"The contrast between Tiger's behavior and that of Rory McIlroy and Alvaro Quiros is more than marked."
/John Huggan and Steve Elling play two Federer-Nadal style sets with Tiger as their ball. Warning, it's a lively Pond Scrum.
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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
Finding An LA Marketing Groove?
/Too bad the forecast for this week's Rain Dance Open at Riviera stinks, because we probably won't know if PGA Tour Championship Management's stepped-up marketing efforts are paying off.
First there was the Groupon ticket buy that sold 252 "Weekender" passes, and then (below), the super-cool plastic wrap around Sunday's LA Times featuring a free ticket offer and a Northern Trust Open-logoed green Sharpee.
Golf In Tinseltown, Rancho Park Edition
/Scott Walker and the Golf Central production staff led by Matt Hagerty are filing in-depth Sunday night features looking at--how do I put this?--not the usual stuff you find on Golf Channel (my diplomatic words, not theirs).
Read MoreSaltman Drops Appeal: "I hope that I can be allowed to put this deeply unhappy, and in my view unfair, episode behind me and get on with the rest of my career."
/BBC's report on Eliot Saltman dropping his three-month suspension appeal, but going out with a few jabs and word that he passed a polygraph.
Take That PGA Tour: Euro Tour Confirms Pending Tiger Loogey Fine
/Steve Elling notes that neither tour will tell you the amount, and the PGA Tour won't even confirm a surcharge was levied against the player. Tiger could probably appeal with a doctor's note related to his sinus issues.
Read More"I had a putt to make the cut, and just as I lined up over the putt, some guy in the stands says, 'You're Carl.'"
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Doug Ferguson on D.A. Points and Bill Murray winning at the AT&T Pro-Am, which also lead to the unthinkable: a Bill Murray press conference. (Check out Jeff Labreque's Entertainment Weekly look at just how difficult it is to get Murray talking on the record.)Ouch: Members Grab Desert Mountain At Bargain Bin Price
/J. Craig Anderson reports on the Desert Mountain members buying their six Nicklaus courses, clubhouses and 500 acres of developable land for $73.5 million or a one-time assessment of $16,500 a member.
Read MoreAlert Child Services? Mickelson To Pass On Family Vacation For Match Play
/Doug Ferguson reports on the Mickelson clan's loss becoming the PGA Tour's gain.
2011 AT&T Final Round Open Comment Thread
/Now that the Dubai Desert Classic is out of the way and most of the most important people on the planet have checked out of The Lodge, maybe it'll be about just golf and promoting the Grammy's during today's final round telecast from Pebble Beach.
Tiger Shows Sergio The Proper Way To Hock A Loogie**
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From Dubai earlier today (postd by kafka01), while playing with Sergio Garcia, who once so infamously dropped a loogie in a cup.
In the video, note the head rotation Tiger demonstrates as he turns to his right and lofts, with admirable trajectory, a healthy dosage of saliva. I think this could indicate the microfiber issue with is neck is improving, giving the PGA Tour hope for a more lucrative television contract.
Update on 2011-02-14 03:52 by Geoff
**Big Lead posts an audio-weak version with Ewen Murray calling Tiger out. Murray said:
“Some parts of him are so arrogant and petulant … somebody maybe has to come on this green behind him and maybe putt over his spit … it doesn’t get much lower than that.”
There goes Ewen's chance to supplant David Feherty as announcer on the next EA Tiger Woods!
Update on 2011-02-22 15:03 by Geoff
"As Woods and his advisors already know, their biggest victory in Dubai was sealed on August 22, 2008."
/Shane McGinley follows up on his early week exclusive report with a longer narrative revealing the same facts related to Tiger's contract with Dubai developer Tatweer. The numbers and timing remain staggering, perhaps a tribute to (A) Tiger's miraculous 2008 U.S. Open win and (B) the inability of Tatweer executives to notice that summer's warning signs of the real estate bubble bursting.
Read More"On a weekend where the world’s top three players – Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Woods – skipped Pebble to play half a world away in Dubai, actors and athletes gave fans a show the pros couldn’t touch."
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That's AP's Antonio Gonzalez, who won't be confused with the commenters and Tweeters I read today!CEO Suck-Up Day On CBS, Open Thread
/It'll be hard to top the first two days of Golf Channel interviews with the most important and charismatic leaders in America to prevent us from having to look at that terrible course with those ugly vistas, but I know CBS will pull out all the stops to glean spellbinding insights in between golf shots and celebrity antics.
Read More“Golf is meant to be walked. If you take a cart, you have to stay on the path. And the carts won’t talk to you, tell you any stories, give you any yardages.”
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Larry Dorman dares to profile the little people--Pebble Beach's caddies--here on CEO tribute day at the AT&T National pro-am.I loved this from two-time California State Am winner Casey Boyns:
