Wrap-Up: Phil Romps In Sunday Showdown
/Doug Ferguson's AP lede for the 2012 AT&T National Pro-Am:
When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Tiger Begins Arduous Task Of Laying Groundwork For Not Returning To AT&T Pro-Am, Again
/Hank Gola with Tiger's post round whining comments complaining about the AT&T National Pro-Am greens. He really is back to his old self!
Read MoreCliffs Sold; Husband-Wife Duo Vows To Finish The Non-Tiger Woods Course
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Methinks the wife helped with the decision everyone wants to know about: whether Tiger's "under construction" design will be started finished.
However, the new owners — Steve and Penny Carlile of the Carlile Group in Marshall, Texas — said the fate of a Tiger Woods-designed course east of Asheville remains uncertain. Its future will be evaluated after an in-depth study to determine the best approach, Steve Carlile said.
The Carliles and Timothy P. Cherry, The Cliffs chief financial officer, told GreenvilleOnline.com this morning they anticipate filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy action for The Cliffs Club & Hospitality Group Inc., a wholly owned Cliffs’ subsidiary, known as ClubCo, that owns the golf courses and related amenities.
Tiger Runner-Up To Vick; Earns Fewer "Dislike A Lot" Nods From People Who Haven't Discovered Caller I.D. Yet
/Forbes.com's Tom Van Riper explains the trends in the latest Nielsen and E-Poll surveys of least-liked pro athletes, where Tiger Woods tied Michael Vick at 60%, but as the Forbes slideshow notes, the brilliant folks who actually gave away 20 minutes of their life to answer these questions just do not quite dislike Tiger "a lot." Enough. Got that?
Read MoreFirst Reviews In For Tiger's Anchoring Solution
/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.
Read MoreEA Allows Us To Relive Tiger's Teenage Years And The Strange Things Golfers Used To Wear
/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.
Roundup: "Traditionalist" Tiger Not A Fan Of Long Putter
/Doug Ferguson leads with Tiger Woods' disdain for the long putter and by default, the act of bracing (sort of).
Read MoreHank: Tiger Book Will Have Surprises
/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.
Tiger Abu Dhabi Reviews In: "Remember the certainty when the man in red went marching down the first on a Sunday lunchtime? No longer."
/Some views of Tiger's--gulp--rocky final round in Abu Dhabi. Lots of names to add to Glenn's list...
Read MoreWorld Of Golf Braces For Rock Pun Onslaught
/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?"
Read MoreWoods Seeks To End 2012 Victory Drought
/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?
Read MoreTiger Has A Ways To Catch Sergio...
/In terms of tantrum technique, grace and overall presentation, Tiger could learn from the Spaniard.
From round two at Abu Dhabi...
Tiger's Fees Down, And They're Still The Story
/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:
Read MoreTiger's Abu Dhabi Presser
/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.
"Everyone has their price, a fact of sporting life that applies as much to Tiger Woods as it does to Hank Haney."
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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.
