First of all, I want to applaud ESPN's Dana Jacobson for making it through this interview without cracking up. Or worse, raising her fist and cursing Jesus for all his magnificence and splendor.
Second, I want to applaud Tiger Woods for making it through this interview without calling Jacobson a "jackass" or threatening to break her neck.
Seriously, I love the fact that Jacobson gives Woods an opportunity to apologize for his expletive-laden tirade at last weekend's CA Championship and he instead chooses to laugh it off. Like he's the only guy cursing on the PGA Tour.
Look, golf is a professional sport where athletes are competing at a pretty high level. If networks are worried about Eldrick dropping a few f-bombs, here's a radical idea: don't have a mike in his face from the time he steps on the first tee until he putts out on 18.
Just thinking outside the box here.
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Angela Stanford reacts after making a long birdie putt on the 17th hole during the first round of the LPGA Safeway International golf tournament at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club Thursday, March 27, 2008, in Superstition Mountain, Ariz. Stanford finished with a course record 10-under par 62, and the first-round lead. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Angela Stanford watches her tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the LPGA Safeway International golf tournament at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club Thursday, March 27, 2008, in Superstition Mountain, Ariz. Stanford finished with a 10-under par 62, good for the first round lead, and a course record 62. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Chez Reavie drives on the ninth hole in the first round of the PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Dean Wilson unsuccessfully tries to roll in a long birdie putt on the 18th green but he made par for sole possession of the lead in the first round of the PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Angela Stanford celebrates her birdie on the 18th hole, finishing with a course record 62 and a first-round lead, at the LPGA Safeway International golf tournament at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club, Thursday, March 27, 2008, in Superstition Mountain, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Briny Baird studies his putt on the ninth hole during the PGA's Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, March 27, 2008. Baird finished the first round with a 5-under-par 67. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Peter Lonard, of Australia, watches his putt on the ninth hole during the opening round of the PGA's Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, March 27, 2008. Lonard finished the first round with a 5-under-par 67. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
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Briny Baird walks off the eighth green after making par in the first round of the PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Dean Wilson waves as he walks off the 18th green with at least a share of the lead in the first round of the PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Zach Johnson drives on the 12th hole in the first round of the PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 15)
3-27-2008 @ 7:22PM
MIKE said...
damn right he should be made. how would you like it if you were playing for 1.3million and someone snaps a pic and makes you flinch? great job TIGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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3-27-2008 @ 10:40PM
George B Vieto said...
What do you armchair crtics of Tiger want him to say when a stooge disrupts his golf game and cost him a chance to win a golf touranment? The Isthmus Anthem? I know Tiger regrets swearing but he left off some steam when he got angry with idiots disrupting him. Tiger just find a way to get better at golf dispite idiots bothering you by snapping your picture while playing in a touranment.
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3-28-2008 @ 6:26AM
Nowgolf18 said...
Its a shame his concentration is so mundane and low that he can hear "click" and it throws off his whole game. He should play under the conditions we play under. Its also a shame he can't play every week, lets see him play under the conditions that they played in back in the 40s and 50s. Take a bus or drive your own car from tournament to tournament not flying in your own private jet and then lets see how many you win after driving and or riding instead of flying. Lets see you survive a car/bus accident and being told you'll never walk again let alone come back and win more golf tournaments. Gee a dang camera click, what another spoiled brat multi millionaire athlete.
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3-28-2008 @ 6:32AM
William Harrison said...
Give Tiger a break! I'v heard worst than that, when a guy misses a putt
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3-28-2008 @ 6:47AM
solomeeeo said...
Tiger needs anger management classes!
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3-28-2008 @ 7:46AM
Ted Johnson said...
I think he's "GREAT" any way you look at it. He is well adjustited to being unbelievable "RICH" which is something. You have togive his Dad credit and him for a un-believable job of both raising him, and teaching him the "Sport" Thats a real "JOB WELL DONE" Not like some one useing the TERM" like that to cover up terrible mistakes, and "LIES" Thanks again, "TIGER"
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3-28-2008 @ 6:41AM
mary said...
Nowgolf18 I can bet your level of golf is no where near as you put it spoiled brat millionaire Tiger Woods level of golf.
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3-28-2008 @ 6:44AM
Eleanor Peters said...
I think tiger is the greatest golf player ever. Yes, even a click could throw you off game. It takes a great deal of consentration to play this game. I would not like any one in my face while I am playing it and I might use the F word too. It sets off steam. . Tiger, is not a spoiled little boy. There ia a lot of stress to this game and I am sure they all use it. He uses his jet to get to the games to keep his strength for the games. If he so chooses to do so as that is not breakng the rules. If he can afford a jet, it is because he has earned a jet. May his luck continue and may he have a happy life. He was the one who got me into looking and watching golf. Go tiger Go.
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3-28-2008 @ 6:55AM
james said...
i would love to see tiger really go after some pompous piece of crap snapping pics like that. you know they are doing it on purpose. more power to him. f bombs are probably dropped more on golf courses than any field of play, bar none. from the weekend hacker to the no. 1 player in the world. so get over it and go back to your day jobs, you f$$$$$$ whining babies...
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3-29-2008 @ 2:40AM
JEALOUSYANDENVY said...
I know I speak for many proud Americans when I say that some Golf fans in America bring shame on us all. Yelling when the ball is hit why? Just to hear one's voice? Disgusting ignorance and lack of manners. What happened to silence as a way of showing players dignity and respect? Why doesn't the governing golf organizations step in and protect the players? The top golfers play under a handicap and abuse. What are the officials at each hole doing? In the olden days the gallery had more respect. Not today. Who can say that the cameramen are not deliberately trying to distract out of jealousy, envy and sheer spite? When they cause a player to lose concentration and therefore monetary gain, what do they lose? Are they evicted and banned? It is happening toooo often to be chance. WAKE UP GOLF OFFICIALS, THIS IS NOT 1950 or 1960. GROW UP AMERICAN GALLERY!!!
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3-28-2008 @ 7:06AM
James said...
Nowgolf18, I sense you have a lot of pent up rage having to do with things that happened to you in life. The things is though, that doesn't give you the right to bash Tiger about something like this, especially not in the way you did. He's the best golfer in the world, and would golf you under the table back in the 40's and 50's, today, or 10 years in the future, whether he was flying a jet, riding a unicycle, or walking to the tournaments. Talk to a phsychiatrist, not Mr. Woods.
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3-28-2008 @ 7:20AM
Paul Plumeri said...
Screw him.
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3-28-2008 @ 7:27AM
gator said...
I remember that sissy tiger telling Davis Love that fan movement and noise was something that Love should learn to deal with.This was during the finals of the match play a few years ago.Why is it ant different for the sissy. I never heard Palmer or Nicklaus cry like this baby. He is the best golfer in the world and he still whines like a baby. Grow up and show some class will you tiger.
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3-28-2008 @ 7:29AM
Brad said...
Again, tiger does not like to lose. He is a sore loser. And of course, sore losers have to fabricate a reason why they lost. I'm sure it had nothing to do with somebody playing a better game than him. What a friggen joke.
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3-28-2008 @ 7:43AM
Don E. Wagner said...
I believe we have come to EXPECT WAY TOO MUCH from our athletes. They are human and all of us, even them, have a tolerance level for things in life. What is so different about what he said or did than the things players, coaches, managers, etc. say when the camera is focused directly on their mouth?
There are BIGGER problems going on in this country that we never hear the media address, but let someone--particularly a celebrity use the "F" word or whatever and it is ALL OVER THE TV, papers, and magazines.
People have been talking that way since who knows when.
I agree with the one comment that if you don't want that stuff aired on your network then don't put microphones on the individuals.
In short, GET A LIFE!!!!!
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3-28-2008 @ 7:48AM
Rob said...
Any MORON knows that the golf swing iw a mechinical wonder based on concentration. It is necessary to work the ball. Anyone who snaps a picture during a swing other than on a practice range (maybe) out ot have their chicken neck snapped.
If you can't follow some simple rules of ediquite stay the F- - K out of my tee box
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3-28-2008 @ 7:37AM
fuzzy wuzzy zoeller said...
well, that boy, he didn't mean nothin by it, just sometimes a fella gets to sayin somethin and folks get to takin it the wrong way. ain't nobody's fault.
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3-28-2008 @ 3:27PM
Rob said...
TO: nowgolf 18
Ok I survived being shot in the line of duty, told if I lived I would walk again
Oh by the way, did i mention I had already qualified for the Senior Tour back in 1998. I play today from a handicapped cart and shoot 43 to 46 for 9 on Donald Ross Course from the tips.
Take my picture as often happens becasue of my disability. when I in the middle of the swing you or anyone lese will be the next hood orniment on my cart.
Get a real screen name. Pal you don't have a clue!
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3-28-2008 @ 8:26AM
Rex Brookshire said...
I'm not at all surprised that camera-clicking is distracting, and Tiger's reaction was (is) understandable. The thing that really tics me off are those guys whose vocabulary is limited to "In the hole!" What jerks.
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3-28-2008 @ 7:48AM
abruzz said...
What would you do if you were in a important meeting with a client and someone barged into your office singing and screaming while you were conducting your meeting? You would probably be annoyed and scream profanities and threathen bodily harm too! Remember that golf is Tiger's job. He always allows interviews before getting on course and when he is done. Don't bother him while he is 'working'.
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