Episode 35: And a Rehabbed Tiger Will Be an Even Older Champion… Related commentaries: Tiger… Get well, Tiger… Listen.
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Get Well, Tiger.
It speaks volumes that, only yesterday, I explained my disinterest in watching men’s tennis as follows: I find it almost as boring as watching golf without Tiger Woods. (“Women’s Tennis Australian Open: Hail, Naomi Osaka!” The iPINIONS Journal, February 22, 2021) So imagine my shock when, just hours later, news broke that he was involved… Read more.
Tiger’s Poor Play Causes Back Pain and Forces him to Quit – Again
Tiger Woods withdrew from the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on Friday morning before beginning second-round play because of a back spasm he began suffering after dinner Thursday night. … He shot an opening-round 77 that included five bogeys and no birdies on Thursday. It was his worst score in 29 rounds at Emirates Golf Club,… Read more.
Tiger Blows; Serena Crows
Given the way I ended “Tiger’s Back! But He’s Brown, Not Black” two days ago, I can probably be forgiven for saying, I told you so. For just the second time in his professional career, Woods failed to break 80. The missed cut was just the 13th time worldwide that he failed to qualify for… Read more.
Golf: more About Tiger than the Game Itself
Evidently, traditional fans got their panties in a twist yesterday because I insinuated (in a commentary on Lance Armstrong) that the rise in Golf’s popularity over the past decade had more to do with interest in Tiger Woods than in the game itself. It so happens that I’ve been getting under their skin for just as long. The… Read more.
Obama – Playing Golf, Hiding Tiger?
The White House press corps is being quite properly ridiculed for throwing a hissy fit over President Obama’s decision to ban correspondents from covering his round of golf with Tiger Woods on Sunday. But Ed Henry, president of the White House Correspondents Association, is doing his best to defend their whining: This isn’t about a… Read more.