Tiger Woods

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by GPK

Come on Scuds...honestly?? Doesn't support his own tour? Without him, they would not be playing for the zillions of dollars in purses that are available to them.


And as far as cursing....I promise you...to a man, at least 95% of those guys curse after bad shots...they just don't have cameras and mics on them for the whole round of golf like he does everytime he tees it up.

I have been paired with girls on the LPGA tour that make Tiger look like a Catholic School Nun. But no one hears it because the tv and mics arent around 24/7.

the cursing - i agree , a lot do it Kev , but for gosh sake's this is a brand new series for the PGA Tour , the commissioner has pushed it, and the #1 player not coming because he is tired?? i mean come on even phil played in tulsa and is dragging his fat a** out there - sahme on barclays for selling tickets promoting that he was going to play - any patron that bought prior to the announcment should be allowed to sell back to barclays and they can eat the loss

[GPK]

Originally Posted by gales0678

the cursing - i agree , a lot do it Kev , but for gosh sake's this is a brand new series for the PGA Tour , the commissioner has pushed it, and the #1 player not coming because he is tired?? i mean come on even phil played in tulsa and is dragging his fat a** out there - sahme on barclays for selling tickets promoting that he was going to play - any patron that bought prior to the announcment should be allowed to sell back to barclays and they can eat the loss

Marty, I dont think you can blame Barclays. Im sure they were under the impression Tiger was gonna play and justly premoted so.

Im not saying I agree with his decision, but it certainly is his perogative to not play and I think he has more than earned his right to make that decision.

When push comes to shove, there is one thing and one thing only that matters to Tiger when it comes to golf....19 major championships.

I highly doubt that being crowned the first ever Fed Ex Cup champion is very high on his list and he already has POY honors wrapped up.

[pmayjr]

You know Minnesota would kill to have a tour stop WITHOUT Tiger. We only have about 3 months of good weather to host a tourney, but we'd take something crappy like the John Deere, 84 Lumber, bla bla bla where pretty much none of the Top 5 players in the World will show up. But yet I guarantee the stop would still pack people in for miles. At least we get the PGA championship in a year or so at Hazletene again. MN is a golf-crazy state, mainly because of the limited time that we can play during the year.

I guess moral of the story here is, if Tiger isn't showin up at Westchester this weekend, DON'T SHOW UP. I hope the crowd sizes plummet so the PGA considers different locations where the crowds will fill no matter who shows up.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

You know Minnesota would kill to have a tour stop WITHOUT Tiger. We only have about 3 months of good weather to host a tourney, but we'd take something crappy like the John Deere, 84 Lumber, bla bla bla where pretty much none of the Top 5 players in the World will show up. But yet I guarantee the stop would still pack people in for miles. At least we get the PGA championship in a year or so at Hazletene again. MN is a golf-crazy state, mainly because of the limited time that we can play during the year.

I guess moral of the story here is, if Tiger isn't showin up at Westchester this weekend, DON'T SHOW UP. I hope the crowd sizes plummet so the PGA considers different locations where the crowds will fill no matter who shows up.

They sure as hell didn't support the LPGA when it was there.

[pmayjr]

Originally Posted by GPK

They sure as hell didn't support the LPGA when it was there.

I'm about to say a very incriminating statement:
The LPGA isn't here anymore lol? Actually you're right, but when it was here there was no Paula Creamer, Gulbis, Ochoa, Wie, bla bla bla.

We got Luara Davies, Annika Sorentstam, Karie Webb, and Se Ri Pak. Good players, former Hooters waitresses I know, but just not the buzz that the current women get.

The seniors draw well every summer though.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

I'm about to say a very incriminating statement:
The LPGA isn't here anymore lol? Actually you're right, but when it was here there was no Paula Creamer, Gulbis, Ochoa, Wie, bla bla bla.

We got Luara Davies, Annika Sorentstam, Karie Webb, and Se Ri Pak. Good players, former Hooters waitresses I know, but just not the buzz that the current women get.
The seniors draw well every summer though.

...and Leslie Spalding....T21 in 1997. GPK was on the bag

[Samarta]

I'm not sure what's more ridiculous, the Ryder Cup statement or the saying he doesn't support the tour. Last time I checked Tiger was just one player on a 12 man team. There are a lot of reasons why the Euro's keep winning this thing and I can assure you that none of them have anything to do with Tiger Woods.

Kev's right, Tiger is the reason the purse money is what it is. They should all kiss his ass every chance they get. Last time I checked, he brought the PGA back to D.C. by hosting a tournament. The money he spends on his learning centers. The list goes on and on.

Do I think the PGA should step in and tell these guys that over say a 3 year period, you must play every stop at least once. Sure. But until then he has the right to pick and choose as he sees fit. He was a late scratch. Happens all the time.