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Tiger Woods Adds to List of Losers

Published on April 8, 2010 in Baby Boomer. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Tiger Woods had made losers out of many golfers during his career (which don’t forget started when he was two.)

But he also made losers out of just about anybody that his life touched.

Tiger Woods made his:

  • Dad a loser because it was his Dad that decided that his two-year old kid should appear on the Mike Douglas Show and get his first taste of fame and adulation.
  • Mom a loser because she certainly didn’t get to have a son around the house to do chores and be a regular kid.
  • “friends” look like idiots – or co-conspirators.
  • wife look like a spineless money-grubber. If you’re a woman, how many times do you have to know your husband’s dip stick was dunked in somebody else’s hole before you head to divorce court?
  • agent and management look like dopes because they had no influence on what he did with their livelihoods.
  • media coverage look like a bunch of lackeys who were afraid of the Tiger stare, and how lack of access could affect their future as a PGA beat writer.
  • buddies at Augusta  sound even lamer than normal. Masters chairman Billy Payne said:

“It is not simply the degree of his conduct that was so egregious but the fact that he disappointed all of us, and more importantly our kids and grandkids. Our hero did not live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children.”

BTW: Augusta National Golf Club still doesn’t allow women members.  Tiger Woods might be the perfect role model for Augusta (if it just wasn’t for that pesky skin color.)

The only winner that comes out of this is Christine Brennan, the brilliant columnist for USA Today. Here’s what she said and what many are hoping:

“There is no way to know if the Tiger Woods we watched Monday is telling the truth, just as there was no way to determine how much he was lying all those years before. He lied to everyone then. Now he’s telling us he lied before but isn’t lying now. Let’s hope that’s true.”

Today we find out Tiger even made moves to poke his neighbor’s daughter when she was 21.

Tiger Woods has added to his list of losers – himself.

I hope he fails miserably at The Masters.  I mean, miserably! Shoot 80. Hit it in the water. Throw clubs, cuss and swear, refuse to answer questions.

That is the real Tiger Woods – loser.

UPDATE: Earlier Woods said he was returning to Buddhism, today a plane flew overhead Augusta National towing a banner:

Tiger: Did You Mean Bootyism?


Tag Heuer, Swiss Watchmaker Owned by French, To Stick With Tiger Woods Endorsement Deal

Published on December 13, 2009 in Baby Boomer. 0 Comments Tags: , .

One of Tiger Woods’ most popular sponsors is watch maker Tag Heuer – who has recently announced their dedication to sticking with the man who has likely been good for their business. Tag Heuer, while a Swiss watch maker, is French owned (by LVMH). While they may pause or delay advertisements in the immediate future, expect to see lots more Tag Heuer ads involving Tiger Woods, a baseball cap, a golf club, and a watch in the near future. Via
tigerswinger

Of course, the Swiss will stick with the guy that’s been the blonde haired blue eyed babe on his arm, Sweden/Switzerland, they are the same country right?

And French owned? I think having mistress is a prerequisite for a French businessman. Tiger Wood’s standing with TAG Huere just went up a few ticks.

When Will the PGA Dump Caddies?

Published on June 23, 2009 in Entertainment and Money. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Times are tough.

Imagine you have a job:

  • that is 100% commission
  • you only work every four days, but the after the first two days you may have to go home with no money.
  • only the very best are allowed to work the very same area you do
  • if you don’t do well you have to compete to the opportunity to work regularly
  • your job requires you to travel extensively at your own expense – meals, lodging, etc

Now imagine peer pressure says you MUST have an assistant. Even though that assistant does little more than carry your laptop and tell you the keys you selected to write that email were perfect, and the assistant cleans your keyboard at every opportunity.

You pay the assistant a salary and they get a cut of your commission.

That’s golf/PGA.

The PGA reports that caddies are paid based on how well their golfer does on the green. First they receive a base salary of $1,000 a week, then 5 percent of tournament winnings, 7 percent of a top ten placement and 10 percent for a victory.

Your name isn’t Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson, or David Duval. Your name is Lucas Glover or Ricky Barnes or Ross Fisher, giving away any of your income for a pretty worthless assistant wouldn’t be pretty.

When will the PGA take pity on the poor professional golfer who has to lug around this assistant to carry clubs, when there are mechanical devices that will do the job better?

Oh, about the same time, they allow short pants during competition, and limit beer sales at tournaments (oh wait, they already did that.

It’s time to dump caddies. Let technology takes it’s place in golf. There are fantastic electric bag haulers. If the PGA demands the players walk, let them use an electric cart that follows the player.

Let the players use the laser range finders to know the exact distance to the pin.

In addition to reducing overhead for the players, think of  how this would speed up play.  How many times during the long, long, long U.S. Open did you watch player and caddy agonize over a yardage book? How many times did you watch a caddy wave and point and wave and point and nod his head and then the player reached into the bag and pulled his own club?

Silly assistant. Silly PGA professionals. The PGA should eliminate caddies.

The PGA better start making changes now because sponsors are drying up, and unless they are willing to cut the amount they donate to charity, the prize money will be reduced. This means a less competitive field. This leads to lower TeeVee ratings and reduced purses.

Golf is in trouble. If the PGA doesn’t start making changes now, they are shanking an opportunity.