Golf Digest Asks -- What Can President Obama Learn from Tiger Woods?

ABCNews.com/Political Punch ^ | 12/01/09 | Jake Tapper

[OldDeckHand]

ABC’s Jordyn Phelps reports:

President Obama may have a thing or two to learn from Tiger Woods’ golf game, according to an upcoming article in the January edition of Golf Digest.

But In light of the recent controversy surrounding Tiger Woods’ car crash, there are likely more ways in which the President may wish to distinguish himself from the golf star.

The article lists ten things that the President could learn from the ultra-successful golf star in improving his performance as president, and vice versa, from the perspective of several prominent writers and players.

The magazine cover is a photoshopped image of Tiger Woods in a caddy’s outfit posed behind President Obama as he judges a putt.

Golf Digest’s Steve Rusbin draws comparisons between the two prominent figures.

Both are at the top of their respective fields -- Obama is the leader of the country and Woods is arguably the best athlete of his era. Both are the world’s most “prominent, multiethnic, African-Americans.” And both have hired an “older guy with impulse-control issues” to serve as their right-hand men -- Obama with Vice President Joe Biden and Woods with caddy Steve Williams.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

10 TIPS OBAMA CAN TAKE FROM TIGER (real magazine LOL). If GD changes the cover, could be a collectors item. But they can sell more copies if they leave it alone.

[maggief]

NO JOKE!

[penelopesire]

This ought to be good....lol!!

[apocalypto]

“Sluts are not worth it.”

[penelopesire]

“One of the major lessons that President Obama could learn from Woods is his ability to quickly recover under pressure after a bad hole or two under pressure, writes prominent golf star Arnold Palmer.”

Unless of course those ‘holes’ release recorded sex tapes to the national media....lol.

[STARWISE]

Saw it on FNC .... TOOO funny.

Who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor??

[Vendome]

Too perfect!

[maggief]

“One of the major lessons that President Obama could learn from Woods is his ability to quickly recover under pressure after a bad hole ...”

Not sure of his ability to quickly recover from THREE or more bad holes.

LMAO!

[STARWISE]

[Bahbah]

LOL. Karma, baby!

[Vendome]

Anyone here mind if I post my joke for the umpteenth time?(Mister Muggles seems to have a problem with it)

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So Tiger and his wife are having breakfast. 

Wife- "What’s this in the Enquirer?"

Tiger- "Er, um, those jeans sure do make you look FAT!"

Not a good way to start the day.

Sometime in the afternoon Tiger was sitting on the couch, in the living room. 

His wife sits down next to him and asks "What on the TV?"

 

"Dust"  he replied.

 

and the wife fuming from the earlier insensitive comment storms off in a huff saying something about "Tiger sleeping outside until he becomes a little more domesticated".

 

Tiger puts a hand to forehead saying to himself "Geesh!"

 

They didn't speak to each other for the rest of the night.  Tiger fell asleep on the couch, in the media room and at 2 in the morning, heard the screech of a banchee and something about a "...G&)*&damn toilet down or up...!" realizing he committed a capital offense by leaving the toilet seat up, he rubs his eyes and fumbles looking for his car keys.

 

Making a hasty retreat to the garage his wife cuts him off.  She is breathing heavy, with her hair everywhere and stuff coming out of her eyes.  Additionally, she is nervously gripping a 3 Wood and suddenly screams "What's with the car keys Mr. Can't do anything wrong?  Hmmm?  Going to see your harlot?  Well, thanks for pointing out My Fat ass, which just took a dunk in gold plated toilet".

 

Tiger laughed a little, nervously and because the whole thing was just funny and that is when she lost it.

 

That is all took and she screamed "You a Tiger?  Humph!!  I am the Lion and Queen of this jungle.  I am in the mood to go hunting, game on!".

 

Then she started swinging.

 

A bit a long story but that may be what happened.

 

 

 

[penelopesire]

Three or more bad hos might just do him in...lol.

[Fred Nerks]

Ha! Blatant attempt to equate failed usurper POTUS looking like golf star, fails...

golf star’s wife looses temper, uses golf club on golf star...

Message: There’s one thing Michelle could learn from wife of golf star...carry club and whack him if you catch him...

Mission. Failed. Big Time.

[Vendome]

Doh!!!

[Vendome]

Gawd I can’t stand that picture. Looks like a 6 foot leech.

[fhayek]

What Can President Obama Learn from Tiger Woods?

Don't ask your wife to hit a driver?

[null and void]

Salt vampire...

[Vendome]

Dohhh!!!

[null and void]

Take two...

[STARWISE]

Boy, you said it ... that’s something I’ve seen
all too often ..

Karma can be a such a *itch, can’t it? I used
to tell my misbehaving former boss that all the
time ... he never got it.

Now ... for the first time, I see the twin
arrogance in Tiger’s self-serving comments
to that of the 0.

His life and words were so perfectly controlled,
that side of him was totally concealed.

His real ugly underbelly has been exposed. No
more golden boy.

And in his statement:

NO true humility .. NO mention of the years his
dear Dad spent training him to be an upstanding
adult and professional .. NO expression of emotion
or real empathy for the deep hurt he caused his
wife AND devoted mother ... all professionally-
crafted PR spin from his team .. and the utter
HUBRIS in the bottom line impression of the
statement:

my business is my business ‘cause I’m Tiger Woods,
I’m king of the world, so get the *ell out of my way
and don’t you dare ask me anything about MY life.

Truly really ugly .. there’s now no denying that
he was just another rich, spoiled athlete .. and
we thought he was so special.

Are there ANY upstanding and decent successful
professional athlete role models left for kids ?