Tiger ! Tiger ! Tiger !
Weirfan
i'm taking that Friday of the Farmer's off so I can play in the morning and be at Torrey for the afternoon. That's such a great place. Gonna attend Saturday as well. Following Tiger there is a fruitless enterprise however so I won't try. Unless you like standing in a 7 deep gallery. Which I don't.
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Best place to catch Tiger is at the range. Went to his AT&T National event when it was hosted at Aronimink back in 2010, because Congressional (the usual host site) was in the process of undergoing preparations for the upcoming US Open.
The first thing that struck me was damn - this guy isn't nearly as big as he looks on television. The second thing that struck me was that (at least toward us) he was friendly. As he was walking past us to the putting green - he smiled at me and my wife and nodded as we wished him well for his upcoming round and he actually said "thank you!"
My wife would've undoubtedly cuckolded me at that moment to be #14 in the recent scandalous progression, but I digress.... she's never met a pro athlete that she wouldn't ditch me for, with exception of maybe John Daly.
Don't know whether to fault her for that or give her a medal....
Very little is being made about Tiger playing the Bridgestone ball last week. Not only did Nike's "Method" putter suck, but apparently their ball did too.
Observation from Jack Nicklaus, " talent is still there ".
Very well might be. Who knows.
I personally found the Nike One ball (when it first came out) to feel heavier. Not sure there's a better way to explain it... I'm sure the specs with all of the other balls were pretty much the same or nearly the same, but for whatever reason this ball just didn't seem to travel as far as the other balls I played back then.
And when the B330 first came out I bought a sleeve of them, and just like the Nike One ball - the B330 felt heavy too.
Might just be a coincidence, or maybe there's more to it.
agree. Played well and seemed happier on the course.
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Is with Bridgestone now !
Wasn't really a surprise. Not many OEM could afford to add on someone in his caliber these days....
Congratulation to both and we'll be seeing a lot more Bridgestone on the golf courses.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/15/tiger-woods-signs-multiyear-deal-with-bridgestone-golf.html
https://twitter.com/PGATOUR?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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There will be increased brand recognition with Tiger but no where near what it was before.
Plus it's a golf ball, ,,,,,,If Tiger were bagging the club's I would agree that it could be a boost but not going to see much with the ball.
he played Nike clubs and balls forever and Nike balls remained a distant competitor to Titleist and Callaway and Nike clubs never took off , in fact were a laggard in the business despite Tiger using them . Nike even stopped making clubs with Tiger, Rory etc using them. Nike branded clothes is different and have done well since Jordan made them famous.
I'm betting that The Costco Kirkland ball Will sell way more than Bridgestone balls ( with no pro golfer using them) as long they can keep up to demand. the Costco ball is already selling more than most other brands
As far as golf club goes, it's in the work.
Not only the price has to be right, the ability to customize and accommodate the top caliber player such as TW and Rory McIlroy need a dedicated lab for fitting. Not sure if Bridgestone has the facility here , pretty sure they have something similar to Nike's lab in Japan.
Why wouldn't they?
Let's not forget that "branding" is far more lucrative than endorsement and has a longer life span.
TW logo has been branded for years, and the branding could cross over to other industry like the Golden Bear does. Much to be discussed if T.W. is going to switch golf equipment besides the golf ball.
You'll never know what will be bearing the TW logo in the future. An electric automobile ? A restaurant chain ?
Even a golf equipment company ? I would not be surprised if T.W. partner with a major OEM to form his own brand........
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"Even a golf equipment company ? I would not be surprised if T.W. partner with a major OEM to form his own brand."
I am sure this would have already happened had Tiger not had the scandal and fall from grace.
Nicklaus, Palmer, Hogan, etc have all done this , makes sense that Tiger eventually goes down this road. Golf equipment industry isn't doing so well so it's not likely going to happen now, but should the equipment industry recover and Tiger be able to resurrect his career ( and even if he doesn't) this should be an eventuality.
The Tiger Woods driver, no bias, goes equally long right of left 