4, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This article is ridiculous...
I enjoy this website, the articles and the comments…rarely will I send in my own comment but after reading ‘This is why people get tired of Tiger Woods’ I have to throw in my two cents…
People, the only reason you’re sitting in your den and watching golf on TV is because car manufacturers and insurance companies are paying the bills to televise these tournaments. They expect a return on their money in the form TV ratings to justify these expenditures.
At last year’s PGA Championship on CBS ( a tournament which Tiger did not play in due to injury) the final round rating was 3.0, a drop of 60% from the previous year when Woods won. Overall, golf TV ratings had dropped 50% while Tiger recooperated.
Now, I’m no TV executive but faced with these facts I think I’d have my announcers talking about Tiger quite a bit.
Us golf fanatics will watch the televised tournaments regardless of whether Tiger’s there or not but when he IS playing the TV advertizers are not aiming their show at us (they already have us), they’re aiming their talk at the huge influx of new viewers, viewers watching because of Tiger.
A spokeman for the AT & T National being played this weekend says average daily attendance this year is 46,000 compared to 23,000 last year. Gee, I wonder if Tiger’s appearance this year has anything to do with it?
I had to especially laugh at the comment: “In one way Tiger has hurt the PGA Tour. Some people refuse to watch televised golf unless Tiger is in the field”…Well, thank you Mr. Obvious. There are a LOT of people who won’t watch if Tiger isn’t in attendance. But to say that Tiger hurts the PGA Tour is idiotic. Does anyone honestly think current tournament purses would be in the stratosphere if it weren’t for Tiger? Would there be a FedEx Cup (with a $10 million first place prize) if Tiger Woods wasn’t Tiger Woods?
The fellow competitors of Arnold Palmer in the 1950’s and 60’s owe him greatly for puting golf—-and golf purses—-at a level unheard of before. The same can be said of Mr. Woods.
That’s just my opinion.
by tommycarr on Jul 4, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You are quite right.
Your Palmer analogy is spot on, as well. Too much Tiger? You might as well admit to yourself you don’t really like golf. Now, if you’re going to complain how retarded guys like McCord, Miller, Clampett, etc… comments are, then we have something to pin the dumbing down of the coverage on.
I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.
by Dukeshire on Jul 4, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No argument on the money trail, Tommy. You are exactly right. The point of what I wrote was that the announcers talk in a constant stream of hype over Tiger. They do not give an honest depiction of the entire event.
It’s not the quantity of Tiger-talk – it’s the quality. I want to see just about every shot the man hits, too – but I also want these “professionals” to show the same enthusiasm for great shots by the rest of the field as they do for Woods.
Televised golf was around long before Woods, and it will be here long after – but if you constantly beat into the audiences collective head that ONLY Tiger Woods is worth watching – what will happen when the man retires and there is no more Tiger-hype ? You can’t destroy your future just for what is going on today.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
by courtgolf on Jul 4, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hi courtgolf,
yes, I see what you’re saying and cannot disagree with you.
tommy
ps…just so you don’t think I’m all rah-rah Tiger I’m from Columbus, Ohio and still think Jack’s the best ever!
by tommycarr on Jul 5, 2009 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmmmm...
Maybe when Anthony Kim has 14 majors, he can get as much adoration as Tiger recieves….think about that lol.
Once you’ve trancended the game like Tiger has, you can be attached to everything now too. So I have no problem with this, and go Tiger! Keep up the hype!!
by TheSportsGuru1 on Jul 5, 2009 1:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
court, once on a local non-sports talk
radio show, a guy called in wanting to talk about the death penalty. The host asked him if he had even one new argument to add that has never been made before. The guy hung up. Can you think of one angle not covered yet on the Brett Favre/Vikings debacle that hasn’t been discussed yet? Of course not, but they will keep banging us over the head with it. They should have a Tiger rule. Once a particular subject has been brought up about Tiger 100 times, you cannot mention it again for three days…
...from the land of pleasant living, Baltimore.
by One-Eyed Golfer Guy on Jul 5, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lol – great idea…and some of those things might get banned in the first hour of a broadcast. (my brother hates pop music and says “the first 500 times I heard it, it was ok – but the second day it got old.”)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
by courtgolf on Jul 5, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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