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For years now, the PGA Tour has pursued just about every strategy imaginable to manufacture drama on the golf course. If PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem felt that donating his left foot to science would somehow focus the bright lights of the media onto the tour and improve its dismal television ratings, let’s just say that Finchem would more than likely be limping around Ponte Vedra Beach with the help of a cane right now. However, while the tour has been attempting every ploy under the sun to focus fans’ attention on the golf course, it has at the same time waged ...

Golf is on the decline in America.  That reality has finally smacked us in the face like a two-by-four. The number of core American golfers (those playing eight rounds or more per year) has fallen between three and 4.5 percent every year since 2006. Since 2007, the number of golf courses closing in America has significantly outnumbered the number of new course being built. This downward trend in American golf is even making its way to the professional level.  In 1986, American golfers made up 60 percent of the Top 100 players in the World Golf Rankings. By the end ...

Why are people so interested in Tiger Woods’ personal life? It’s a debate that’s been raging for months. Some feel that there’s some kind of underlying media conspiracy to take down Woods. Some feel that an athlete’s personal life should remain private and are completely baffled as to why people would be interested in an athlete’s personal life. Well, here’s the answer: 1) Since when have we not combined athlete’s personal lives with their performance to create a well-rounded story?   After a long struggle with breast cancer, Darren Clarke’s wife passed away just two months prior to the 2006 Ryder Cup matches, which were scheduled ...

Tiger Woods appeared on national television last Sunday looking fit, relaxed, and altogether healthier than he did several weeks ago at the PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Perhaps Woods was finally ready to come clean about everything, dispel all the ridiculous rumors, and move on with his life. An unscripted, no-holds-barred five-minute rapid-fire question-and-answer session.  Perhaps this was going to be the final straw that would break the rumor mill’s back.  Or maybe not. Seventy seconds into Tom Rinaldi’s ESPN interview, Woods was asked the most obvious question of them all: What happened during the early morning hours of Nov. 27? OK, ...

Despite an “indefinite leave” from golf (if you can even call it that), a possible stint in sex addiction rehab, and three months' worth of public humiliation, here are four reasons why Tiger Woods hasn’t changed a bit:   1. He Is Once Again Attempting To Control the Situation and the Media The one single aspect of this entire ordeal that undoubtedly frustrated Woods more than anything else was that, for once in his life, he had no control over the media or his public image. The story was out there, and news outlets—tabloid and mainstream alike—were off and running, and there was not ...

What do Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Phelps, and Tiger Woods all have in common? They make up a very elite group of American sports icons. Of course, throughout history many other elite athletes have come and gone. But these six men can be considered true sports icons. Unlike ESPN, who ranked Secretariat in front of Mickey Mantle on their list of the 100 greatest athletes of all time, this list is excluding horses and other barnyard animals. Aside from being sports icons, what else do these six men have in common?   That right, they have all been involved in ...

Several news outlets are now reporting that residents of Tiger Woods’ exclusive Isleworth Community have seen the world’s No. 1 player out hitting golf balls at night. The residents claim that Woods has been coming home for therapy sessions with his wife, Elin, and then heading to the golf course to hit a large number of balls under the cover of darkness. Well, it sounds like Woods may finally be making some intelligent decisions. First, despite reports circulating about his impending divorce, he appears to be making at least some kind of an effort to save his marriage. And second, he’s playing golf! There are ...

Here’s some advice to all professional athletes. Don’t hit the gym too hard, because if you begin to gain more muscle mass and definition, the court of public opinion will immediately rule that you are guilty of steroid use. Tiger Woods has become more muscular over the years – STEROIDS! Dara Torres couldn’t possibly look like that at her age – STEROIDS! Albert Pujols has bulging biceps and hits 450-foot home runs with ease – STEROIDS! It doesn’t matter that there’s absolutely no evidence to substantiate these claims; we simply see the way they look and make our decision.   But folks, looking solely at an ...

Why do we really want Tiger Woods to come clean? We’ve all read the numerous articles virtually begging Tiger Woods to come clean, but why?  What is really fueling our desire to find out exactly what happened outside of Tiger Woods’ private home at 2:30 am last Friday morning? Are we concerned that he’s gotten away with a crime? Not likely.  He hit a fire hydrant and a tree on private property.  The only person injured in the incident was Tiger Woods (the fire hydrant got banged up to).  In fact, the police have already issued him a citation for careless driving and closed the ...

“Tiger Woods needs to come clean.” “Tiger Woods needs to explain exactly what happened on Friday morning and set the record straight.” “Tiger Woods needs to explain everything right now.” These are all phrases that you will see written in virtually every article about Tiger Woods and the incident that took place outside of his home at 2:30 a.m. on Friday morning. But what you have to understand is that the general public, along with the many journalists who are taking this point of view, are not doing so without bias. Tiger Woods doesn’t need to do anything. On the contrary. We, the public, as well ...