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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.
The Masters: ‘It’s over, Tiger’ Stephen A. Smith, from ESPN’s flagship show First Take, is arguably America’s most influential sports commentator. Like E.F. Hutton — when he speaks, people listen. That’s why the way he opened his show’s segment on The Masters on Monday spoke volumes. He looked into the camera, apologized for what he was about to say about his boy,… Read more.
Tiger Woods made the cut at The Masters last weekend. But a leg injury – this time – forced him to withdraw. Woods still got more media attention and praise than any other golfer who played. Jon Rahm won the tournament. And Phil Mickelson became the oldest runner-up in PGA history. But you’d never know… Read more.
The Masters, “a tradition unlike any other,” tees off today. And there’s nothing new about it being all about Tiger Woods – even when nobody expects him to win. I have marveled over the years that The Masters is all about Tiger even when he’s losing. But The Masters without Tiger is like the Heat… Read more.
Of course nobody should be surprised that former President Donald Trump is throwing America’s PGA tour under the bus to side with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf tour. This as the latter uses it sovereign wealth fund to make the former seem like a tour only for poor losers. Former United States President Donald Trump urged… 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.
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.
