"FartGate -- CBS Denies Tiger Supplied It" **

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You forget that in our little golf world, when Tiger might be involved it becomes national news. Case in point: TMZ actually went to CBS for a statement about who was responsible for Buick telecast's final round flatulence (not Tiger!), which the PGA Tour took down from YouTube.

Update on Monday, August 3, 2009 at 01:37 PM by

Geoff

Seems TMZ was merely following up on the many reports and items posted on the web (here, here, here, and here). All seem to blame Tiger when the video clearly shows he and the bib stripper looking to the right.

Jeese, I never thought I'd be blogging about a fart. What a high point in my career.

Anyway, file this one under the now-you-know-why-Tiger-avoids-people-as-much-as-possible-and-has-a-yacht-named-Privacy.

There's also another video posting for those of you who missed the first version. I'll post it later when PGA Tour legal has gone home for the day.

Too late, that took all of 20 minutes, this time the claim was attributed to CBS.

Monday, August 3, 2009 at 01:18 PM

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It's humorous that PGAT would go to such lengths to muffle a fart. I could understand removing any odor. I hope TMZ can get to the bottom of Fartgate.

08.3.2009 |

Johnny

this is what we get in the new world of imMEDIAcy. people (not geoff of course!) have nothing better to twitter, facebook and blog about. next thing you know people will be selling tiger's half-eaten apple on ebay. oops...that was last year.

08.3.2009 |

It's too bad Sean O'Hair wasn't around. He would've had a lighter.

08.3.2009 |

Scott

Given the Ulster inflection, his name IS pronounced David Farty.

08.3.2009 |

MacDuff

Big surprise CBS & PGA Tour, The Queen farts too!

Seriously, the look on Tiger and Stevie face, it was undoubtedly Tiger. they are laughing hysterically about the "fart."

Makes me think of that iPhone app, Fartphone.... It's got some real winners, The Dirty Sanchez is good, but the best is The Mosquito. That fart is the Energizer Bunny of Farts. It just keeps on going and going and going.

Did anyone think for a second that maybe it was somebody using their iPhone app?

08.3.2009 |

Nick Naylor

@ Nick.........

Yes Nick it appears domebody did think of the iphone app.

http://golf.fanhouse.com/2009/08/03/tiger-woods-fart-on-18-at-the-buick-open-sounds-like-an-iphone/

08.3.2009 |

OWGR Fan

Tig did supply this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDBBz-7PqJk

08.3.2009 |

Farmingdale

We now have the definition of "a slow news day in golf."

08.3.2009 |

Chuck

First Lebron gets dunked on and Nike confiscates the camera from someone who was legally permitted to be there filming and now this! I don't get it. There are too many indians now and too many chiefs.

08.3.2009 |

ArdmoreAri

"Jeese, I never thought I'd be blogging about a fart. What a high point in my career."

Rest assured, Geoff, the fart has pretty well been codified and canonized in Western literature. Today you're merely standing on the shoulders of giants.

08.3.2009 |

Morg

Are we sure the sound wasn't residue from Watson's putt to win the British?

08.3.2009 |

jason

Sorry Nick, no way it was Tiger. The mic was too far away to come through that loud and clear, plus Tiger and Stevie both look to their right...probably right at Feherty or one of the camera crew. Otherwise, I'm a big fan of your debating skills.

08.3.2009 |

Smeller's the feller! Tiger moved away first.

08.3.2009 |

As someone that handles a Sennheiser shotgun every day, the only way to solve this mystery is to see a wide shot that determines exactly where the shotgun was pointed.
If aimed in the direction of TW and the Bib-Stripper, it most certainly could pick that up.

08.4.2009 |

Ludell Hogwaller

It was apparently the boom mic operator who dealt it.

08.4.2009 |

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