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The world’s top golfer on a teleconference call to promote August’s PGA championship at Oakland Hills in suburban Detroit was asked if he was rooting for Detroit or Pittsburgh in the Stanley Cup final.
He laughed. Then he sent a high, hard one under Gary Bettman’s chin. “I don’t really care. Let’s talk about the Dodgers,” Woods said. “I don’t think anybody really watches hockey any more.”
Dude, you play golf. You really want to go there?
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Oh no he didn’t !
I’d rather watch hockey than golf if I only had one choice. If I had a second choice, I’d rather rip my fingernails out one by one with a pair of pliers.
“I don’t think anybody really watches hockey any more.”
Those are fighting words up here in Canada. What Mr. Woods don’t understand about Canada”s greatest game is that, unlike golf, it’s a real sport. Golf is a pass-time invented in Scotland during a boring walk. Since Mr. Woods is an elitist, I understand that he can’t enjoy those rude things the common people call “Team Sports”.
He’s just jealous that hockey players use bigger sticks and don’t play with little balls.
Do I detect a double entendre?
C’mon you guys, get out from living under your puck. Attendance blows, TV ratings suck and most of your games are on the Versus channel. Are you kidding me…versus? Canadians have a legitimate beef, maybe those in the northeastern states, but face it, Tiger’s right. Hockey is currently the fifth sport, and quickly losing ground to soccer. You still whoop up on the WNBA though, so you got that.
Hockey sucks. Besides I love playing golf. Tiger Woods earned more money last year than all pro hockey players combined. And I’d fight everyone in Canada. All at once. Bring it on.
People watch golf? I mean, really sit down in front of the TV on a weekend and watch golf (no channel changing)? When they go into work the next day, people discuss the drive (mm, which golfer to use here) Vijay Singh had on the 13th? The only reason I know anything about golf is because of Sportscenter. I know golf has it’s own channel but I always thought that was about tips on going out and playing.
But Tiger is right in a way. When compared to baseball, “I don’t think anybody really watches hockey”. Now he just needs to get behind a better baseball team.
I don’t know why anyone watches any kind of sports on TV. How boring. I would watch the WNBA if it was nude. Wait THOSE are the players!? GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
hey pastafarian, ever watch golf? f*cking boring. and i mean claw the eyes out of my face boring. besides, if you can be fat and still play, i don’t think it should count as a sport. Mr. woods couldn’t compare to even the sh*ttiest of hockey players because well, he’s just not in that good of shape. maybe he is bitter because he can’t skate.
I’ll wait here while you tell the Sumo wrestlers. G’head.
I kind of like both golf and hockey, though I am a baseball girl myself. I think that Tiger’s comments were based on preference, as well as the fact that outside of Canada and the Northern US, hockey is like…the fifth sport. Was it perhaps not the best thing to say as a public figure? I wouldn’t have said it if I were him. But, at least he’s not stripping for PETA and then going out for a cheeseburger.
You HAVE to be joking me. Comparing golf to hockey is like comparing Bobby Trendy to the Marlboro Man.
Get a frickin’ clue, douche. Hockey players could kick Tiger’s pansy ass all over the greens every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Somebody forward his comments to the Red Wings. Please.
Hockey is the most amazing sport on this earth. It’s just a pain to follow on TV, so the fans go to see it live. Unlike golf, where most of its “fans” will never actually get to see a game played live so they HAVE to watch it on TV. So…which is better, again?
Hey canadarules yeah I’ve watched golf. And there’s plenty of fat baseball players, and even fatter football players. Back to your igloo.
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When asked why we never see him with women, Tiger replied,
“Don’t worry about me; I know more about high sticking than any hockey player!”
Although in defense of Tiger Woods, I actually know who Tiger Woods is.
“dude you play golf, do you really wanna go there?” hahahahaha!
TIGER WOODS ON HOCKEY…….
What would an eletist golfer know about hockey anyway. My response is: Tiger Woods makes his millions from a non-sport (golf). Sports activity implies team play, and team strategy, etc., none of which are present in golf. What could Tiger contribute to those concepts as he singularly chases a little white ball from hole to hole, and pumps his fist if the ball happens to go in the hole. Ridiculous! Tiger plays a game,not unlike marbles or shuffleboard, (not a sport mind you) where if it rains or the wind blows too hard or the greens are not smooth enough, he runs to the clubhouse and waits to play another day when the sun is shining and the wind dies down. Can you picture the Pittsburgh Steelers football team or the New England Patriots walking off the football field when the first snowflake hits them in the face?
Tiger should keep quiet, spend more time counting his money, and less time disrespecting the livlehood of real athletes……like hockey players for example!
As someone who lives in a big hockey state, I have to say that hockey beats golf. But in my mind, they’re both dull and not worth watching.
I love both sports and actually play both (I live in Austin, TX)
The sports do have some similarities - both require excellent hand-eye cordination and they require constant recovery from the previous shot (unless you nail a hole-in-one or your first shot goes in.
Many, many hockey play golf during their off-seasons/days.
But. As a long-time hockey fan - let’s be serious about the viewership. Hockey lost a lot after the lock-up and the loss of the ESPN contract.
It makes it difficult for any one to match any particular game.
Chris
A lot of hockey players play golf in the off-season; how many pro golfers play hockey in the off-season? Most likely none, because they might get a hangnail or, God forbid, fall down. Try to imagine Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo or Davis Love prancing around on skates.LMAO !! Yeah, right, the manly game of golf. A five hour walk in the sun without a bead of perspiration. No wonder so many of these pro golfers with the pudgy guts are so blissfully ignorant of a team sport that is among the most challenging,physically and mentally. The Stanley Cup is condidered the hardest trophy to win in all of sports. Golfers walk in the sun and sign their cards. Now thats living on the edge !!!
I’m not going to argue the merits of golf vs. hockey, only remark that’s it’s bad form from a man who has made an enormous amount of money playing a game to belittle other men who are hoping to do the same.
Don’t tell the thousands of people in Pittsburgh on the season ticket waiting list for the Pens that no one watches hockey.
Although, Aubrey, I will disagree with your ‘without a bead of perspiration’ comment. I did work at the country club which hosted the US Open in 2007 - and there were tons of sweaty guys.
Golf may not be as exciting as hockey, by FAR, but it does take skill, and determination. The golfers don’t get as banged up as hockey players, and there isn’t as much physicality in the game of golf.
I don’t like what Tiger said. I’m not a huge fan of Tiger (I like my golfers drunk, drugged up, and stabbin away at their wives - I’m talking to you, Daly) but I do respect the fact that he plays a mean game of golf. He could’ve very VERY well said “I am not a fan of hockey” - but what pisses people off is he generalized. NEVER generalize. Just because you feel that way does not mean that everyone else does. Big mistake.
Especially when you play a sport that has the same effects as Ambien.
Especially when you play a sport that has the same effects as Ambien.- Golf cures herpes?
To mister Woods:
Golf isn’t even a sport. Just because they put it on TV doesn’t make it a sport. They put poker on ESPN. Woods would probably start crying like a baby if he was ever nailed with a slap shot. Hell, he cries like a baby if he hears a camera click. The guy is a pussy playing a pussy game. Hockey is for MEN. That leaves you out Woods.
Couple of points…
1. NHL players earned more than $1.3 BILLION dollars last year, so, no, Tiger did not make more than all players combined, even with his endorsement deals. Even the lowest paid player still brought home about $450,000…more than pretty much any golfer that wasn’t Tiger Woods or one of the few top tier players. Nice try.
2. The median attendance figure was about 17,000, with 20 of 30 teams averaging better than 90% capacity and with 3 teams averaging more than 100%. With 41 home games, that averages out to about 20 million attending games across the league…quite a few more than attended any golf matches, poker tournaments, or mixed martial arts events, I’m willing to bet.
3. Hockey brings up the rear because it’s not accessible to everyone. You can have a football or baseball field, basketball court or golf course anywhere, and dumb peckerwoods will always drag race their fellow idiots anywhere you go, but frozen ponds don’t occur much as you get further south of the Canadian border, and indoor rinks are expensive. Until the next ice age, this will probably always be the case. So even if tv viewership doubled or tripled, it would still probably only be third of 4th place. That’s just the way it is.
4. TV ratings suck…in part because the flow is lost on television, but probably more because of my last point. Sure, they lose out to just about every other obscure sport, but that speaks more about the viewers than the sport. Toby Keith sells millions of records…not because he’s good, but because there are a lot of idiots out there willing to buy crap! And, it’s not all bad; the ratings for game 5 of the finals had about 5.8 million people watching, and NBC won the coveted 18-49 demographic for the night.
5. Overall attendance and revenues have INCREASED each year since the lockout, and so has the salary cap. Wouldn’t the opposite be true if the sport was truly in decline?
6. As offensive as Tiger’s comments were, at least he didn’t say “Detroit”!
Oh he did NOT just go there.
I grew up in a golfing famiy, and I tried the game many times and was bored to f*cking tears. I now work as an operations manager in an ice rink. Nobody watches hockey, huh? Shut the f*ck up, Tiger. Go back to your multimillion dollar masions in Florida and just please don’t ever speak again. You play a game with polyester pants and don’t wear ANYTHING without the Nike logo, you sponsorship whore. Your f*cking toilet probably has the Nike logo on it. Please shut up or lace on the skates and we’ll see who tunes in to watch your crybaby ass get whooped. Bring it, big mouth, or shut the f*ck up.