Sick of Tiger

[jsttaylor]

Is anyone else sick of seeing Tiger already? It's his first event and he's all they talk about on the Golf Channel! "2 Weeks of Tiger". I have the utmost respect for him and it would be a dream to play a round of golf with him, I'd settle for following him while he golfs, but come on. Enough already. There must be other stories.
Oh well, just had to vent.

[Colby]

You are my hero!

[Indio]

LOL I would say you have about 14 more tournaments to put up with them talking about him constantly and 20 or so with the occasional mention of his greatness when he isn't playing

[jsttaylor]

Unfortunetly you're right.

[Indio]

Unfortunetly you're right.

You know it, what to hell esle they got to talk about?

[Chieflongtee]

Can you blame Tiger? Were you sick of Gretzky? Are you sick of Brady?

[Hacker]

Yada, Yada, Yada - Everyone hates a winner

[Indio]

Yada, Yada, Yada - Everyone hates a winner

Thats why we love you Scotty

[Hacker]

Thats why we love you Scotty

I just can't get my feeble brain wrapped around the fact that this is a golf forum yet so many people constantly attack the man who has single handedly elevated this sport to the level of popularity that it enjoys today.

[Indio]

I just can't get my feeble brain wrapped around the fact that this is a golf forum yet so many people constantly attack the man who has single handedly elevated this sport to the level of popularity that it enjoys today.

Ah hell, if that is the best 'attack' they can muster up, Tiger is in no serious trouble Besides, it wasn't an attack persé, it was more like frustration with the man doing so weel when he had is C game off the tee and on the harder of the two courses to boot

[Colby]

I just can't get my feeble brain wrapped around the fact that this is a golf forum yet so many people constantly attack the man who has single handedly elevated this sport to the level of popularity that it enjoys today.

I was playing golf long before Tiger came on the scene, and would be golfing and talking on this forum if he had never appeared. We don't need Tiger except to fuel these endless series of discussions.

[Hacker]

I was playing golf long before Tiger came on the scene, and would be golfing and talking on this forum if he had never appeared. We don't need Tiger except to fuel these endless series of discussions.

Do you think that you'd be watching golf on a 24/7 Golf only channel or playing as many new courses or have the variety in equipment that we have today without Tiger's influence?

[jsttaylor]

I wasn't trying to bash him. I think he's fantastic. Just wish they could find more to talk about than Tiger. He's the best and will be the best ever one day. I guess with golf it is so easy for the networks to focus on one person. A lot harder to do in football and hockey. I wish I had a sixteenth of his game.

[LobWedge]

I don't have a problem with Tiger the player. He does things with a golf ball that I couldn't do in my wildest dreams. When he plays, I can only sit and watch in awe. Whether he has his "A" game or his so-called "C" game, 99 times out of 100 he finds a way to close the deal.

Where I do have the problem is with Tiger the media and PR circus. The majority of this is not controlled by him, but by those in orbit around him. Sure, he has helped take the game, and the business of golf to new levels not seen before, but golf is not a one man sport. There are many other personalities that deserve a lot more "face time" than they currently get.

[Hacker]

I wasn't trying to bash him. I think he's fantastic. Just wish they could find more to talk about than Tiger. He's the best and will be the best ever one day. I guess with golf it is so easy for the networks to focus on one person. A lot harder to do in football and hockey. I wish I had a sixteenth of his game.

Fair enough, my apologies for interpreting your post as a bash job.

I believe that the media (print, radio and television), in general, does a terrible job of providing balance in the vast majority of their content. But I don't lay the blame at the feet of the people or issues that receive the lion's share of the coverage (and I don't mean to imply that you are doing this jsttaylor).

Just once I'd like to see someone start a post about the lack of symmetry in the on-air coverage of a given golf tournament as opposed to blaming Tiger for being the subject of the broadcaster's attention, like it is somehow his fault.

[LobWedge]

Do you think that you'd be watching golf on a 24/7 Golf only channel or playing as many new courses or have the variety in equipment that we have today without Tiger's influence?

Yes I do. Somebody has to be #1. It just happens to be Tiger. If it wasn't him, the media would latch on to someone else.

[Indio]

I agree Rich, I watched the telecast today and I did not see one shot made by the actual leader, it was mostly lefty, tiger and Rory's antics for a while

[Hacker]

Yes I do. Somebody has to be #1. It just happens to be Tiger. If it wasn't him, the media would latch on to someone else.

Really eh?? I guess we are both entitled to our opinions and both of them put together with a $1.60 will buy a Timmies XL............as for our opinions I guess we'll have to agree to disagree

[LobWedge]

I agree Rich, I watched the telecast today and I did not see one shot made by the actual leader, it was mostly lefty, tiger and Rory's antics for a while

The thing I find most amusing about the media is their attempts to build some type of "Nicklaus/Palmer/Watson" rivalry, but Tiger a) won't buy into it, and b) keeps putting the hammer down and separating himself further from the competition.

It's almost comical sometimes the way the look for anything to stir the pot.

[Indio]

Yes I do. Somebody has to be #1. It just happens to be Tiger. If it wasn't him, the media would latch on to someone else.

Ya, then I would be the one whining about seeing FIGJAM too much

[Hacker]

Ya, then I would be the one whining about seeing FIGJAM too much

Indio - A few hundred thousand golfers would have to leave before I was #1 ...........

[Indio]

Indio - A few hundred thousand golfers would have to leave before I was #1 ...........

You mean millions don't you???

[Hacker]

You mean millions don't you???

Oh, so now you want to split hairs

[LobWedge]

Really eh?? I guess we are both entitled to our opinions and both of them put together with a $1.60 will buy a Timmies XL............as for our opinions I guess we'll have to agree to disagree

Isn't that the wonderful thing about a democratic society?

But seriously, ever since Bobby Clampett came out of college way back when, the media have been searching for the "Next Nicklaus". If Tiger had never materialized, it would probably have been Mickelson, or Els, or someone else. Media and corporations will hitch their wagon to any passing star, and ride the hell out of it till it burns out. Tiger just happens to be giving a longer ride than most. The glue factory is loaded with worn out thoroughbreds that they have ridden into the ground before he came along. And there'll be plenty more after they're done with him...

[Indio]

Oh, so now you want to split hairs

Between the 2 of us, we couldn't find a hair to split mon ami

[Hacker]

Isn't that the wonderful thing about a democratic society?

Media and corporations will hitch their wagon to any passing star, and ride the hell out of it till it burns out.

Why is it that I have an immediate vision of Michelle Wie after reading that

[Hacker]

Between the 2 of us, we couldn't find a hair to split mon ami

ROFLMFAO!!!!!

[LobWedge]

Between the 2 of us, we couldn't find a hair to split mon ami

Make that 3...

[Mattchew]

I was playing golf long before Tiger came on the scene, and would be golfing and talking on this forum if he had never appeared. We don't need Tiger except to fuel these endless series of discussions.

maybe that goes for you or me...but what tiger has done for this game is unmatched. Not only for his play but the things he does off the course that you just dont see from other players, or even other sport figures. Tiger could sit at home for the rest of his life, never having to pick up a club again...but instead you see him teaching Underpriveledge kids. Spending millons builing schools, Would rather turn on and hear them talking about tiger, than hearing many of the bad things that go on in sports these days...Just be greatful you are getting to see him play because you might not see a better golfer/ person/ rolemodel in our day then tiger woods. JMO

[big mac]

Well said Mattchew On that note I can sleep well tonight