Tiger has a one shot lead going into today. I’m sure many will be wondering when the Buick Open’s final round will be on TV today:
| Sunday 8/2 |
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Sunday 8/2 |
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET |
CBS |
Tom Watson is amazing. He’s tied for the lead after TWO rounds now at the British (sorry, I’m from the USA) Open. Watson fired an amazing 32 on the back! I’m on the TW bandwagon! Did I mention he’s 59 years old?
Tiger Woods, the “other TW” didn’t make the cut. Leading into the Open the Woods camp’s keyword was “precision.” Well, Turnberry and the Open dissected Tiger with surgical precision. Tiger missed only the 2nd cut in a major tournament in his entire career.
Both of these story lines are in the running for the biggest story of the 2009 golf year.
Tiger missing a cut is big news. Big enough to be on the front page of the New York Times web site:
In the image below you can barely pick out Tiger Woods wearing black. He’s the one person in the little open circle, just barely right of center.
On the 10th hole here Tiger blocked his tee shot right and lost the ball in the deep rough. Despite having a couple of hundred extra sets of eyes looking for his ball all they found was a couple of Top Flites. As I always say, you should play Top Flites because you can never lose them.
Tiger had to play his provisional ball en route to a double bogey which put him one shot over the current projected cut line.
Tiger’s ball on #10 isn’t the only thing he’s missing. It seems his swing didn’t make the trip across the pond.
If Tiger doesn’t finish the round with a birdie or two from this point, he’ll be flying home early.
Wow I almost spilled my coffee, then I got goose bumps. Tom Watson shot a 65 today in the first round of the British (sorry I’m American) Open. Tiger Woods? 71. Wow.
I need to refill my coffee now.. then I’m off to play golf. My DVR is working and I’ll try to watch the rest of the round this afternoon.
The Tiger Factor
Many people get tired of the golf media, announcers, TGC (Tiger is God Channel) and web sites constantly talking about Tiger Woods. But the fact is, Tiger is what 99% of the viewers want. When Tiger is playing, golf web traffic skyrockets and golf television rankings go through the roof.
Case in point
This year’s AT&T’s rating were three times as high this year with Tiger in the field over last year when Tiger was injured.
I personally love watching Tiger. I love watching the best golfer play golf, and history being made. Just like when Michael Jordan played, I watched even though the Bulls weren’t my team.
No matter who rises to challenge Tiger, be it Bob May, Anthony Kim, Chris Dimarco or Rocco Mediate, Tiger rises that much higher. It is truly amazing. No wonder the general public wants to see Tiger and no wonder the golf media gives them plenty.
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