Golf's Greatest Hope
Toulon the 9-iron to the face.
I think we know by now, exactly where that 9i hit, and it wasn't the face. Although he damaged the marriage, beyond repair, wonder how she feels about damaging him, beyond repair, along with his career? He feels the guilt, obviously, by not taking her for every penny he gave her, and more.
jmo, observations, of course.
Unfortunately, with the proliferation of social media, the influencers want to alter perceptions of everybody and everything.
Look at Tiger. All of the Tiger/Charlie love at the Father Son Tournament. Trying to make Father look like Dad of the Year when he is or was a schmuck.
It is rare in the "look at me" society that we live in where a person will stand on their individual merits.
Subsonic. The media will put out the image they think will make them the most money. Regarding Tiger it's the reformed fallen star who is now Father of the Year. Doesn't matter if its true or not they think that plays better than drugged out , wife cheating, waitress banging villain so that's the image we'll be given. Might be true, might not be.
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I will ask you to take a look at this from the other side.
I was actually there at Brown Deer in Milwaukee the day Tiger turned pro taking photographs. See image and ticket stub.
My question is... Besides the US Amateur wins, what was it about Tiger, or moreover, THAT day when he was pulled off the course (as he wasn't supposed to be there actually) for his "Hello World" speech? That propelled him into the spotlight??
He actually signed a $40 million dollar contract with Nike that didn't include the golf ball. He still used Titleist. He did not even have the money that day and barely could pay for dinner because the money wasn't in the account. I heard all of this from him directly as I was standing two feet from him and his mom for quite a while.
The Media?!
How about Ricky Fowler ?
Jordan Speith?
Bryson?
The Media for any of them?!
Just a question.
Eguller - I was able to move on from Tiger and watch him rebuild his relationships and move on with his career.
But, when Lindsey Vonn accused him of cheating and walked out of his life, I lost hope for him and let the old dog wallow in his sheit.
His ex does seem to be sincere in her appreciation for Tiger remaining involved in their childrens' lives.
The recent documentary on HBOMax about Tiger was pretty good. Most of it is about stuff that most of us already heard about over and over years ago, but it reminded me that his father did him no favors with regard to building him up to be the next Ghandi in the world.
It made me ponder what Tiger's life/career might've been like had he had a different father. Would he have been even better than he was? Maybe not as good? Did Earl's incredibly unrealistic expectations of his son, many that went far beyond golf, help Tiger or hinder him?
Earl was many things to Tiger, good examples in many ways that helped launch his son's belief in himself as a golfer. But Earl's example as a husband to Tiger's mother?
Father teaches son, "do as I say, not as I do."
Son listens, but also OBSERVES.
Later on, son becomes his father.
It's a tale old as time itself, but it generally doesn't garner much attention unless it happens to be about arguably the greatest sports icon in the history of the sport he represents.
DJ won in Dubai and what did he do? He took the following week off. Same with Koepka. Same with all of them, it's become more the norm than the exception.
Fat cats aren't interested in chasing mice, and there are quite a few fat cats on the PGA Tour.
Bryson is the most interesting person on tour today imo. How many Super Bowl commercials were any of the rest of the pga tour players in a few Sunday's back?
He's polarizing. Like him or loath him, people tune in to watch him either do well or to fail. In some respects, the same it went with Tiger. Outside of Bryson, very few of them give me a reason to watch the coverage like I used to. There are few storylines in golf today that are compelling.
