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Tiger Woods is reportedly okay after another crash. But another DUI arrest only reinforces what iPINIONS has argued for years: since his 2019 Masters miracle, he has made more news for injuries, surgeries, and crashes than for golf. That is not a late-career fight for glory. That is a legend playing on until pity starts… Read more.
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 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.
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.
Traditional golf fans got their panties in a twist yesterday because I suggested that golf’s popularity surge had more to do with Tiger Woods than the game itself. The truth hurts, but the data doesn’t lie. The Tiger effect vs. country club snobbery I’ve been getting under the skin of golf purists for years. Our… Read more.
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.
