Norman warns PGA Tour's future in trouble (Blames Tiger Woods)

Fox Sports ^ | 10/11/06 | AP

[Tallguy]

Tiger's in his prime, and when he's 'on' he's darn near unbeatable. Golf courses are being Tiger-proofed as a testament to his prowess.

Wait until Tiger's natural skills fade a bit & his play becomes a little bit inconsistant. Then interest will spark when he does play well. Same thing happened with all the Greats. People will play to see the Old Guy re-live his youth. Plus Tiger will be setting new career records for Major Wins.

[carton253]

One thing Tiger has done is adjusted his stroke in anticipation of his natural skill fading. That takes courage. If he hadn't done that not once but twice, how many majors would he have?

[Tallguy]

The vast majority of people who follow Tiger around the course are people who would be following someone else if Tiger weren't there. Arnie brought an entirely new legion of golf fans out.

Interesting. As for me, I usually don't watch Golf unless Tiger is in contention. If he ain't playing, I usually don't watch. Before Tiger, I never watched.

[rawhide]

Part of that decency standard would be to do away with your gutter profanity that is part of your vocabulary whether in public or private. Tiger fails on this.

[em2vn]

Shark is a multi-millionaire businessman in Australia and much of the world. I don't know if he even continues to play golf because I no longer follow the boringest "sport" in the world. But, I think he makes some valid points.
When it comes to money, Tiger isn't close to Norman's level.

[carton253]

Good luck with that...

When you are done with cleaning up Tiger's act, I guess you will have to bring the President to task. I don't think he measures up to your standards either.

[Tallguy]

Is Woods that intimidating, or is his competition that effeminate?

I saw an interesting discussion on Tiger. They said that if Tiger has the lead in the final round, it's over. OTOH, he has seldom closed a gap on the final day when he entered trailing. Not sure what that says about the level of Tiger's competition, or Tiger himself.

[photodawg]

The FedEx Cup will make a big difference. For 10 million, Tiger will show up for some smaller tournaments for a change.

Thanks, FedEx!

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The money doesn't motivate him. Its the majors and victories. He needs time off between tournaments. He doesn't play the same schedule as others because he uses lesser tournaments as tune ups for the majors. He makes more money by far than anyone else by entering 20% less tournaments.

[carton253]

I don't know if that is true. Tiger is worth a whole lot of money.

[em2vn]

He sure is but Norman has been in the business end of life far longer than Tiger has and very successful at it.

[carton253]

Yes, I did some preliminary research. Norman is worth about $230 to $300 million dollars. Tiger is worth 1 billion dollars.

[varina davis]

One of the big problems are the commentators. They fawn over Tiger so lavishly, you hardly know anyone else is in the game. It does get tiresome. Tiger is a great champion, but he's not the only game in town.

[Tallguy]

One thing Tiger has done is adjusted his stroke in anticipation of his natural skill fading. That takes courage. If he hadn't done that not once but twice, how many majors would he have?

In baseball that's the difference between pitching & just throwing. The mental aspect of his game as always been his strong-point.

[carton253]

See post 112. Norman was worth $700 million but last year had to take some losses, leaving him with a worth of about $300 million.

[carton253]

That is so very true. And the guy is so mentally tough. I l ike that about him as well. I a huge Tiger fan.

[photodawg]

Post Script......................

He already wins most of the fed x events.

[carton253]

I think the opposite. I think that they are hard on him and expect perfection in every shot. BTW, great screen name...great lady.

[Glenn]

He already wins most of the fed x events.

It's not for FedEx events. It's a chase according to points for events for the season, similar to the Nextel Cup for NASCAR.

Tiger wants to win the big one. This cup will be the big one. It's all a competitive guy like him could desire, but he has to play to win.

[rawhide]

Big difference between the two men. Yes, the president has done it, but is it not part of his nature, I believe.
But Tiger does it so darn much when he plays golf that I believe it is part of his everyday nature, both privately and publicly. I also tend to think his fame has contributed to this.
A slip of the tongue is one thing, but when it is part of your everyday speech, then that shows me you have a problem speaking and expressing yourself.
Tiger has to know that children are watching him, yet he does not even try to mind his tongue around them. Instead, he sets a very bad example for them. Hence, he has lost my respect, no matter how successful he is otherwise.