Tiger Misses Quail Hollow Cut; World Braces For Extensive Overreaction

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After all, this is how he should have played at the Masters, no? Or is this the beginning of a different era, the post-accident Tiger?

Bob Harig's report features Woods' post-round interview and this:

Among the issues: Woods hit just six fairways over two rounds and had back-to-back double bogeys on the 14th and 15th holes.

Now it's on to the Players Championship next week, although Woods first has a weekend off.
"I'll get to watch how it's done," he quipped. "I'll get to see how real golfers do it."

Asked if his problems were due to lack of practice, playing or mechanics, Woods said: "It is what it is. Whatever it was, it wasn't good enough."

Steve Elling writes:

At times, it looked like Icelandic volcano ash was leaking from every orifice, and Woods couldn't get off the course fast enough. For the first time, he mailed it in over the last few holes when any chance of making the cut was history. Woods has repeatedly professed to giving every shot his best effort over the years, but this time, he flat-out quit.

When he four-jacked the 14th hole, he barely waited for the ball to stop rolling before he slapped at it again. When he dunked a ball in the water hazard beside the 13th green with an awful lob shot, he hit a pair of wedge shots without bothering to take a practice swing.

"We've reviewed Tiger Woods Cartoons and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App Store because it contains content that ridicules public figures..."

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As an unabashed Apple fanboy I was a bit disturbed by their iPhone app-blocking (until they reversed course) of cartoonist Daryl Cagle, and not until Deadspin posted the offending cartoon in question did I know it involved Tiger.
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"Committing to events like everybody else a few weeks in advance just highlights how ridiculous and imperialist he has been for most of his career."

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After some early goodwill over his early commitments to Quail Hollow, The Playas, the AT&T National and not the Memorial, the scribblers are sounding less and less enthralled. John Hawkins at GolfChannel.com:
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Tiger's Handlers Have Had It!? The Nickelback Concert? Really?

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Rob Shuter says his sources inside Tiger's handling team are fed up that Woods took in a Nickelback concert while he's trying to repair his marriage. Of course, they aren't truly bothered about the act of the concert attendance, but the appearance of Tiger going without his wife. 

"Everyone around team Tiger has been working 24/7 to regain control of his image. Everything from carefully releasing pictures of him jogging to staging a press conference for his return to playing golf. No detail was too small to be overlooked," an insider tells me. "Then after all that work and planning, Tiger decides that he must attend a concert by his favorite band and dance backstage while his wife is away. It's a disaster."

Actually, all the work and planning was the disaster. A guy going to a concert while his wife and kids are out of town is not a disaster! In fact, I find it refreshing that he's trying to get out instead of holing up in his house.

So where does Woods stand with his crew, who have been brought on to restore his once-flawless public image?

"Everyone is at the point of giving up trying to help him," my source says.

Wow, maybe there's hope for Tiger's future after all!