Monday, March 1st, 2010Global Golf Post: Say Hey, Mays Thinks Tiger Should Come Back SoonBy Art Spander SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Some 15 miles from the Tournament Players Club, Willie Mays sat in the clubhouse of the San Francisco Giants’ spring training facility, asking questions and giving opinions about Tiger Woods. “When’s he coming back?” wondered Mays, the baseball Hall of Famer, echoing everyone else. Copyright 2010 Global Golf Post |
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Friday, February 26th, 2010RealClearSports: The Loudest, Craziest Hole in GolfBy Art Spander SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — There’s a Red Cross balloon attached to the grandstand. And this is a golf tournament, in a matter of speaking. Or a matter of drinking. Welcome to the 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the place where no insult goes unshouted. It’s the bleachers at Fenway with an undulating green, a rock concert mosh pit with bunkers. It’s the place where a bad shot is booed. Just like Barry Bonds. Or the Celtics at Staples Center. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010SF Examiner: Tiger begins to rebuild with apologyBy Art Spander SAN FRANCISCO — His enrollment in college the fall of 1994 made him part of a group of freshman the New York Times found impressive enough to headline, “Stanford Unveils A Five-Star Lineup.” They were a gymnast, Dominque Dawes; basketball-volleyball star Kristen Folkl; two tennis champions, Paul Goldstein and Scott Humphries; and a golfer, Tiger Woods. Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company |
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010Global Golf Post: And The Winner Is…By Art Spander MARANA, ARIZ. — In the end, the winner of the Accenture Match Play Championship was Accenture. Ian Poulter was the one holding the trophy. Tiger Woods might have been the one holding golf hostage. But Accenture finished first. Copyright 2010 Global Golf Post |
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Friday, February 19th, 2010RealClearSports: Els Was on Target With TigerBy Art Spander MARANA, Ariz. — Ernie Els nailed this one. He was on target. Tiger Woods only would be on cue. Only acting out a carefully staged production. Only telling us how he made mistakes. And telling us during the golf tournament in which Els was playing before he got eliminated. Which is why Els nailed this one. And nailed Tiger, figuratively that is. Said on the record what many of Els fellow golf pros were saying in private. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Monday, February 15th, 2010Global Golf Post: Don’t Give Up on TigerBy Art Spander Mark O’Meara, despite his longtime friendship with Tiger Woods, said he has no more clue than anyone else when Woods will return to competition. And while distressed at what happened with Woods and his sexual escapades, O’Meara said he wouldn’t give up on him. Copyright 2010 Global Golf Post |
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Monday, February 1st, 2010Global Golf Post: It’s Just Not the Same Without TigerBy Art Spander LA JOLLA, CALIF. — The girls from Deja Vu missed him, and were moved enough to go to great extremes to tell him so. That’s Deja Vu, the strip club in San Diego’s Midway District, not deja vu all over again, as Yogi Berra often is quoted as saying. The ladies wanted Mr. Eldrick Woods, a.k.a. Tiger. Copyright 2010 Global Golf Post |
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010PGATOUR.com: Tidland’s career interweaves with Tiger, Torrey PinesBy Art Spander SAN DIEGO — Oh, what Chris Tidland didn’t know. That golf could be such a frustrating game and yet such a rewarding one. That he would reach the final stage of q-school 10 times and gain his card only twice. That the 13-year-old kid he couldn’t defeat would turn out to be the best player in the world. © 2010 PGA TOUR, Inc. |
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010RealClearSports: Tiger News Won’t Die DownBy Art Spander LA QUINTA, Calif. — The back cover of the tabloid New York Post was what we would expect, a photo of a Jets running back. The team’s biggest game in years is Sunday against the Colts. Overkill is permissible. Jets, Jets Jets. But that’s the back cover. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Friday, December 18th, 2009RealClearSports: Tiger Recognized as Athlete and Punch LineBy Art Spander Well, there’s one thing we learned from all this. No, not that Elin Nordegren is going back to Sweden. Rather that golfers indeed are athletes. Otherwise why would Ms. Nordegren’s soon-to-be-ex be voted Associated Press Athlete of the Decade? © RealClearSports 2009 |
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