Posts tagged as Tiger Woods
Another Journalist Bites the Dust
"I will say this about every single one of Tiger’s Golf Digest columns: they were competent and had no typographical errors." READ MORE
The 2010 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National displayed its wariness with the evils of contemporary society quickly and efficiently. The signs at the entrance made everyone quite aware of the rules: there would be No Cell Phones, No Pagers, No Electronic Devices, No Guns, No Knives. They were more concerned with civility than the progress and survival of civilization. That may sound awkward or overly genteel, but civility turned out to be a lot more inviting than I had first thought. READ MORE
Sex and Golf and Advertising: Have You Learned Anything?
Tiger Woods has always seemed peculiarly uninteresting to me. I became aware of the phenomenon of his dullness early in his career. I was out for breakfast on a Sunday, reading the sports page, which mentioned that a kid named Tiger was doing well at the Masters, and the server commented "How about that Tiger Woods?" I was literally at a loss for words. He is very good at golf, but his excellence has always been clinical-easy not to watch. READ MORE
Tao of Dow: Nike Exploits Earl Woods, Toonces, Orville Redenbacher
The Awl's Morning Market Report: READ MORE
Tiger Woods at the Masters Bigger Than Iraq Invasion and American Christmas
Tom Scocca: What is a "media event"? READ MORE
The Black Athletes Who Don't Play Basketball
Sometimes athletes are black. Depending on your sport of choice, this might be a big deal. And when a black athlete is on the rise-or even just in the mix-in an affluent, white-dominated sport, it becomes a very big deal. That's because writers like to write about these unexpectedly or surprisingly black athletes. In the past decade, the term "the Tiger Woods of [sport]" became common shorthand for a certain kind of athlete: the kind who is "changing the face of the game." READ MORE
Obama and Tiger and that's all I'm saying.
I hate caption contests, but if you think I'm going any other way with this photo before we're fully funded you're out of your mind. Anyway, here's my entry: "President Barack Obama greets professional golfer Tiger Woods in the Oval Office." I think that's really all that needs to be said, right?
