#FirstWorldProblems To The Extreme: Tiger Admits The Constant Questions About Hitting Small White Ball Can Sometimes Be A Little Annoying

David Dusek on Tiger's press conference today at the Greenbrier:

"I have to deal with it in every single press conference," he said. "I have to answer it in post-round interviews—whether it's with your guys or in a live shot [on TV]. You do that for a couple of years, sometimes you guys can be a little annoying."

Meanwhile, Notah says the annoying has been movtivating Tiger. Who to believe?

Comments

[digsouth]

WAAAAAAAA!

[rick1v]

Now those hand picked questions from Tiger sycophants on twitter, them there are some questions.

[johnnnycz]

Uh...tiger...you're a professional golf ball whacker and that's what golf reporters are paid to do...ask questions about golf, which if I'm not mistaken, includes aspects about the physical act of hitting a ball with a weighted stick....since you're on high profile coach #3...those questions seem appropriate.

And because in the past you willfully chose to answer simple innocuous questions about your family and home-life with curt "That's personal" or "no comment" one liners makes me want to give your head a shake and scream "Come on man!!! Get your head out of your A$$!!! WTF do you expect to be asked anyways...your favorite sugar cereal to eat while watching cartoon network??!!!"

[Stanley Thompson]

Continuous and persistent questions can get to one at times.
He has to answer them at every session. You would think that the press would get it by now.
I think Tiger has been more than tolerant of them up to now.
If it were me, I might have told the press off and simply refused to answer ay more.
But you Tiger haters will take the opposite view just because it suits you.

[Elf]

I think the answer is yes. Yes the questions were annoying and yes they provided motivation.

Also in fairness, tiger was answering a question about the back/when would he win again questions. And then said dealing with that for a couple yrs, when he threw in his you guys can be a little annoying line.

And reporters had to ask, but if you constantly had to answer same question, you prob would also find it annoying. His answer was almost real, would you have preferred it is what it is? :)

[M]

the golf course looks good, my swing feels good, I like my chances.

[No Longer Used to be Former S&T Convert]

What Tiger goes through in the media room would annoy anyone. Some in the media couldn't come up with an original question if it stared them in the face.

[Jkownit]

Poor guy.

Gosh, I wish I had a job that had paid me a base salary of nearly $100 million and total compensation pushing $1 billion, and the most annoying part of it was answering the same questions over and over. Geez, have some fun with it to make it more tolerable. Be sarcastic, don't be afraid to deprecate one's self (highly unlikely in this case), anything to break the monotony. But seems you have forgotten, answering these questions over ad over gives you exactly the platform to fuel that hyper inflated ego that drives you. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

[Average Golfer]

So Tiger, is there anything you'd like to ask me?

[Press Agent]

It's part of the large broken machine that can see him make soo much money for doing so little. He has to answer a few questions that are annoying. Everyone else has to do it as well and you don't hear them crying like babies.

There's an easy fix: quit playing.

[Aunt Blabbie]

Amen to quit playing.

[elf]

Here's an interesting (to me) question: how much less money would Tiger have made if he refused to do all press conferences, but still had 74 wins and the 14 majors

[Elyse]

great thing about being the "needle"

you do what you want...not what others desire...

easy fix: don't do interviews

[DTF]

Jkwonit, who are you referring to regarding a "base salary of $100 million"?

Press Agent, quitting the game won't happen, but not speaking to the media is a distinct possibility! All this winning Tiger is doing and the accompanying coverage is just killing you isnt it?!? LMAOAY.

[Pasaplayer]

Jkownit, I don't know about your stats but I sure agree with the better way he might deal with the press. Relax, dude! Make it fun! But we sure won't hold our breath waiting for your self-importance to ebb sufficiently for that to happen. Thanks, Earl.

[Jkownit]

DTF- The Golf Channel posted that Tiger's closing in on $100 million in tour earnings after his last win, hence the "base" salary reference. Total compensation would include endorsements, of course.

[Press Agent]

DTF you seem to have mistaken me for someone else. It does not bother me at all when Tiger wins, let alone "kill me." As for added coverage of him because of his spoiled, entitled, child-like behavior at press conferences - that doesn't bother me at all either. He sure can swing that golf club and 'move the needle' though, even when winning by being handed the tournament.

[Erik J. Barzeski]

Stanley and NLUtbFSaTC pretty much nail it.

Then again, 75% of the people who post here annoy me, too. So maybe I can just relate... ;-)

[Tighthead]

Notah is like the Al Cowlings of Tiger. (that is not to compare Tiger to OJ, it is to compare Notah to A.C.)

[A3]

The guy has made 100 million from tour earnings alone. I would love to get annoyed for that kind of money.

[A3]

Obviously Tiger has the personality of a hamster, or else he could have some fun with these annoying questions, instead his idea of fun is to give everyone a cutsey nickname. What a girlie man!

[Average Golfer]

Why anyone would pay more than cursory attention to a Woods interview now is beyond me. Hasn't he established a precedent? Public speaking isn't his forte and Dale Carnegie has passed.

[18 beats 14]

We still paying the price for the expectations set by his dumb*ss father.

The man who was touted to "do more for humanitythan any man before him" , "the chosen one", and "greater than Gandhi" isn't even able to keep his panties from bunching at a tournament pressor.

Tiger is a sad excuse for a person.

[Buffett]

Press Agent, your comments are laughable. How many times has Tiger lost a tournament by handing it to someone? Get over it. He is much better than anyone else. It's as simple as that. 74 wins- count them.

[PA PLAYA]

I recall reading an interview that Arnie gave several years ago, and a question revolved around sports writers and media.

I can't recall verbatim what Arnie said, but the point he communicated was something like this:

"I understood the role they played. Sure - there were some that I wasn't particularly fond of, but I always tried to play ball with all of them. These interviews are really the only way that the fans have to connect with the players, and I never looked at that aspect as an inconvenience. The fans were largely responsible for my salary, and I never forgot that."

[1 in 4]

Maybe he would prefer questions about human growth hormone

[18 beats 14]

@Buffett - 18 beats 14. 74 is not a number by which he will be measured.

[Geek Tragedy]

Buffet: 74? Tiger's last nine wins have now been non-majors.

He is quickly becoming "The King of the Shop-rite Classic"

Yawn.

Call me when Old Porndog has won a major.

[Charlie]

People making these ridiculous comments need to get a grip and lighten up. After 1000's of press conferences where reporters ask the same questions over and over and Tiger admits it gets annoying, all he is stating is the truth. Other players don't deal with these questions on the same level. i'd be pretty annoyed if i had to answer the same question for the 103rd time.

Tiger isn't being unappreciative of his lifestyle, or complaining about how horrible the the media is, and the comments on this page are more questionable considering you just read a two paragraph story and now throw your hate on Tiger. I'm not a Tiger supporter, just someone with an ounce of common sense who doesn't jump to conclusions. I'd like to see how some of you'd react if in his situation, and better yet if Tiger did quit how so many of you would bash him even more

[DTF]

Jkownit, a "salary" is a set amount paid to a person on a set schedule and doesn't change in the short run based on ebbs and flows in performance. 100% of Tiger's earnings are performance based and the weeks/months he was not competing the Tour paid him $0. But you are correct that if he wins this week he will go over $100 million. Making that kind of money is eye-opening but it was there for the taking by anyone who wanted to show up and had the skill to take -- one guy did.

Geek, it's coming! In the meantime he's picking up a check from Rolex ;). Have you thrown yours out?

[Geek Tragedy]

@DTF - let me guess, by five at Lytham? That is your usually prognostication for his is performance in majors this year.

[DTF]

Geek, read any of McCormack's books yet?

As for Tiger, no idea if he'll win The Open but if I had to make a bet on a single player he would certainly be the guy.

Who is your top pick? Do you have a simulator like Hole in Three? What's it saying?

[Geek Tragedy]

@DTF - you weren't just picking Tiger to win - you were telling us by how much he would win by. Now you are telling us that you have no idea?

At Lytham by 8? 9? What's your Woody fantasy result?

[DTF]

Ok, let's call it Tiger by 1.

Who's your pick loudmouth? What's your simulator spittin out? Rory again?