Tuesday
Mar092010
"We've not indicated that we have inside knowledge"
According to Doug Ferguson's notes column, the PGA Tour is prepping tournaments for Tiger's return, which we may find out about sooner than the Friday entry deadline.
PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw described the phone calls as typical conversations the tour has with its events on subjects ranging from media coverage to charity to television. In this case, another topic was added - the return of Woods.
"We've not indicated that we have inside knowledge," Votaw said. "We just want them to be aware so they're not scrambling."
The PGA Tour has indicated they have no inside knowledge. But they could still have inside knowledge!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 08:24 PM
Reader Comments (18)
Golf fans in general are respecful, however, we have been advised that extra security will be on patrol to protect what the PGA Tour views as it's No. 1 property. Will Tim & Co. pick up the tab for the additional cost, or will it fall on the event ? Will they remove spectators for less than kind comments ? The TV viewer will never know, I'm sure a heavy finger will be at the ready in the production room. We'll need boots on-the-ground reporting in print, I have a feeling we'll hear more than U-DA-MAN !
...We'll need boots on-the-ground reporting in print'...
Why, to make sure fans get to heckle Tiger without interference from the tour? Such fans at any sporting event need to be removed unceremoniously and immediately.
Especially haters like you.
Any of you that were SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS that TIGER WILL NOT PLAY THIS YEAR...
...still believe that? Fred? BigSky?
That's a very large leap to accuse someone of being a TW hater simply for posing questions regarding crowd control, which I believe were answered by OWGR Fan (sans vile) as he apparently had little difficulty in comprehending the questions. It's import (if you care about the truth) to know how the fans that pay good money to attend tournaments will welcome back TW. Some will applaud, and some may not. What I want is the truth, not a sanitised version for public consumption put out by the Tour and the netwoks.
And to answer your other question, yes, they will absoutely toss some unruly people early and often in order to set expectations -- count on it.
And Geoff; the TOUR didn't "indicate" that they had no inside knowledge. Rather, Ty Votaw was only indicating that to date, the TOUR had not indicated that it had inside knowledge. If you are Ty Votaw, you need to be able to distinguish between indicating something, and indicating that you haven't indicated something. Glad I could sort that out for you.
BTW....although Nike stayed the course, I understand they've reconfigured the swoosh logo to resemble a sperm cell.
Should he win as you surmise, it wouldn't be in the same category as Hogan, and to suggest that it would, shows little respect for Hogan's achievement.
Hogan came back from a horrific bus accident, Woods' problems are self inflicted.
Wow. Chuck can parse it with the best of them.
Let me help you with your apparent literacy problem. I didn't "surmise" he would win; I merely said that he'd probably have 10-1 odds of winning and that if he did win, it would not be Hogan-like, but at least "in the neighborhood", so that hardly shows a lack of respect to Dan Jenkins raison d'etre.
As for your information that Woods' injuries are self-inflicted, gee thanks, I didn't realize that. Learn something new every day!
Fred, when the time comes for me to collect my $200, and I'm feeling good about that being soon, you can feel free to send it to Golf Club Atlas in my name...
...nice doing business with you.
"In the neighborhood"??? yeah right - it wouldn't be even in the same town.
I'm glad you learned something though, as you seem to be a dedicated Woods lover.