Comments on: Predictions Prognostications and Educated Guesses http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/2007/12/29/predictions-prognostications-and-educated-guesses/ G.WRX News Crew Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Andy Brown http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/2007/12/29/predictions-prognostications-and-educated-guesses/#comment-1009 Andy Brown Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:22:08 +0000 http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/2007/12/29/predictions-prognostications-and-educated-guesses/#comment-1009 This is a brilliant piece. I loved the bit where you say “The total number of successors to the throne of Tiger will be proportional to the number of slow news days” . It gives a wonderful insight into how news has to be manufactured to be able to sell it. How exaggeration and sensationalism are often used under the garb of incisive analysis to make the piece sell. Personally I believe the first few months of the new year will be dominated with player interviews on their hopes and expectations for the year and then the media would sit to dissect these players into different categories. Those who want to catch the big cat and those who have moderate expectations. Those who are listed in the “chase the Tiger” pack would be further classified as Arrogant/Cocky or Determined/Perseverant based on how they express their desire to become the number one golfer in the world. As is clear from the reports in the last fortnight or so, Jason Day and Justin Rose have been placed in the two different categories. Of course it remains to be seen if they can lift their game to anywhere near the level of Tiger. Don’t think anyone would be offering great odds on that one. I would like to stick my neck out to say this coming year Tiger will not be able to capture a single major. The four premier events will be won by underdogs (read: anyone whose initials are not T.E.W) http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com/blog/2007/09/18/lost-for-words-with-woods/ This is a brilliant piece. I loved the bit where you say “The total number of successors to the throne of Tiger will be proportional to the number of slow news days” . It gives a wonderful insight into how news has to be manufactured to be able to sell it. How exaggeration and sensationalism are often used under the garb of incisive analysis to make the piece sell.

Personally I believe the first few months of the new year will be dominated with player interviews on their hopes and expectations for the year and then the media would sit to dissect these players into different categories. Those who want to catch the big cat and those who have moderate expectations. Those who are listed in the “chase the Tiger” pack would be further classified as Arrogant/Cocky or Determined/Perseverant based on how they express their desire to become the number one golfer in the world.

As is clear from the reports in the last fortnight or so, Jason Day and Justin Rose have been placed in the two different categories. Of course it remains to be seen if they can lift their game to anywhere near the level of Tiger. Don’t think anyone would be offering great odds on that one.

I would like to stick my neck out to say this coming year Tiger will not be able to capture a single major. The four premier events will be won by underdogs (read: anyone whose initials are not T.E.W)

http://www.golfswingsecretsrevealed.com/blog/2007/09/18/lost-for-words-with-woods/

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