Tiger & The Masters (Page 1 of 4)

I for one, won't be watching!

That was pretty predictable in this marketing opera.
Günter

Great post Rocket - I'll have to remember that one!  Did you know that all sandwiches sold on the course come in green wrappers so as not to show up on television?  They also plant hundreds of  blooming azelea bushes if Mother Nature doesn't comply by tournament time.  There's also not one weed on that golf course.  Interesting fact: the cost of a tunafish sandwich, bag of chips and a heinekin was $2.00 the last time I went in '05.  Compared to $6.50 for a Bud Light at a St. Louis Cardinals game I say that's the best bargain in sports.

I'm always stoked to watch the Masters. And yes, I am stoked to see the world's greatest golfer return. I for one just don't care about Tiger's indiscretions. He simply got caught doing what a ton of other professional athletes, musicians, and politicians do all the time. When it's in the culture, why point out one man? That doesn't mean the rest are going to fall in line. Besides, it's his own life, I could care less. So, yes, I am very excited to see what the world's greatest golfer will do upon his return to the sport.

All Tiger has to do is shoot say a 68 and nobody will worry much about his indiscretions. Deezer's right, who in his position hasn't stuck their hand in the "cookie jar", some get caught and some don't. He has changed the game and it suffered without him. For those of you who don't want to watch, knock yourselves out, but I wouldn't miss this for the world, especially since we just purchased a 46" Sony LCD and can't wait to see Augusta in all its high def glory. God I hope it doesn't rain.

                                                                                           FORE!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                                                           J Dawg

See that's where I think differently. You say, "One set of rules for "us" and another set for him." I think, "Everybody who is in his position (athletes, famous musicians except Joe, politicians, TV personalities, movie stars) thinks the rules do not apply to them." It's in the culture. So to single him out and say you're wrong, is like putting one brush stroke on the broad side of a barn. It doesn't cover anything. But it does make the people calling out Tiger feel better about themselves, I guess, so it's whatever. I will say, nobody knows how they would react if they were in the situation he was in. Nobody here knows that. Nobody knows how strong their morals and their code really is. I tend to believe the Joker in The Dark Knight, "When the chips are down, these civilized people will eat each other."

The apple didn't fall too far from the tree because Earl Woods was a bigtime playah back in the day.  Tiger himself has admited to the entitlement of being famous as an excuse and I find that a shallow explanation.  You're right about the winning cancelling most of the fallout, but like Billy Payne said, there 'll forever be an asterik attached to his name that has nothing to do with beating par.

And this just in from The Masters.....Tiger Woods was not heckled on the course today, but it was reported that an airplance flew overhead waving a sign that read: "Tiger: Did you mean Bootyism?”.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/specia … 5851642024

And that as they say, was that in the news today.

Roy