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Tiger says Jenkins went too far
Satire has its place, but being mean without provocation is just pointless. Dan Jenkins, veteran journalist for Golf Digest toed the line, then took another step into the realm of mean-spiritedness — or so Tiger Woods says.
Dan Jenkins and the Golf Digest team concocted a satirical interview between Jenkins and Tiger, covering topics like his notoriously bad tipping of waiters and waitresses, treating his friends poorly and using nicknames for everyone. It also attacked the perceived weak competition he played against during his prime, suggesting he had no competition. Digest even hired a Tiger Woods look-a-like to stage photos, such as Tiger taking a selfie at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery.
You can read the fake interview, which was published in Golf Digest magazine, at the bottom of this link. You can read Tiger’s response here on Derek Jeter’s new website.
Tiger and his team went on the offensive with their defense, writing a letter to Golf Digest, and Woods’ self-written (well, maybe) blog post on Jeter’s site, before the original piece even ran publicly on media outlets.
What this really means is that Twitter will explode with talk about Tiger’s response, salivating at the chance to read the original piece, then call Tiger a bunch of names and suggest he be more thick-skinned.
But, really, Tiger hasn’t done anything recently to deserve the satirical display. Isn’t bashing him so 2009? He hasn’t won a major since 2008 and had one of the messiest divorces in recent memory. In April, he had back surgery and has played terrible since he returned. He missed this year’s Ryder Cup with another back injury and has been watching his buddy Rory McIlroy win majors like Tiger did in his prime — while listening to the media tell Rory that he’s better than Tiger ever was.
Geez, Jenkins, cut the guy some slack for now, eh? Let him win again before you bring up the tipping at restaurants thing, no? It makes Jenkins just look upset that Tiger denied him the interviews he really wanted, so he bashed him in a fake one.
I do believe satire and media outlets like The Onion can be funny at times — and those outlets are well within their right to publish such content — but seriously, there’s really no point in going below the belt and rehashing unoriginal old jokes.
It may be a simple case of Tiger’s dislike of the media and the media’s belief that it’s well within its right to embarrass public figures, but I think it’s even simpler than that. If Jenkins didn’t use the played out “Marko, Butchie, Steiny” joke and came up with something more original, I don’t think Tiger would have cared.
If you decide to throw unsolicited shots at Tiger, you better come correct!
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Brazil and Texas were kindred souls this week, at least when it came to weather. Both regions experienced torrential delays, and three tournaments were held up. The LPGA, PGA Tour Americas, and PGA Tour Champions were compelled to reduce play or work extra holes into Sunday. As if that weren’t enough, South Carolina and the PGA Tour fell victim to nature’s wrath, with lightning postponing the conclusion of the event to Monday.
The year’s first women’s major championship was celebrated in Texas. The Chevron is gaining a bit of tradition in its second year after relocation. This year’s event culminated in the continued coronation of the game’s current best. The Korn Ferry Tour saw a top-twenty performance from a 15-year old amateur, while the second event of the week on the big tour found a winner in the Dominican Republic. Six events is more than a handful, so let’s get right to it, with this week’s (delayed) Tour Rundown.
LPGA @ Chevron Championship: Korda corrals second major title
The winter of 2022-2023 seems so distant for current Nelly Korda. A mysterious ailment sapped all of her energy, just as the world appeared to have finally emerged from the pandemic. We never quite secured the complete information that we desired, but no one can say that any of us deserved to know more than Nelly wished to share. One thing is for certain: Nelly Korda has returned to top form, and the world number one golfer is at least one level above anyone else on tour.
Korda began her 2024 campaign with a January victory in the Drive One Championship. In her next start, in March, she continued her assault on the record books, with a win at the Se Ri Pak. She won again the following week, at the Ford, then defeated Leona Maguire in the final match at the T-Mobile Match Play, for a fourth consecutive victory. Would the increased hype around a major championship have an impact on her game? Well, no.
Korda began play at the Chevron Championship with a score of 68. She trailed Lauren Coughlin by two after 18 holes, but caught her with a second-round 69. Coughlin would ultimately tie for third spot with Brooke Henderson. Henderson played with Korda on day four, but the middle third of the round was her undoing. Making a late move was Maja Stark. House Stark closed with birdies at 17 and 18 to reach 11 under par. Both Korda and Strak played the final three days in identical numbers: 69 each day.
Korda held a firm hand on the tournament over the course of the final day. She stood minus-four for the round through ten holes, before a bit of sloppy play made things competitive again. Bogeys at 11 and 15 opened the door a wee bit for Stark. Korda was equal to the test, however, and closed stylishly with birdie at 18.
Safely around the green on the 72nd hole
Watch @NellyKorda‘s historic finish now on NBC! pic.twitter.com/1zaAYtbaCz
— LPGA (@LPGA) April 21, 2024
PGA Tour 1 @ RBC: Scottie, so hottie!
Nelly isn’t the only golfer on fire, although Scottie Scheffler still has a ways to go to match her. Scheffler proved this week that he has a game for all courses. After winning comfortably at lengthy Augusta National, Scheffler shifted gears and game to the wee Sea Pines course, and won again. That’s two weeks in a row for the man from New Jersey/Texas, so let’s learn how he did it.
Scheffler totaled 69 on day one, and found himself six shots behind leader J.T. Poston. Scheffler revealed that his teacher, Randy Smith, would tell him that he didn’t need to be the best 15 year-old; just the best 25 year-old. It was easy, then, to play the long game and consider all 72 holes, instead of just 18. Scheffler improved to 65 on Friday, and then went even lower on Saturday. His 63 moved him to the top of the board, and caused the golfverse to wonder if Scheffler would win for a second consecutive week.
Sunday saw all the chasers fall away. Scores between 70 and 72 from Patrick Rodgers, Collin Morikawa, and Sepp Straka meant that others would need to seize the day, if Scheffler were to do more than coast. Wyndham Clark and Justin Thomas each moved inside the top five with fourth-round 65s, but no one ever got close enough to the world number one. The win was Scheffler’s 10th on tour, and made him the betting favorite for next month’s PGA Championship at Valhalla.
Scottie Scheffler can save par from just about anywhere.
Including the water ?
(Presented by @CDWCorp) pic.twitter.com/RUqL2sBrr9
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 22, 2024
PGA Tour 2 @ Corales Puntacana: Baton Boy claims 8th Tour triumph
If you’ve ever seen Billy Horschel toss a club, you know that he doesn’t do so in anger. More likely is a calculated, soaring arc, paired with a look of fractured disbelief, followed by a quick catch of the cudgel. Ergo, Baton Boy. This week on the island of Hispaniola, the native of Grant, Florida, outworked and outhustled everyone else on Sunday. Horschel gathered seven birdies and an eagle, on the way to a 63 and a 23-under par total.
The former Florida Gator zipped past the four golfers in front of him, and left the remaining field in the rear-view mirror. Horschel’s round was two shots better than anyone else, and moved him two shots ahead of third-round leader Wesley Bryan. One of the famed Bryan Brothers, Wes closed with birdie at the last to post a 68 that would have won the week on any other day.
Walking it in with a fist pump ?@BillyHo_Golf is 9-under on the day and leads by two @CoralesChamp. pic.twitter.com/N6rjL1GGGA
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 21, 2024
Korn Ferry Tour @ LeCom Suncoast: It’s Widing in extra holes
Miles Russell probably won’t have to serve detention for ditching class on Thursday and Friday. The high school freshman made his KFT debut, survived the 36-hole cut, and toyed with a top-ten finish. He ultimately tied for 20th at 14-under par, six shots behind the three co-leaders. My guess is that Epstein’s Mom will write him a note, and he’ll get a pass. By finishing top-25, Russell earned a spot in next week’s event. Yikes!
Back to the top of the board. Patrick Cover, Steven Fisk, and Tim Widing all found their way to the magic number of -20. Fisk made birdie at the last, after bogeys at 16 and 17. Cover had three bogeys on the back nine, but a birdie at 14 was enough to get him to overtime. Widing was plus-one on the day through four, but played interstellar golf over the final 14. Six birdies moved him from Russell-ville to extra time.
The trio scurried to the 18th tee, where Cover drove into a fairway bunker. He was unable to reach the green with his approach, made bogey, and exited the overtime session. Widing and Fisk returned to the final deck once more, and matters were resolved. Fisk was unable to convert a long par putt, and Widing (pronounced VEE-ding) tapped in for his first KFT title.
The feeling of relief when you know you won. ???
Tim Widing is now a champion on the #KornFerryTour. pic.twitter.com/K0vgiZ21UG
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) April 21, 2024
PGA Tour Americas @ Brasil Open: Mr. Anderson finds a way
Golf is a funny game. Matthew Anderson held a lead with one round to play. He made six pars on Sunday, and sprinkled the rest of his card with birdies and bogeys. In complete contrast, Ollie Osborne played consistently on the day, posting four birdies and zero bogeys. Connor Godsey was not far off Osborne’s pace, with seven birdies and but two bogeys on the scorecard. So, of course, Matthew Anderson won by a stroke over Osborne and Godsey.
Not how, but how many, is another one of those platitudes that we all learn early on. Despite five bogeys through his first 14 holes, Anderson summoned the defiant grit to make birdie at the 71st and 72nd holes. After making deuce at the penultimat hole, Anderson’s swerving effort at the last looked as if it should miss low, but it had enough pace to stay inside the hole and fall for a closing four at the par-five finisher.
Birdie-birdie finish to secure the ?
Mississauga-native Matthew Anderson is your 69th ECP Brazil Open Champion. pic.twitter.com/ONE8hIUjeS
— PGA TOUR Americas (@PGATOURAmericas) April 21, 2024
PGA Tour Champions @ Invited Celebrity: Broadhurst stands tall
What do you call a tournament that begins on Friday, takes Saturday off, and finishes on Sunday? Fortunate is one adjective to use. A weather system moved through Texas this weekend, and made a mess of things in Irving. After Thomas Bjorn signed for 64 on day one, rain and all things counter-productive moved through the Las Colinas resort, ensuring that Saturday would be nothing more than a rest day. When Sunday arrived, conditions had improved, and the game was on. Bjorn was unable to preserve his Friday magic, although he did record a 70 for -8. He finished in a third-place tie with Y.E. Yang.
David Toms, the 2001 PGA Championship victor, presented Sunday’s low round, and moved to 10-under par. Toms made one mistake on the day. He lived in the rough on the 9th hole, ultimately making bogey. The rest of the day was immaculate, as seven birdies came his way, resulting in a six-under par 65. Only one golfer was able to surpass Toms, and that was Paul Broadhurst.
Broadhurst nearly matched Toms for daily honors. His mistake came early, with bogey at the second. He bounced back with eagle at the third, and added three more birdies for 66 and 11-under par. Over his first three seasons on the Tour Champions, Broadhurst won five times, including two major titles. His fifth win came in 2018, making this win his first in six years. A long time coming, for sure, but well earned.
Looking at the hole is working for @PBroadhurstGolf ?
He leads by one after a clutch birdie on 15 @InvitedCC. pic.twitter.com/S0rhcVwaeE
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) April 21, 2024
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don davis
Jan 3, 2015 at 1:45 am
Go get em Dan. In the tradition of Bob Drum and the great writers of the past. Tiger should have talked to Dan Jenkins years ago. He thinks he can ignore the press and pick and choose his cupcake interviews. Try getting a autograph from Eldrick , good luck. He will go down as one the greatest golfers ever and one of the rudest.
Robeli
Nov 26, 2014 at 12:01 pm
Totally agree.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/tigerwoods/11240083/Tiger-Woodss-reaction-to-fake-interview-was-pathetic-and-the-self-pitying-cries-of-an-arrogant-ignorant-billionaire.html
Waqar
Nov 24, 2014 at 3:17 pm
It’s all about money. The media is very mean and very unforgiving. No one is perfect, not Tiger woods and not Jenkins. If Tiger was still No:1 jenkins would not dare venture into this territory. He seems desperate to create news about Tiger as Tiger still sells and he needs sales. Tiger claims to be a golfer, not a saint, not a politician. If he is a cheapo so what, so are plenty of other billionaires. If he is a womanizer, so what, many men are. Be professional mr. Jenkins, don’t be a vulture, be an eagle. Write about golf, not what is tiger like with his friends. I don’t GAF what tiger does away from a golf course.
Swingblade
Nov 24, 2014 at 1:32 pm
I’m not a fan of Tiger anymore or less than I’m a fan of Jack or Phil or Rory or any other pro. I’m simply a fan of the game of golf, you know, that once classy sport. Jenkins and Golf Digest have substantially lowered the bar by engaging in vengeful and hateful public behaviors behind a thinly veiled guise of supposed satirical humorous writing. This behavior requires an apology. An apology to the game of golf. We used to be better than this.
Buzz84
Jan 5, 2015 at 1:34 pm
Couldn’t agree with you more swingblade. Media will sensationalize anything to sell a few more magazines or watch TMZ a minute longer.
David
Nov 20, 2014 at 5:35 pm
This wasn’t Onion-style satire, but childish, name-calling crap. It’s not that Tiger doesn’t have flaws, but this piece left me with a feeling that the author was just blatantly mean-spirited. If I were his boss, I’d give serious thought to simply canning him.
Robeli
Nov 20, 2014 at 1:30 pm
Integrity. Woods lost his in 2010, and now Jenkins lost his. Both will never get it back again. Period.
Drew
Nov 25, 2014 at 7:17 pm
control (or command on mac) f and search for “robeli” and see how many times he comes up. move over chamblee, we’ve officially found the biggest tiger hater!
CD
Nov 20, 2014 at 2:49 am
This is a man who publicly courted publicity and fabricated a wholesome image, has become very wealthy off the back of it, and even if it is a somewhat cheap shot in terms of timing (apropos of what? Why now?) has thrown his toys out of the pram because he is unable to confront how it has all gone so equally, publicly sour. Throw in your partner making a comment that suggests she’s not very bright and the response looks WAY to heavy handed. Whatever the timing or motive, if it isn’t quite l ‘the truth hurts’ the article does ‘hit close to home’. It must be galling for Woods because the machine he relies upon to protect his financial interests seems to have one default setting of ‘outrage’. He’d have been better off not giving a bogus, superficial ‘public apology’ back when it all unravelled, that he felt obliged to give, or was advised to give. If he’d been honest about who he is as a person and not what he thought or took advice on what his management team thought was needed to limit the fall-out, perhaps he would be in less turmoil mentally on the golf course. He had a very good 2013, and then the back injury, so has it in him. But there are people that, mistakenly, believe at any sign of a Woods injury story that it is a fake. My point is, deluded as they might be, it is indicative of the problem at the core of this when people’s first reaction is one of disbelief. Mr Woods might consider that his public image is broken, and relying on the same PR methods that create his fortune won’t work so well; his behaviour has shifted a sizeable number of people’s opinion about him irrevocably. He just looks, and by virtue of his PR releases, comes across as someone that is genuinely baffled as to why the tried and trusted techniques no longer work (on as well as off the course). He cuts a petulant, disconsolate figure.
Rily
Nov 25, 2014 at 6:49 am
Jenkins was wrong. Golf Digest was wrong. Anyone who sided with these two are wrong or biased. Full Stop. Basic principle in life.
don davis
Nov 20, 2014 at 1:36 am
Jenkins has wanted a real interview for years with tiger. Never could get one. Is it just me? tiger is just plain rude. Have you ever seen him signs autographs? I never liked the idea of one guy who was bigger than the game. It is going to take time but the tiger statue has to come down. Lets get back to the clubs doing the talking. Team tiger cannot censure that.
Josh
Nov 20, 2014 at 3:04 pm
Is this Johnny manziel? Get over it, bruh.
Mad-Mex
Nov 20, 2014 at 12:42 am
Dear Mr. Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods and all those who are “outraged” by this article.
Remember when golf was a game? remember when golf was something you did for FUN? If not, maybe it is time to go back and play a round for FUN! Maybe its time to walk up to a muni golf course, you remember them? Where you can get a cold hot dog, a small bag of chips and a warm beer for $7.00, Where the golf pro is also the starter AND the snack bar attendant, where half the range balls have the dimples worn off and the others are stray balls from the first fairway. Maybe it time to once again try to hit the ball before the sprinkler goes around and soaks you, maybe its time to once again get down on all four and putt using your putter like a cue stick. Remember when golf USED to be FUN?!?!? If not, stop playing golf until you do. Because it is a GOLF GAME.
juliette forsgren
Nov 20, 2014 at 7:44 pm
Brilliantly stated! Your writing is top notch and this brings back many memories for me. I love what you wrote!
Mad-Mex
Nov 19, 2014 at 10:31 pm
Can you say PR stunt? I knew you could!
Why didn’t Tiger respond on HIS website?!?!?
Follow the ca$h
Jay
Nov 19, 2014 at 10:14 pm
I wonder how much the moron in the pictures got paid?
BcavWecllh
Nov 19, 2014 at 10:08 pm
Usually a fan of Jenkins writing, but this did not impress. Not sure why Tiger got all fired up. Less people would have read it if Tiger didn’t react.
Jay
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:27 pm
I think GD should be embarrassed. They should apologize to tiger, but also to me and every other fan of Golf for their treatment of the guy that helped make golf what it is today. What were GD thinking???
dwntnbrown
Jan 7, 2015 at 4:41 pm
f k tigggggggggggggger
Jose Jimenez
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:12 pm
If it had been ANYONE besides Tiger, we NEVER would have heard about it,,,, and those of you who feel “outraged” or “insulted”,,, Get over it! there is thousands of things going on in the world way worse than a Multi-Millionaire’s feeling getting hurt,,,, This just reminded me that I need to cancel my Golf Digest Subscription, hey, two years for $9.99 I could not pass it up the free bird cage liner,,,,
DINOGOLF
Jan 11, 2015 at 11:25 am
AGREED ! THIS MAGAZINE SHOULD ONLY BE USED AS A BIRD CAGE LINER ! JENKINS, YOUR MEAN SPIRITED BS , ONLY SHOWS YOU WANT TO SHOW US WHAT A WHINER YOU ARE ! CAN’T GET AN AUDIENCE WITH TIGER ? MAYBE , STICK TO WRITING ABOUT THE GAME !
Steve
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:08 pm
I am surprised no one has mentioned Tiger released his comments through Derek Jeter’s new website. Tiger, Dan Jenkins and Jeter were all in on this. Write a fake article(Jenkins), Tiger react to the article on Jeter’s website. Then collect the royalties through the page views because the controversy. What a bunch of scammers. #Mousetrapped
Jay
Nov 19, 2014 at 10:11 pm
hmm…. nice try but not funny.
Maybe you and Jenkins need to get together to figure out what is actually funny…
Matt
Nov 19, 2014 at 8:50 pm
I was blown away when I read the article. I cannot believe Golf Magazine would publish such a piece.
Ruben Acosta
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:10 pm
I am really disappointed in Golf Digest, I was already contemplating not renewing now I am sure I won’t. They have really taken a bad turn in golf journalism these last couple of years. I am not interested in reading any articles about some beautiful woman who they say is what golf is about. Palmer/Hudson, the Gretzky girl,the closest thing they got to that theme was Holly Sonders whom TGC locked out. When you think they have an article about equipment it isn’t much more than pictures and a paragraph. It isn’t important if Dan Jenkins has the right to write anything but it is just poor judgment. The first time I ever heard that Tiger might not be as generous a tipper as say Phil Mickelson was at this magazine. I mean really??? He was one of the first really big charities for golf long time ago. Now you have these guys coming up with this holier than thou crap. I think Jenkins has lost much of his writing prowess if this is all he can come up with to entertain us. Good bye Golf Digest and The Golf Channel. Start boycotting these guys.
Chris H
Nov 19, 2014 at 8:00 pm
I’d be impressed to just get the website to render correctly on a mobile device. Otherwise, stop inviting people to participate. Bad journalism aside, Tiger is 15 years older than Rory, is a fantastic ambassador to the game, and successfully raising 2 kids as a single parent (on top of the other observations). I’m thinking it sounds like a pretty bad choice for these other folks to be so cruel and insensitive to his situation to produce such a piece. It’s they that should be ashamed, not vice versa. This isn’t the act of a friend playing a good natured joke – or at least that’s not how it is being presented.
Honestly, getting tired of all of the public media drama being crafted. We don’t need that kind of attention.
Jose Jimenez
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:06 pm
Who’s we?!?!? your a PGA Tour Player!?!?
leftright
Nov 19, 2014 at 7:39 pm
What is Golf Digest and who is Tiger Woods? Seems like I remember them from long ago. I counted more advertisement pages in Golf Digest than actual published pages one month long ago when I actually read the magazine for the last time and if you don’t want to get satired, don’t do stupid stuff, then there is nothing to satire. Once you are in the public eye you will get criticized and praised. If you can’t take it then don’t read it or don’t get famous. I would think Tiger’s millions would allow him not to worry about that crap. In retrospect I’m surprise Dan Jenkins is still alive. Didn’t he satire Walter Hagen in the November 1927 issue.
Ritch
Nov 19, 2014 at 6:48 pm
I read this article while browsing through the magazine at the newsstand. I didn’t think it was all that funny. The stories about Tiger’s personal failings have been around for a long time so the piece was timely. I think Tiger’s people mishandled the response and have drawn a lot more attention to the piece than it would received otherwise.
enrique
Nov 19, 2014 at 6:22 pm
Never pick a fight with a publication who buys their ink by the barrel.
enrique
Nov 19, 2014 at 6:15 pm
One bad journalist and one thin skinned Tiger Woods = drama.
wineyax
Nov 19, 2014 at 5:25 pm
I am not a fan of Tiger Woods
But that interview and the entire premise was stupid.
Shadow
Nov 19, 2014 at 5:55 pm
Dan Jenkins articles suck in general. Who buys a golf magazine to read satire? By a golf writer no less. Maybe this will be the nudge to Golf Digest needs to send him on his way.
rgb
Nov 19, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Is it telling that GolfWRX “has a partnership with the number 1 Golf Publication, Golf Digest Publications.”
Mike
Nov 19, 2014 at 4:34 pm
The fabricated interview with TW made me sick because I realized I’m wasting my money.
Not because it is about TW, but because I subscribe to the magazine
as a tool to help me get better. I read the magazine cover to cover to ;earn how to get better.
That being said, let me ask you folks two simple questions:
Will reading the fake interview help you shoot lower scores?
Is playing better the reason why you purchased the magazine?
If you answered the same why I did, I can help but second guess my subscription.
jerry
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:30 pm
“Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods”
“Jane, grab hand Tarzan pull up”
CD
Nov 19, 2014 at 3:35 pm
In the UK most people think this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/tigerwoods/11240083/Tiger-Woodss-reaction-to-fake-interview-was-pathetic-and-the-self-pitying-cries-of-an-arrogant-ignorant-billionaire.html
Granted, you would think that with all his experience, Tiger Woods would appreciate this, and if not the 14-time major winner, then perhaps his media team, whose only job we had previously believed was to say “no”. You might also suspect that he and they would recognise the absurdity in claiming that some readers believed an interview marked “fake” on the cover of the magazine and “fake” in the headline was actually genuine.
I have a seven-year-old son who believes his grandfather plays golf with Father Christmas every Tuesday who spotted it as a spoof. Maybe it was the Woods look-a-like, who does not look that much like Woods, who the magazine employed to pose for pictures. Or maybe it was the headline in huge type across the spread which reads “My Interview With Tiger*” with the subheading of “*Or how it plays out in my mind”. Whatever, my clever little boy saw through it.
But Lindsey Vonn is worried. Woods’s girlfriend took time off her World Cup skiing training to tell USA Today why he decided to pen his, by now, already infamous riposte to the Golf Digest article. “It was like a fabricated interview, like what [the writer] thinks Tiger would say,” Vonn said. Yes, thanks for that Lindsey. That is what parodies are. They imitate with the intention to lampoon. The target is not supposed to find them amusing. Other people are.
Ctmason98
Nov 19, 2014 at 3:16 pm
Wait wait wait wait wait.
Everyone just stop for a minute.
Derek Jeter has a new web site?
Regis
Nov 19, 2014 at 3:01 pm
I didn’t find it particularly funny. But Tiger should have just let it go. His response drew much more interest than the article. Hard to argue with certain facts though. Tiger is a crappy tipper and its been well documented numerous times. When Tiger responds he always blames it on “his people” or demurs by saying he doesn’t carry cash. If it really bothered him its a problem he could have easily remedied. He’s played in enough tournaments and been to enough restaurants. He’s even opening one. Finally its hard to feel sympathy for him when he and his people chose to hold a nationally televised press conference to discuss his sex addiction and his proposed treatment with his mother in the audience. And without getting into a long diatribe on slander or defamation, trust me it is neither, at least as far as an actionable claim.
gvogel
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:56 pm
I read the article by Jenkins and had a good laugh.
At this point, Eldrick’s bank account is about a zillion times larger than Dan’s, so he really doesn’t have much to complain about. If writers and magazines and the media weren’t paying attention, Tiger wouldn’t have Privacy etc.
But Tiger may be so dense that he bends light rays.
Wait, that was someone else….
I re-upped my subscription. Plus, I like the swing sequence videos on my iPad where I can trace my finger over the line real fast and watch the players swing about 1000 miles per hour.
Does that make me a fool? You be the judge.
Carl truitt
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:44 pm
The piece was pretty stupid in my opinion, and I think it is symbolic of the age in which we all live in whereby credentialed journalists (and publications) become bottom feeders for eyeballs. The truth is that the target audience loves the ludicrous and ridiculous (just like the advertisers want when they claim their new club goes further than their last record breaking long driver
Is that good, or is it bad…guess we will have to wait and see once all the old school types are gone.
I do believe though, if you think about the Jenkins piece, and Tiger’s response…you will see that the tactics used by both sides were not all that different.
In fact, I believe that Tiger and his management team are much smarter than anyone thinks. This story gave Tiger the opportunity to do a couple key things: 1) push traffic to Jeter’s new site, 2) get tiger’s name out there right before his tournament in a few weeks.
Think about it, everyone in the golf world is talking about this. Every show, every sports blog, every radio program.
It doesn’t matter who was wrong or right…the only thing that matters is how many people are talking about it.
This is just another form of plastering Kim Kardashian’s fat a$@ all over the Internet. It creates a buzz, people click, and a cash register rings on the other end.
Joe
Nov 19, 2014 at 4:29 pm
I don’t mind looking at Kim’s booty or anything else of hers. If we could get her to play golf!!! Now that would be heaven……….Maybe we could get her a few LPGA sponsors exemptions!
bradford
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:41 pm
I think when my net worth outweighed the value of the magazine that printed the article (especially a magazine that would hardly exist without me), I would have to laugh this off. Of course, I would then purchase the print company and ask them if they’d changed their stance…
Chris Downing
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:10 pm
There are some journalists who will write oretty much anythingso long as it creates a good story that the publicwill want to read. Doen’t have to be true, doesn’t have to be based on facts, but it does have to be attention arresting and make people want to read it.
Magazines and Newspapers exist from the revenues they generate from advertisers – so creating a huge audience is what it is all about. If you wnatto be seelingnthe sort of stuff to people who will only read quality newspapers,nthen what you rpint has to be pretty much the truth. If you want to sell to people who are gullible and easily convinced, who don’t really care if the stories are correct – then the advertisers will who want thosesrt of customers will come to you.
The bottom line is there arevalways readers for whatever stories you write and mirrors by avertisers who want to sell to those readers. Truth is a malleable commodity in the media. When golf decided to go for the big money from sponsors and advertisers they opened the door to all this sort of nonsense.
Jim
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Is Tiger Woods still playing golf? Move on.
Dpavs
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:09 pm
Two (maybe 3) simple points here are easy to see…
1. If you deny a journalist an interview, they will sometimes go to great lengths to show you the that you have made a mistake.
2. Jenkins can add a lack of a sense of humor to Tigers faults.
Possible 3rd- Tiger is officially no longer a significant enough personality on the PGA to be immune to this kind of journalistic license
G Rev
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:40 pm
Honestly, this article is not very funny or scandalous and not really all that hard on Tiger. I think the nastiest lines that Jenkins puts in Tigers mouth, are that he likes to fire people and he’s a bad tipper. And the fact that Jenkins ripped on Sergio and Chamblee for Tiger was pretty sweet (especially the “low cry baby on tour every week” line regarding Sergio – CLASSIC).
Tiger and his peeps missed a great chance here to score some much needed cool points – if he had played along with this article – and said something funny and satirical in response, he could have came away from this looking more human. Instead his retort just seems to prove all the character flaws that Jenkins and many others in the past, have pointed out are true.
WillyTwoBalls
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:48 pm
+1 G Rev, his reply makes him sound out of touch and quite frankly a crybaby, imagine if every US president acted this way way after an SNL sketch. Political satire in this country is a burning at the stake compared to the meager shots taken in Jenkins’ article.
Joe
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:38 pm
Apologizer or not, it doesn’t change that fact that this was a stupid, base, lowest common denominator article and is a strong signal of where GD is headed.
Ken
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:33 pm
I initially didn’t read the article because Jenkins wrote it. He hasn’t been funny for a long time. Apparently Tiger isn’t interested in a drinking contest for the whole day that Jenkins would call an interview. I can’t believe Golf Digest would accept such crap from a writer. And when did Johnny football become relevant to golf? Might be time to let the subscription expire.
Nick
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:32 pm
Jenkins is a hall of fame writer… this “interview” was straight up classless, go hit the bocce ball courts a your retirement community you out of touch old man
Tom
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:29 pm
A lot of interesting thoughts in these comments. I agree with some viewpoints on both sides of the argument. Either way, Dan Jenkins did his job by getting Golf Digest in the news (not just golf websites) and garnering major publicity. Be it sleazy or not, Golf Digest is enjoying the uptick in recognition and probable site traffic.
Bill Wood
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:29 pm
I thought most of the article was entertaining – but crossed the line back and forth a bit. You have to know Jenkins as a writer. Jenkins has never been a Tiger fan – and in some cases he went over the line. Jenkins knows that – but he’s been over the line before.
talljohn777
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:25 pm
Sorry, but the editorial decision to run this fake, disparaging interview was a complete mistake. Sad.
rgb
Nov 19, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Agreed. Absolutely no value. Hope Tiger rips them a new one.
Frank
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:04 pm
I love it.
dearborn2
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:04 pm
What people seem to forget is how long all journalists kissed Tiger’s ass hoping to get an interview, the interview that inevitably never came. The piece was humor. It lives and dies on whether it’s funny, not on whether it’s “good journalism.” Tiger’s people must have known the media would criticize him for thin skin and over-reacting. But they saw what seems to be happening: Most average golfers are taking Tiger’s side.
Spencer
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:01 pm
Maybe Jenkins should fake an interview with Paulina Gretsky, then we’d have something to talk about.
JJ Man
Nov 19, 2014 at 4:33 pm
I was planning on talking with Paula this afternoon, but she had her mouth full – here is what she would have said. I know its true because she was bobbing her head up and down in agreement….
JEFF
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:58 am
The bright tiger star has faded out….. time to “F” with that gooney rory lump!
JOL
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:58 am
Read it, thought it wasn’t funny and was mean spirited. I was surprised that the editors of the magazine (“rag”azine) decided to run it. Also decided not to renew my subscription.
Phil
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:19 pm
Tiger has sown whatever “mean spiritedness” he reaps. If you treat people like crap, don’t be surprised when they return the favor. This is not a classy, blameless individual we are talking about.
bradford
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:37 pm
Fact is you only think this because of the crap that’s out there…I promise you have no actual experience with Tiger.
Tomar200
Nov 20, 2014 at 10:26 pm
I will take his close friends words:
Charles Barkley “Tiger’s a cheapskate! He never picks up a tab at restaurant”
Butch Harmon “I had to pay locker room attendants out of my own pocket, this after a win at Las Vegas”
I have a lot of respect for his game, achievements and impact. I learned a long time ago not to judge a man by his words rather than by his actions. Tiger says a lot of the right things and has done a lot of wrong things.
Tiger has benefited greatly from publications, media, writers and broadcasters. He has also systematically tried to control the content revealed about him. Examples: Research his beef with John Feinstein, his attempt to get Chamblee fired, his tiff with Alex Miceli when Alex pressed him in news conference.
Bottom line is this, be real, be authentic, be humble and be honest and none of these things could have been written! They hurt because they are believable. Perception is reality!!!!!
bradford
Nov 21, 2014 at 1:13 pm
Sources for either “quote”? The rest of what you posted is exactly what I’m talking about…you believe this stuff because you read it somewhere. These articles pull stuff WAY out of context, and the sheep buy into it as if that’s how every minute of every day is. Fact is it probably wasn’t nearly as interesting as the article suggests, but slap Tiger’s name on it and the kids will fight on the internet about it.
JEFF
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:55 am
He deserves it,,,, tigy is a punk and not a nice person.
Rick
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:58 pm
The article was both nasty and unfunny: an attempt to tear a man down and nothing more. But I also agree that Tiger should have ignored it. He played right into GD’s ambush and gave it a weight it didn’t earn.
Professor
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:22 pm
…and of course you know this from personal experience!
bradford
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:38 pm
Of course he does, he also hits his drives “a little past 300”, like the rest of us.
Herb
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:55 am
Just another has been writer who was denied an interview many years ago and thought tiger should have been honored to be interviewed by him. Years later, he’s still upset and can’t let it go. It reminiscent of the scorned boyfriend/girlfriend who can’t let it go and won’t go away.
It would be different if the article was at least funny. It was clearly just old tired jokes that at this point, could only be interpreted as doing nothing but being venomous. It’s clear he has an axe to grind against Tiger and he should say it. Instead, he hides behind “it’s Satire.”.
Bosco
Nov 19, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Dan Jenkins is in the World Golf Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement. I believe he has covered more Masters than any other writer. He’s written a number of sports/golf books such as Dead Solid Perfect and Semi-Tough. He’s always been a tongue-in-cheek writer and a bit sarcastic. He’s definitely “old school” and I would expect that the answer to the very 1st question (there’s nothing to gain) which is what he was told in the past is the very reason he wrote the article. It is obvious that DJ has little respect for TW the man and has dwindling respect for TW the golfer. He harkens back to a time when it was Hogan, Nelson, Palmer and Nicklaus he interviewed and they cooperated. I find the “interview” not particularly funny nor particularly harsh. It is much ado about nothing in both quarters.
John
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:51 am
Like others, I read the article with mixed feelings. While I recognize satire, I didn’t think Jenkins was funny or original. This seemed like an article that did not require much imagination or creativity. I would further suggest that Golf Digest should stick to reporting on golf — equipment, tournament previews, travel, playing lessons, etc. Leave the tabloid fodder to the tabloids. If I didn’t get it for free, I would never buy the magazine. The content provided by GolfWRX and the myriad of other sites, more than quenches my thirst for golf-related content.
Dale Doback
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:51 am
Maybe it’s just me but I couldn’t finish Jenkins satire because it wasn’t funny and I didn’t find anything really offensive. Jenkins article was stupid at best and when I see stupid articles like Jenkins or ones from golfwrx writers about how Tiger dresses I just assume not much is happening in the golf world. In my opinion it was a tough task for Jenkins to make a comical interview out of someone who just isn’t funny or interesting outside of his golf game. I’m the first one to read every article concerning swing changes or hoping that Tiger will give a real pre or post round interview concerning golf or the state of his game and changes he is making to it in the slight possibility I might learn something from the greatest golfer of my generation.
Don
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:50 am
Let’s have a raffle to see who gets to change Tiger’s diaper. I’m Tigered out!
Chris Gar
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:58 am
Jenkins should have brought up the Hank Haney story about Tiger not sharing his popsicles when Hank stayed at Tigers house. Or Elin’s rule about “no TV at dinnertime” … so Tiger would eat in about 2 minutes, then go watch TV.
Walt
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:47 am
I am sure none of us mortals can have the same perspective as Tiger about the Jenkins article. And, I do sympathize with him. But, it did make me laugh, even though that may have been Jenkins’s secondary objective.
Chris Gar
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:52 am
It is interesting that people are saying “it went too far” … while at the same time “it is all old, boring stuff.”
I don’t think it went too far at all. Legally, it is more clear it is satire if one “goes overboard … saying outrageous things that couldn’t be true.” In this case, all of the stuff could have been said by Tiger — so it is less clear that this is satire.
tdbach
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:45 am
I’m a Tiger fan, and I think Tiger has every right to be pissed at Jenkins and GD about that piece. It was unadulterated character assassination. It’s not libelous, but it certainly was appallingly personal and mean-spirited. Jenkins has had a hair across his as* about Tiger for a long time. Maybe because Tiger never gave him that one-on-one interview that Nicklaus and Hogan gave him that helped build his stature among the press corps. Maybe Tiger never gave him that interview because he sensed Jenkins had that hair across his behind to begin with, that Tiger (with the media) dared to eclipse the greatness of Jack and Ben. Who knows? But Jenkins made no effort to hide his contempt for Tiger, his bitterness. And as a result, the article was only “funny” if you hate Tiger, too, and you relish watching the beating. Who wouldn’t be angry to be so treated?
dapadre
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:42 am
Call it what you want, funny or not it proves what we have known all along, but some so called journalists keep telling us its not. That is TIGER EVEN WHEN HE IS NOT WINNING IS RELEVANT TO GOLF. This butthurt journalist and his magazine just proved it. The biggest mistake Tiger made was responding. The ultimate response would have been NOTHING. He gave them what they wanted and craved for ATTENTION.
JMaron
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:39 am
I started reading the piece – but it really wasn’t particularly funny. Pretty easy target I would think – yet it came off as some high school journalism student’s effort at humour.
kirk
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:31 am
Jenkins’ good friend Mr. Ben Hogan had a very low opinion of golf writers – Dan is just trying to live up to it – LOL.
Archie Bunker
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:23 am
Guess we won’t be seeing the “Tiger Woods Celebrity Roast” anytime soon on TV. Gotta be able to laugh at yourself for that one. By going on the offensive, Tiger just made more people read this satire without doing himself any favors.
ANTHONY
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:21 am
I read the article, I am not a Tiger fan but felt the article was a pretty crappy thing to write.
I guess the Onion type articles are what it takes to get clicks and people talking….. Its a bad indication of our society now.
Joe
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:27 pm
I agree. I read the article, as much as I could get through, and wondered one thing: why is this article in Golf Digest? I don’t care one way or the other about Tiger, but this article was simply dumb, base, and is something you would think would be in a lesser magazine. But, having been a subscriber for about 15 years, I have to say that GD really has become a lesser magazine. I’ve seen it happen to Golfweek, subscribed for 10-12 years, as well but not to this extent of course. They’ve become lowest common denominator products. But I guess they’ve had to because there just aren’t enough people seeking serious golf information to keep this stuff out of what used to be almost industry mags. Now they’re grasping at anything that will catch eyes, golf eyes or any other, and thus driving away serious golfers. GD is trying to compete against Maxim, and they’re not gonna win that one.
BabaBooey
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:20 am
It was either they put that unfunny drivel in or another article about ‘Hitting Every Fairway’ or ‘Sinking Everything from 10 Feet’. That mag has basically become complete crap. Get Golfweek if you want to read about golf.
Ken
Nov 19, 2014 at 10:24 am
Why is OK for journalists to resort to slime and venture beyond the professional arena? Because they can? I’ll choose something besides GOLF DIGEST for my golf fix. As far as Dan Jenkins…well it’s interesting to see how someone reacts to not getting what he wants. Not classy, not really funny. A seventh grader could have authored this ‘satire.’ DJ belongs at the Enquirer.
Chris Gar
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:48 am
Tiger has done this before. He went to Golf Digest publisher to try to strong arm John Feinstein about 10 years ago … John didn’t buckle. Tiger was pissed off about what Feinstein said about Earl Woods.
Jafar
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:59 am
magazines will say anything these days.
even something that happened 5 years ago as if its some landmark day for them.
where were you when you found out Tiger Woods wasn’t perfect.
Keith
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:52 am
The bottomline is that it was satire but it wasn’t funny or entertaining and you could obviously feel the butthurt that Jenkins and GD feel seeping into the article.
Tiger and his people completely overreacted and actually did Jenkins and GD a favor. He should’ve said nothing and when he was eventually asked about it he could’ve given a snarky, dismissive answer that would have had a more desired effect than lashing out.
Reporter: Tiger, what did you think of the fake interview article by Dan Jenkins that was published in GD?
Tiger: The name sounds familiar. I’m sorry, I can’t place him. Did he play the tour?
Game, set , match.
Dave
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:34 am
Tiger’s a legitimate target, but Jenkins’ effort just wasn’t funny – you could pick up a dozen far better “lines” for a piece like that in any 19th hole in twenty minutes – if anyone’s still talking about Tiger at all.
Can’t blame Woods for being peeved; unfunny and mean is just mean.
Jason Hutty
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:51 am
To be fair, Jenkins has been an obvious, unfunny writer for a long time. This should hardly be a surprise.
cp
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:27 am
The article was not funny or interesting. Satire doesn’t work when the writer obviously dislikes the subject. It’s no different if Sean Hannity wrote a satire piece on Obama, or Rachel Maddow wrote a satire piece on George Bush.
Jason
Nov 19, 2014 at 8:08 am
This article isn’t even funny. Makes both Golf Digest and Dan Jenkins seem bitter that Tiger doesn’t work with any of them. But honestly what would you expect from a golf magazine that put Johnny Football on the cover. Nobody would have even read this article if Tiger didn’t respond to it.
Jake Anderson
Nov 19, 2014 at 7:04 am
this so-called fake interview is not funny. the idea itself is good, but the fake-responses are not. woodses reaction is poor. no story. shame shame.
Bob
Nov 19, 2014 at 6:52 am
Just another substandard publication trying to leech money, on the back of one of the greatest sportsman of all time.
golfing
Nov 19, 2014 at 4:53 am
You can foul some people some of the time.
Steve
Nov 19, 2014 at 4:53 am
I’ve been passionately pursuing golf for 30 years, read countless articles and books on the topic. I have read an entire article by Dan Jenkins. I can never make it through the nonsense and I don’t find him funny. I know he’s been around forever and likely has many supporters, I just don’t find his satire to be humorous. Everyone of Jenkin’s articles are the same…let me poke fun at someone.
John
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:39 am
TW needs a new “team” of advisors. Whether you liked the article or not is beside the point at this juncture. Tiger’s response to this is just…so ill advised. It’s just going to drive people who otherwise wouldn’t have even thought about this article, in the off season no less, when no one is paying much attention, to read the thing. Whether they think Tiger is being jobbed or not, they will still come away with the impression that he’s a jerk. Just ignore it, and if asked for comment say something honest, but not controversial like, “I didn’t find it funny, but Mr. Jenkins is entitled to write what he wants”. It then quickly goes away. This is PR 101. Who are these people? They are “yes” men of course, which is exactly what Woods doesn’t need, since his own judgement in these matters is dreadful. TW hasn’t had a mature, intelligent, stand up associate since Butch. The Harmon’s are all class acts. Tiger isn’t. He needs much better advice.
Howard
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:14 am
The irony is that Tiger Woods and his PR team chose to aggressively respond to Jenkins’s clearly labeled satirical piece while ignoring the article in which Johnny Manziel recounted being stiffed for an autograph by Woods when Manziel was 10 years old. Manziel’s story tells you all you need to know about Woods even though Jenkins’s satirical interview is also based largely on true facts.
dapadre
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:30 am
In that same article Manziel said he understood and he had probably done the same without intending to or knowing, so I dont get how that shows anything.
John
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:11 am
Who cares? I would be upset if I were Tiger too. But freedom of speech baby so Tiger should suck it up!
MikeOZ
Nov 19, 2014 at 5:32 am
I don’t think you understand the difference between freedom of speech and just plain old slander.
Robeli
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:17 am
Slander is telling lies – none of these things are lies – it is all things that happened in Tiger’s life. Jenkins did not fabricated anything.
me
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:33 pm
Actually it was slander. The entire article was a lie because it never took place and he “fabricated” responses from Tiger. Parodies only work if you have some level of respect for the individual and the reader should be able to feel that the overall tone is comical and in good spirits. But it’s clear from EVERY Q&A in the article that it was meant to be mean spirited and low blows towards Tiger. Personally I don’t even care for Tiger, but this was a low class move by Jenkins. GD magazine was crap to begin with and this just proves that further. Definitely will not be renewing my subscription.
Robeli
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:03 pm
It’s only slander if it is to the level consider defamation for which somebody can or will be sued. No ways Tiger is suing Jenkins about this!
Jack
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:49 am
Q: Why do you portray Tiger as a kid who hangs out at a 7 Eleven and drinks slurpees?
Jenkins: Cuz everyone is a kid to me, I’m old.
Q: You do know he’s 39 years old right?
Jenkins: Still a young hippie in my eyes.
Q: Did you know there is no Tomb Raider arcade game?
Jenkins: No, I don’t. I do know that Angelina Jolie is hot. She’s in it right? She really makes my ol’ ticker sing.
Q: That was a movie, but you don’t care do you?
Jenkins: Not really. I just make stuff up. What was that hottie’s name again?
Q: Why haven’t you retired yet? Most people are enjoying retired life at your age.
Jenkins: The AARP wouldn’t take me.
Q: Care to elaborate?
Jenkins: I wrote a parody interview about the President of the AARP, and he just doesn’t have any sense of humor! Young men these days. So thin skinned. Almost like little girls.
Q: Are you just at that stage where you just don’t give a damn?
Jenkins: You got that right.
Ok where do I pick up my journalist pass? Maybe I can go interview an actual person with it next time.
Xewb
Nov 19, 2014 at 10:03 am
Two thumbs up, well done !
tdbach
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:29 am
Good job!
Jose Jimenez
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:32 am
Remember when people USED to have a sense of humor? Remember when we were able to laugh at ourselves? We have been taken over by the PC Police, had Tiger said “It was the funniest thing I have read” then EVERYONE would be laughing and praising the article, had Tiger said NOTHING then we never would have heard of this,,,,,
Have we all turned int Judge Smells types? Get a grip folks! Tee it up! Life is too short!!
Kyle
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:18 am
It’s not humor when the guy is pointing out all of the rumors that have surrounded tiger over the years. It is blatant slander
Robeli
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:15 am
Rumors???? LOL
Chris Gar
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:55 am
Look up the definition of slander.
Robeli
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:05 pm
Clearly you didn’t.
“slander n. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed. Slander is a civil wrong (tort) and can be the basis for a lawsuit.”
No ways Tiger is suing Jenkins about this!
Robeli
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:41 pm
My apologies. Misread the response. 🙂
Jack
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:33 am
I would not be laughing at this. It’s not funny, most of it is not true, and Jenkins basically just wrote whatever came to his mind.
There are things I could make up about you too. Would you think most of those things funny? I doubt it.
Robeli
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:13 am
What is untrue? That he fired his coaches and caddies? That he came second in majors to mediocre guys? that he has pet names for almost everybody? That he slept around? That Erin banged him up? That he hit the fire hydrant? That his Ryder Cup record is 13-17-3, etc……… It’s FACTS, not LIES! Nothing was made up!
Robert
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:25 am
Poor taste. You can do better then this GD. Stick to golf and leave the comedy to the comedians. Are you upset that Tiger doesn’t work with your publication anymore??
Jay
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:09 am
Every great athlete has thin skin.
Jay
Nov 19, 2014 at 12:06 am
So the guy in the pictures wasn’t Jenkins? Who is Jenkins anyway. If he was going to write an artcle like this, at least make it funny. It just sucked. In general, Golf related entertainment (except for a few must see tournaments) really sucks. Golf magazines are basically turning into brochures. TGC is going down hill. Did anyone see the last morning show with Alonzo Morning? So bad especially with Gary Williams’ annoying high pitched voice. Also, has anyone seen the golf movie on TGC lately with Robert Duval? That was one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a while. Anyway, I wish ESPN can start a golf specific show or channel.
Robeli
Nov 18, 2014 at 11:00 pm
Great piece Jenkins. That piece about him ‘nicknaming’ everybody. LMAO! So true!! And to Tiger, start playing decent golf again. Then you do not have to worry about stuff like this. Wonder who’s the crybaby now.
Richard
Nov 18, 2014 at 10:40 pm
I read the article in Golf Digest, perhaps a bit interesting, but then I am not a fan of Jenkins and then went on to the next article before I finished it. No big deal, satire and a fake interview, what else is new with Jenkins. Now it explodes due to Tiger’s team being upset by it. I do not understand the strategy, the best way to give publicity to an article that would and had otherwise gone unnoticed by most is to ignore it. I think Tiger’s camp made a big mistake in that now everyone wants to read the article that most, like me, would have ignored five minutes after reading it.
Rich
Nov 19, 2014 at 3:24 pm
+1. You’re spot on
Ira Shoff
Nov 18, 2014 at 10:20 pm
It’s a damn shame these so called writers are allowed to make up lies to write a ‘sensational’ story, when none is available. There’s virtually no truth in this story whatsoever. Any man reading this would be uspset if the tale were about them. We can agree or disagree with a man’s actions, but it don’t give us the right to make up *lies* about that man.
cNo
Nov 18, 2014 at 10:35 pm
I totally agree Ira. I would be pissed if someone wrote this mess about me and put that shoe on the readers that are in favor of the article and they would be upset too. If they aren’t they hate TW for reasons that I wish not to state publically. I think I misspelled that.
Robeli
Nov 18, 2014 at 11:11 pm
Where’s the lies? These are all factual things that happened in Tiger’s life, and Jenkins just put a little lighter note to it – that’s all! LOL
D.S. Graybeal
Nov 19, 2014 at 11:40 am
I agree with this. Actually, I have heard from a head locker room attendant at a WGC event that Tiger is the worst tipper on tour. But who cares anyway?
Todd
Nov 18, 2014 at 9:45 pm
First off, these satirical interviews are nothing new. Second, the content was on-point. That’s what made it pretty funny. At Tiger’s expense, of course. Very few writers have had the balls to point out who the REAL Tiger Woods. Strangely, from most public opinion I see, TV golf fans don’t want to know about it.
cNo
Nov 18, 2014 at 10:31 pm
I honestly don’t care to know about his personal life. I’m a fan of how he hits the golf ball (and other tour pros). He is human like me and has made mistakes like me. Big deal. That is not news IMO and should not be reported (and least not in 2014). Scandal is long gone. Jenkins should be reporting on a real golf topic like why idiots don’t fix their ball marks and someone else’s instead of attacking TW for no apparent reason. Articles like his are useless.
DatSliceDoe
Nov 18, 2014 at 9:42 pm
I’m cancelling my subscription. This is disgusting.
John OMalley
Nov 18, 2014 at 9:04 pm
Jenkins should have been retired 10 years ago. His articles are lame at best and I am not a Tiger fan.. Who would hire him if he left Golf Digest? Nobody
marcel
Nov 18, 2014 at 9:03 pm
very poor taste… old Jenkins has many dysfunctions not brain will be another one on the list… must agree with the article that timing and content is beyond poor taste, just low character article hoping for some traffic to Golf Disgust…
the person that approved this article and Jenkins should be sued and condemned eternally.
cNo
Nov 18, 2014 at 9:01 pm
Jenkins is a bit#& for writing the article and not only is he disrespecting Tiger and also disrespected several other golfers in his article. It wasn’t funny and frankly he should be fired. I’m not a huge Tiger fan I’m a golf fan and this IMHO crosses the line. Would Jenkins says these same things in Tiger’s face, very doubtful. If I were TW I would confront him face to face. Maybe slap the sh#$ out of him and write a settlement check!!! Media nonsense must end.
Jack
Nov 19, 2014 at 1:37 am
Yeah how he insulted the major winners was not classy.
Sean
Nov 18, 2014 at 8:56 pm
Karma, coming to someone soon. It is sad that we have to reduce ourselves to such a childish idea and it be entertained by a reputable publication. Shame.
Tony Lynam
Nov 18, 2014 at 8:51 pm
Another reason why Golf Digest is a terrible magazine. New format stinks too.
farmer
Nov 18, 2014 at 8:45 pm
I didn’t find the article very entertaining and I’ve been a Jenkins fan forever. Tiger should have left well enough alone, it was just a piece of satire written in the off season to help sell magazines. Perhaps if Tiger would ever do any press that was not pre-scripted and canned, his relations with the media would be different.
John
Nov 18, 2014 at 8:22 pm
Not satire nor parody, just mean, and in poor taste.
Robeli
Nov 18, 2014 at 11:05 pm
Your poor taste is somebody else’s satire, and vice versa.
Knobbywood
Nov 19, 2014 at 4:30 pm
No vice versa doesn’t work there, not unless you have two guys who’s morals and personal comedic boundaries are shifting wildly throughout their conversation
Joe
Nov 18, 2014 at 8:17 pm
If tiger wants to have influence on how golf digest portrays him, I have an idea……stop shunning the press and just open up a little for gods sake.
If you want be seen as a human being…..show us you are one.
d
Nov 18, 2014 at 7:55 pm
I just read the article. What’s the big deal? He gave Tiger some s*&t. If Tiger can’t handle that then he needs, to toughen up. Nice Tiger worship article Andy…your writing sucks. O, I’m sorry, did I hurt your feelings?
neon
Nov 18, 2014 at 7:51 pm
Golf Digest and Golf Magazine are desperate. Cant remember the last time I bought one. Holly Sonders, Gretzky and thank god for instagram female golfers photos for last stand content to throw up content that might draw readers back. They need controversy to stay relevant today. Without it they will have to lay off another wave sooner than they want. Called preservation. Sad to have this in the game of Golf though. Golf is a class act and this isnt. I would be pissed to if I was Tiger. I am surprised they can legally use photos like that… looks like him near the car.
Tom
Nov 18, 2014 at 7:40 pm
I wonder if Golf Digest would have the same attitude if someone wrote a “fake interview” filled with that much spite about them?
Pat
Nov 18, 2014 at 7:10 pm
Tiger is obviously butt hurt that a golf writer poked fun at his expense. He’s oversensitive anyways. Once again Tiger, instead of laughing at yourself and having some fun with it, you manage to make yourself look like an idiot. Way to go!!!
RG
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:50 pm
Great article Andrew! “so 2009” how funny! Yeah the biggest question is why anyone is even talking about TW right now. I mean at present he is Mr. Irrelevant. Maybe for a follow-up Jenkins could satire David Duvcal.
James Prasse
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:35 pm
Lighten up Francis !!!!!!!!
If Woods doesn’t like the criticism, then don’t do things to be criticized about.
Woods has earned everything he gets.
Try jumping off of the bandwagon and make him find a sense of humour.
Tom
Nov 18, 2014 at 7:39 pm
“If Woods doesn’t like the criticism, then don’t do things to be criticized about.”
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. There is literally no way for anyone to ever avoid doing things that someone won’t criticize them about.
Jim
Nov 18, 2014 at 7:56 pm
Really Tom, is it? You must be the all knowing and also the only judge of what is right and wrong. Please forgive us all for being so flawed.
I still think it is hilarious, and I am drinking from my Perkin’s cup right now as I type this.
If you get knocked in the face by a 9 iron, after wrecking your Tahoe into a fire hydrant because you were running from your wife after she found out that you were shagging a Perkin’s waitress, then you deserve to be made fun of and have people laugh at you.
Tom
Nov 18, 2014 at 8:11 pm
You realize that there was a lot more to the golf digest article than just that incident right? He criticized Tiger for winning majors when there was no competition. Explain to me how he could have avoided that barb? That he had some friends like Mark O’Meara he doesnt hang with. Sorry, I don’t know anyone who doesnt have old friends that they aren’t close with anymore. It was a little bit more than making fun of him for having an affair.
Robeli
Nov 18, 2014 at 10:56 pm
Really? Jenko didn’t fabricated any incident. He just made fun of them. Hilarious!
Ken
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:32 pm
Jenkins should get the same treatment. Once, long ago, he was on top of his game. Now, he doesn’t make the cut.
Kyle
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:24 pm
The guy should honestly be fired. the article wasn’t remotely funny. The guy is obviously bitter
Todd Turner
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:23 pm
He crossed the line, leave the crash incident behind.. How many years has it been, the old fart is mad TW didn’t grant him an interview way back when….
Old man, go take your Geritol.
Matthew Bacon
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:12 pm
seemed a bit more mean spirited than funny. if this is all Jenkins has to write about things must be slow at te nursing home
Crabgrass
Nov 19, 2014 at 9:58 am
LOL, I hope you intended the irony!
If not, you may want to look it up.
robert morris
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:09 pm
Nice going golf Digest – anything to make a buck, right?. What a bunch of scumbags.
nikkyd
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Cmon tiger, your a public figure. This is what fame gets you. Move along and go and count your money
Leon
Nov 18, 2014 at 5:55 pm
The faked guy looks so real…Tiger should hire him as his new caddie on Sunday. It will fun to watch.
Progolfer
Nov 18, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Don’t worry Tiger, Jenkins is an idiot.
Rich
Nov 18, 2014 at 5:48 pm
He still doesn’t get it. It doesn’t matter if it’s good or bad, people are still talking about him. He should be thankful that Jenkins could be bothered. He hasn’t done anything worth writing about in months and he still gets a mention all the time in the media and most of it is good. I wouldn’t waste my time if I was Jenkins but he did so just deal with it you “Lil girl”.
Kyle
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:25 pm
Just another tiger hater. “Hasn’t done anything in months”. No sh**. He’s been hurt
Pat
Nov 18, 2014 at 7:12 pm
Kyle you’re a Tiger slurper. Who cares if Rich is a Tiger hater, so am I. We all have a right to voice our opinions. Quite being so over dramatic and sensitive.
Robeli
Nov 18, 2014 at 11:03 pm
Yes Kyle, nobody is suppose be a Tiger hater, right?
Rich
Nov 19, 2014 at 3:25 pm
Who cares what the reason is. Has he done anything? No. Give yourself an upper cut……..
STEVE
Nov 18, 2014 at 5:47 pm
AFTER TED BISHOP FIASCO NOW THIS MAY GIVE US TOUR A MISS 2015.WONT BE TELEVISED ANYWAY
BOBBY D
Nov 19, 2014 at 2:12 pm
DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT ELDERICK DOES OR SAYS…HE IS A LIAR AND A CHEATER,GO BACK UNDER YOUR ROCK !!!