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How Tiger Woods’ front tooth was knocked out
If you saw photos of Lindsey Vonn’s boyfriend, Tiger Woods from her World Cup triumph in Italy you likely noticed two things.
This fantastic skeleton mask.
And when the mask was removed, a greater horror still
Here’s the explanation for the missing pearly white, per Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg.
During a crush of photographers at the awards’ podium at the World Cup event in Italy, a media-member with a shoulder-mounted video camera pushed and surged toward the stage, turned and hit Woods in the mouth.
Adding another layer of intrigue: Deadspin suggests that the tooth that was knocked out was in fact a fake tooth, which Woods had been sporting since the events of Thanksgiving, 2009, which may have cost him the chomper.
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Four books for a springtime review
One thing that never changes over time: snowy evenings give purpose to reading (is it the other way around?) It has been a snowy 2024 in western New York, and I’ve had ample time to tuck into an easy chair with a blanket, coffee, and a book. You’re in luck, because despite the title of this piece, I’ll share five books and their worth with you.
There is great breadth of subject matter from one to five. Golf is as complicated as life, which means that the cover of the book isn’t worth judging. The contents begin the tale, but there is so much more to each topic presented within. If you’re like me, your library grows each year. Despite the value of the virtual, the paper-printed word connects us to the past of golf and humanity. Here’s hoping that you’ll add one or more of these titles to your collection.
Hughes Norton interviewed with Mark McCormack for 20 minutes (30 if you count the missed exit at Logan International) while driving the founder of IMG from Harvard to the airport. The lesson of taking advantage of each moment, of every dollar, because you might not get another opportunity, is the most valuable one that life offers. I say to you, be certain to read this book, because another opportunity to bend the ear of Hughes Norton may not come our way.
Hughes Norton was with Tiger Woods for waaayyy fewer years than you might guess, but they were the critical ones. Be warned: not all of the revelations in this tome are for the faint of heart. Some, in fact, will break your heart. Golf was a sleepy hamlet in the 1990s, until the 16-lane interstate called Eldrick “Tiger” Woods came into town. Everything changed, which meant that everything would change again and again, into eternity. Once the ball starts rolling, it’s impossible to stop.
My favorite aspect of this book is its candor. Hughes Norton is well into his time on Planet Earth. He has no reason to hold back, and he doesn’t. My least favorite aspect is that George Peper got the call to co-author the book (and I didn’t.) Seriously, there is no LFA for me, so this is the best that I could do.
Decision: Buy It!
The Golf Courses of Seth Raynor
Michael Wolf, James Sitar, and Jon Cavalier, in abject partnership, collaborated to produce a handsome volume on the work of gone-too-soon, engineer-turned-golf course architect. Seth Raynor was pulled into the game by Charles Blair MacDonald, the crusty godfather of American golf. Raynor played little golf across the 51 years of his life. His reason? He did not wish to corrupt his designs with the demands and failings of his own game.
Jon Cavalier began his photography career as a contributor to the Golf Club Atlas discussion group. I met him there in a virtual way (we still have yet to shake hands) and have exchanged numerous emails over the years. Despite the demands of his day job, Cavalier has blossomed into the most traveled and prolific course photographer alive today. His photography, both hand-held and drone, makes the pages pop. Michael Wolf invited me and two friends to play his home course, despite having never met any of us in person. His words, melded to those of James Sitar, are the glue that connect Cavalier’s photos.
My favorite aspect of the books is the access it gives to the private-club world of Raynor. Fewer than five of his courses are resort or public access, and knowing people on the inside is not available to all. My suggestion? Write a letter/email and see if a club will let you play. Can’t hurt to try! My one complaint about the book is its horizontal nature. Golf is wide, but I like a little vertical in my photos. It’s not much of a complaint, given the glorious contents within the covers.
Decision: Buy It!!
Big Green Book from The Golfer’s Journal
Beginning with its (over)size, and continuing through the entire contents, there is no descriptor that defines the genre of the Big Green Book. It is photography, essay, layout, poetry, graphics, and stream of consciousness. It harnesses the creative power of a lengthy masthead of today’s finest golf contributors. Quotes from Harvey Penick, verse from Billy Collins, and prose from John Updike partner with images pure and altered, to immerse you in the diverse golf spaces that define this planet.
One of my favorite aspects is the spaces between the words and photos. Have your friends and others write a few notes to you in those blank areas, to personalize your volume even more. One aspect that needs improvement: the lack of female voices. I suspect that will be remedied in future volumes.
Decision: Buy It!!!
Troublemaker and The Unplayable Lie
Books that allege discrimination and mistreatment check two boxes: potentially-salacious reads and debate over whose perspective is accurate. In the end, the presentation of salacious revelation rarely meets the expectation, and the debate over fault is seldom resolved. Lisa Cornwell spent years as a competitive junior and college golfer, before joining The Golf Channel as a reporter and program host.
Despite the dream assignments, there were clouds that covered the sun. Cornwell documents episodes of favoritism and descrimination against her, prior to her departure from The Golf Channel in 2021. Her work echoes the production of the late Marcia Chambers, who wrote for Golf Digest in the 1980s and 1990s. Chambers took issue with many of the potential and real legal issues surrounding golf and its policies of access/no access. Her research culminated in The Unplayable Lie, the first work of its kind to address issues confronted by all genders and ethnicities, and immediately predated the professional debut of Tiger Woods in 1997.
My favorite aspects of the two works, are the courage and conviction that it took to write them, and believe in them. My least favorite aspects are the consistent bias that many groups continue to face. Without awareness, there is no action. Without action, there is no change.
Decision: Buy Them!!!!
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Photos from the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
GolfWRX is on site in the Lone Star State this week for the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
General galleries from the putting green and range, WITBs — including Thorbjorn Olesen and Zac Blair — and several pull-out albums await.
As always, we’ll continue to update as more photos flow in. Check out links to all our photos from Houston below.
General Albums
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Thorbjorn Olesen – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ben Silverman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jesse Droemer – SoTX PGA Section POY – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- David Lipsky – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Martin Trainer – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Zac Blair – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Trace Crowe – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Daniel Berger – WITB(very mini) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Chesson Hadley – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Callum McNeill – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Rhein Gibson – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Patrick Fishburn – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Raul Pereda – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Gary Woodland WITB (New driver, iron shafts) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Padraig Harrington WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Pullout Albums
- Tom Hoge’s custom Cameron – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Piretti putters – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ping putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Bettinardi putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Erik Barnes testing an all-black Axis1 putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Tony Finau’s new driver shaft – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
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Jan 22, 2015 at 4:39 am
Read the headline, and go straight to the comments. Bigger news would be Tiger making a birdie, finishing a round under par, or finishing a tournament without an injury.
While I completely agree that ‘Weird things happen to people’, any time TW gets so much as an in-grown hair, he makes sure the cameras are on him and milks it for all it is worth. Tiger has never been an ‘oh by the way, I just got my face pummeled by a camera’ kind of guy. Just sayin’…
Timbleking
Jan 22, 2015 at 3:54 am
Hancock 2 – He’s back.
Released in all cinemas in Phoenix, by the end of next week…
BigBoy
Jan 21, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Everyone wants to look like Mike Tyson…WHY?????
ND Hickman
Jan 21, 2015 at 6:04 am
I’m sorry but what is with the “LOL” tag attached to this article? This is a Golf website. Not some trashy gossip rag run by Perez Hilton or TMZ. Lets try and by a little bit more serious.
jgpl001
Jan 20, 2015 at 5:33 pm
Watch out Snoop Dog, Snoop Tiger now on the scene
Rich
Jan 20, 2015 at 5:15 pm
What? No pictures of him covered in blood from having the tooth knocked out by a camera man? Good place to be (in the snow fields) when his pants are on fire!
Double Mocha Man
Jan 20, 2015 at 4:39 pm
Fake tooth. Fake personality.
SS
Jan 20, 2015 at 7:53 pm
Right on, brother, right on!
brian
Jan 20, 2015 at 1:37 pm
polarized
JOTS
Jan 20, 2015 at 1:10 pm
Tiger missing a front tooth and Robert Allenby has a shiner / cut head….hmmmm…..coincidence??
RC
Jan 19, 2015 at 10:56 pm
Tell him to get a gold tooth put in
KCCO
Jan 24, 2015 at 6:53 pm
Should def go with a gold tooth, or a pop in grill????
Yeah
Jan 19, 2015 at 10:15 pm
So a camera knocked out his fake tooth that Elin BEAT out of his lying face? I wonder if Tiger will have a press conference to say the camera man was acting heroically when it happened. HAHA
CR
Jan 19, 2015 at 10:09 pm
I hope this means that he’s done for the season
jojo
Jan 19, 2015 at 9:30 pm
B F D!
……must have been a slow news day!
JonathanBilbo
Jan 19, 2015 at 9:30 pm
Why is he walking around without his “fake tooth” anyway? Regardless of who knocked it out.
CR
Jan 19, 2015 at 10:11 pm
Cos he feels like the gangsta he wishes he was
Nikki
Jan 19, 2015 at 11:15 pm
some people have to use pontic teeth, which is a place holder before an implant. Sometimes the bone isnt ready for an implant or the space isnt needed, a lot of celebrities have fake teeth that are are only attached by bonding them to the adj teeth.
Corrie-Lynn's dad
Jan 19, 2015 at 8:49 pm
Those are nike shades
Ct
Jan 19, 2015 at 5:14 pm
No Nike sunglasses? Somebody get a hold of deadspin! STAT!
brian
Jan 20, 2015 at 1:36 pm
you sure those dont say ” nike max polorized”…. because thats what it looks like to me…..
DatSliceDoe
Jan 19, 2015 at 4:57 pm
He’s had a fake tooth for over 10 years, how is this “news.” Clearly evidenced by every image of him where one of his front teeth is noticeably whither than the other.
Ct
Jan 19, 2015 at 5:11 pm
Your exactly right! Wait… Tiger and Elin are not together anymore? Again, nothing new!
Jason
Jan 19, 2015 at 4:57 pm
Thanks MG! We were all hoping someone could share their sentence structure knowledge with us. Man, you’re so smart. Please tell us more.
MG
Jan 19, 2015 at 5:12 pm
lol why u mad tho?
MG
Jan 19, 2015 at 4:31 pm
“Deadspin suggests that the tooth that was knocked out was in fact a fake tooth, which Woods had been sporting since the events of Thanksgiving, 2009 may have cost him the chomper.”
First off, this sentence structure is just hot garbage. Secondly the content is way off. Deadspin showed pics going back to ’04 where there was evidence he was wearing the fake tooth, well before the Thanksgiving incident.
bradford
Jan 20, 2015 at 7:55 am
But what if his intent was to say that the actual year, 2009, was the culprit?
MG
Jan 20, 2015 at 9:06 am
That would be a perfectly fine claim to make, so long as he provides a source. The problem is he sourced Deadspin as the 2009 date in that sentence. It’s not good when you falsely interpret your source, even if you are a blogger (Don’t tell Jason though, he still mad lol).