Sunday, July 06, 2008

The Media's Latest Attempt to Ruin Golf

Have you heard about the "*" controversy? Apparently, because the media still want to cash in on Tiger Woods, they are virtually saying that every tournament played from here on out while Tiger's home nursing his knee should have an * attached to the winner's name because it just can't be considered a 'real' win if Tiger wasn't there. Gee, Tiger only plays 15 tournaments or so when he's not laid up with a bad knee. Are they going to go back to the 20+ other events on the tour calendar and put "*"s on those wins too?

I can see putting an * on a win if it was rain-shortened or if there was a war on and half the players boycotted the event or something. But this stupid idea of assigning an * just because Tiger doesn't play in an event is ridiculous beyond belief. They're not going to put an * on Novak Djokovic's Australian Open win just because Federer had Mono and got beat in the semi's.

I guess the next move the media will make is to put "*"s next to every Non-Tiger winner of every tournament that Tiger played in and make excuses for him like "oh Tiger sneezed on the tenth hole in round 3, so this win shouldn't count because Tiger wasn't at his best".

If Tiger had taken better care of himself, he wouldn't be out with an injury in the first place. Why aren't the media focusing on that? Instead of saying "hey kiddies you might not want to mirror Tiger's swing because he's had trouble with this knee for 10 years", they are completely ignoring that aspect of this whole story and saying not only can Tiger do no wrong, but he should be given even more credit than he deserves by devaluing the accomplishment that these other players will earn by winning tournaments in his absence.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This has to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Golf is an individual sport and if you are not able to compete, you are replaced and play resumes, whether you are ranked first or last.

Even if it were a team sport and a winning team had to forfeit for the season, they would never put a "*" next to the rest of the teams that win from that point on, indicating that their wins will count, but it may not have been a win if the other team hadn't forfeited. Oh, their would be war.

What happens when a lady on the LPGA becomes pregnant and cannot play for months? Even if she is ranked number one, they would never put a "*" next to the winners after her. That would be wrong!

The guy is gone for now. The PGA Tour slogan is, 'THESE guys are good', not 'Tiger is the only one that is good and these other guys only win when he is not playing.' It may seem like that sometimes, but it is not true! Haha. Thanks for letting me vent!