Tiger Will Not Be Fined, But I Bet These Boys Will Be!
Tiger at Hazeltine today:
Q. Have you heard from the TOUR regarding Sunday and the fine, and also, you're not a guy that typically putts his cards out on the table, and Padraig was in here earlier saying that it was easier for you having won the tournament to say what you said, and he felt in his position he would keep his mouth shut; why do you feel you had to say what you said if you felt that you needed to, and is there a point to be made with that, put your whistles away at the end of a game and let the players decide it?
TIGER WOODS: Okay, what part of your question do you want me to answer first? (Laughter).
Q. First have you heard from the TOUR?
TIGER WOODS: Yes, I've heard from the TOUR and there's no fine that. Was an erroneous report.
Now I know they haven't hired the VP of PGA Tour Tweet Monitoring yet, but I'm getting a vibe that stuff like this will force their hand. Ian Poulter Tweeted a photo the other day and then apologized after apparently getting a lot of complaints, which is why the image and a couple of other Tweets sounding a wee bit iffy subsequently came down!
And the lovely image, not to mention wonderful plug for MarquisJet from today's Trevinos:
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Reader Comments (9)
I hope Steven C. Tawdry, SVP Fines and Conduct Unbecoming Of the PGA TOUR© doesn't crack down too hard in this case.
While you and I, and a tiny niche of die-hard golf fans may know...and in some cases obsess... about these two guys... the vast majority of the universe wouldn't know them from Adam...and I don't mean Adam Scott. Same goes for Poults himself. The few of us who are golf-obsessed to know these players would be likely to know that they're not...and don't aspire to be... the roll model type.
They're awesome, but Tiger Woods, they ain't. I don't see how this can really be much of an issue.