February 08, 2012

First Reviews In For Tiger's Anchoring Solution

February 08, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Bomb and Gouge are back and they aren't too keen on Tiger's concept for the long putter/anchoring situation, instead making the point that instead of getting bogged down in specific club lengths in relation to others in a player's bag (as Tiger proposes), just ban anchoring altogether.

February 08, 2012

EA Allows Us To Relive Tiger's Teenage Years And The Strange Things Golfers Used To Wear

February 08, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

The forthcoming next generation of the EA Sports game...a world with which I'm not familiar. But it sure looks cool. The YouTube comments are nice too.

February 07, 2012

Roundup: "Traditionalist" Tiger Not A Fan Of Long Putter

February 07, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Doug Ferguson leads with Tiger Woods' disdain for the long putter and by default, the act of bracing (sort of).

January 31, 2012

Hank: Tiger Book Will Have Surprises

January 31, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Talking to Ed Sherman, Hank Haney teases his forthcoming book, saying he passed on writing an "unprofessional" book, but that doesn't mean it'll be a dull read.

January 29, 2012

Tiger Abu Dhabi Reviews In: "Remember the certainty when the man in red went marching down the first on a Sunday lunchtime? No longer."

January 29, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Some views of Tiger's--gulp--rocky final round in Abu Dhabi. Lots of names to add to Glenn's list...

January 29, 2012

World Of Golf Braces For Rock Pun Onslaught

January 29, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Bob Harig spares us in his game story on Robert Rock's impressive Abu Dhabi win over Woods and McIlroy. Here's a post round interview with Tiger, who unfortunately did not win, meaning we'll have at least another two weeks of questions asking, "is he back?"

January 28, 2012

Woods Seeks To End 2012 Victory Drought

January 28, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

I had to chuckle at the headline of Rex Hoggard's story on Tiger's third round 66 in Abu Dhabi: "Woods on the verge of ending victory drought." I know the Chevron World Challenge was only 18 players, but technically a win is a win, no?

January 27, 2012

Tiger Has A Ways To Catch Sergio...

January 27, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

In terms of tantrum technique, grace and overall presentation, Tiger could learn from the Spaniard.

From round two at Abu Dhabi...

January 24, 2012

Tiger's Fees Down, And They're Still The Story

January 24, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Following Tuesday's mildly awkward Tiger presser, the lack of interesting answers made Tiger's appearance fee the story by default. Lawrence Donegan in The Guardian:

January 24, 2012

Tiger's Abu Dhabi Presser

January 24, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

I sat through this so you don't have to...

:45 First sightlines mention.

8:10: Donegan asks, "Does payment of appearance fees ever influence your scheduling?" Follows up with something about cutting his price ?

11:50 in is the first Hank-book question.

14:00 He's asked about a cricket test match...

18:40 First "traj's" reference.

20:30 Second Hank-book question, first really short and snippy answer.

21:25 First really cranky answer to a Hank-book question.

January 23, 2012

"Everyone has their price, a fact of sporting life that applies as much to Tiger Woods as it does to Hank Haney."

January 23, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Lawrence Donegan previews this week's European Tour event at Abu Dhabi and it reminds that there are two things that'll be fun about Tiger's appearance there: (A) he's playing a golf he doesn't know, which doesn't happen too often, and (B) during his Tuesday press conference, the Haney book questions are going fast, furious and fun!

Golf Channel's Morning Drive says they'll be picking up the Tiger press conference Tuesday morning, though I'm not sure yet on the exact time.

Update on 2012-01-23 23:00 by Geoff

**John Hawkins described Woods' appearance this way:

So Tiger Woods will skip a tournament he’s won six times to play in what is essentially a conflicting event – I guess that “horses for courses” thing comes with an expiration date. At least theoretically, Tiger’s little Abu Dhabi boondoggle will cost the PGA Tour plenty, be it in ticket sales, corporate clout or mainstream-media attention. Consider it another gentle reminder as to who wears the pants in that relationship.

Update on 2012-01-24 06:37 by Geoff

**From Golf Channel:

Tiger Woods’ pre-tournament press conference at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship is scheduled air tomorrow (Tuesday) during Morning Drive (show airs live from 7-9 a.m. ET). Woods’ press conference is scheduled to run near the top of the show. Morning Drive also will re-air from 9-11 a.m. ET.

Morning Drive also will premiere Ben Crane’s newest workout video on Wednesday. Crane is scheduled to appear on Morning Drive following the premiere of his new video. Morning Drive will have expanded live coverage Wednesday from 7-11 a.m. ET

Thanks for the warning.

January 20, 2012

Tiger On Technology: "Natural progression of golf"

January 20, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Still sporting quite possibly the worst avatar in the history of Twitter, Tiger Woods answered a few questions Friday from fans.

January 19, 2012

Tiger Will Not Be Offering A Blurb For Hank's Book

January 19, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Bob Harig talks to Tiger Woods about Hank Haney's forthcoming memoir of his time with pupil Woods and Tiger calls it "very self-serving."

January 09, 2012

TigerWoods.com Flash: PGA Tour Return At Pebble

January 09, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Mark Soltau with the exclusive and revealing quotes ("I have good memories at Pebble. It will be fun going back.")

January 08, 2012

Haney On His Tiger Book: "I think there's a lot of things that people are going to find interesting."

January 08, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Doug Ferguson reports on The Big Miss, the forthcoming Hank Haney (with Jaime Diaz) book about the instructor's years working with Tiger, due out March 24.