Blogging Tiger
I have to say, when my bosses agreed to let me blog this tournament, they were probably thinking there would be more telling tales of Tiger's to-doings, and fewer 1,600-word essays about Cliff Kresge. But I'm going to make it up to you.
The best walker in the world is watched by fans.
How? By linking to Ohm Youngmisuk's live blog at New York Daily News land. It's called "On Tiger's Tail." Ohm's editors wanted him to blog about Tiger. I think they assumed that the WaPo would be doing the same. Little did they know about our special secret blog plans: "On Kresge's Caboose." Now we've forced the Daily News to play catch-up. Anyhow, here's some Tiger coverage, stolen from the competition:
Walking through the crowd on narrow walkways is kind of like waiting for the trains at rush hour in the subway. You hear everybody's conversation. A couple of people were talking about President Bush's controversial pardon, er, commuting of "Scooter" Libby's sentencing. I'm not going to get into that because this isn't Ohm's political blog but only in DC would you hear a few people debating this a couple of days after the fact....Yeah, that sounds about right. The Tiger Roar is legitimately strange. Every time he swings. They can't all be great shots, can they? I mean, I've said it before but I'll say it again: he's tied with Cliff Kresge. That must mean something.
I feel for golf fans. You sit at one spot and see them go past you like you were watching NASCAR. Then you get up and move as soon as Tiger is done to the next hole where there are already a billion fans waiting to see Tiger tee off. And you keep doing this for 18 holes where there are like three to four people deep standing near the ropes. Yet they keep cheering Tiger, thanking Tiger at every hole and screaming "Get in the hole" whenever he strikes the ball.
Lemme quote co-leader Stuart Appleby.
Q: This being Tiger's tournament, you were one of his closest friends early on....
A: What, has he dumped me or something? Has he fallen out of love? Did he say something?
Q: We don't see the side of him that a lot of you guys do.
A: You shouldn't, either. He's a disgusting pig.
Wait, one more quote before I leave. From co-leader K.J. Choi:
Q: How about the greens and the fairways?
A: Fantastic!
Oh wait, two more things:
1) The official Spectator Guide contains 15 images of Tiger Woods.
It also contains pleasing prose about Congressional:
"On the front edge of the roaring 20s, Congressman Oscar E. Bland and O.R. Lubring of Indiana set out to provide an informal common ground where politicians and businessmen could meet as peers, unconstrained by bureaucratic red tape."
Red tape prevented them from finding an informal common ground to meet as peers? Does "red tape" mean "laws" or something?
And about Tiger:
"In a world filled with athletes who lollygag to first base and give half-hearted efforts on the field, not to mention their off-field antics, legal or otherwise, Woods stands out for his consistent excellence each and every time he takes the stage. The fact that he has carried himself with such impeccable manners and decorum out of the spotlight is even more impressive, because the public knows he's the exception, not the rule."
Someone run that through Babelfish and tell me what it means, please.
2) I believe my favorite moment of the tournament came at No. 5 this morning, when Brian Davis was getting ready to putt just as a course worker tried to take apart the Chill Smooth Fruit Ice snack umbrella. It made noise. This noise made Brian Davis's caddie sad. He expressed his sadness to the Chill Smooth Fruit Ice snack umbrella de-constructor. The de-constructor apologized, and then all was well again.
By Dan Steinberg |
July 6, 2007; 2:41 PM ET
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Posted by: CreditZard | July 6, 2007 02:55 PM
I did as you said and ran it through Babelfish. But I translated it to Japanese and then back to English. I hope this helps.
"In the first base in the world where it is full it gives lollygag to the effort which having an inclination of field because the joke of legal field is not expressed does not do, with the athlete, or with another method, as for the forest between every hour that he takes stage characteristic because of excellence it is consistent, it has been prominent. Because the public has known him, the fact that is exception and him decorum from the spot light which carried him himself of the method without of having among that kind of fault furthermore is more impressive, is not rule."
Posted by: Boss T | July 6, 2007 04:43 PM
Stupid question - is there some sort of embargo on tournament reporting during the day of each round? For all the Post reporters the only comprehensive results are from AP via the Golf Channel.
Posted by: Rob Iola | July 6, 2007 10:29 PM
1,600 words on Cliff Kresge simply isn't enough for me.
Posted by: Reader Glenn | July 7, 2007 09:45 AM
I have to agree with Reader Glenn on this one.
Posted by: New Reader | July 7, 2007 08:47 PM
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i understand its very "golly gee" to follow the tiger trail. thats not bog material. ive worked US Opens in those mysterious corporate tents and gone to practice rounds of us open. my dad has gone for 20 years to the practice rounds (when on the east coast) to get a feel of the course rather than watch individual players.
great bog pieces. especially when still holed up in a cubicle.