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    Image of ngonzogo ngonzogo
    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    You all do realize if Tiger had married a French woman, she would be laughing the whole thing off while flashing her new $150,000 necklace.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    12/11/09

    @ngonzogo: If he'd married Vanessa Bryant, he'd have to pony up $8 million for a ring.
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    Image of TroisFilles TroisFilles
    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    If true, it's the ultimatum of a very dumb, immature girl. Seems to me if she can see him on TV on the course he is NOT on another woman having intercourse. And of course, only dummies take away their spouse or ex's way of making a living. Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face comes to mind. If true, that is.
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    12/12/09

    @TroisFilles: Woah woah woah.

    I don't think you can call it "making a living" when you've earned ten figures in the last decade or so.
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    Image of TroisFilles TroisFilles
    12/12/09

    @SwatLax: I think people get used to their income. Regardless of how monstrous. It is how he makes a living. Billions, millions or not. Imagine the thousand-pinching they'll have to do now. Silver pampers instead of gold. Jersey Shore caviar instead of Beluga. The pressure to scrimp and save will be difficult. (I get your point. You're right.)
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    12/13/09

    @SwatLax: Yes you can. How much income someone deserves is up to the people and companies doing the hiring.
    Very few people are paid what they are worth, including Mr. Woods, President Obama, and my postal delivery person. Whatever the market will bare is my stance.
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    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    I've listened to some sports talk radio lately.
    Don't.
    A fair number of people who call in at times seem to skew douchebag. Ironically, the white callers probably includes some who wouldn't have let Woods onto their golf course 50 years ago. But now their dislike is vented towards the ladies (and teh gehs).
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    12/11/09

    @NorthernLite: A fair number? More like the majority. People who call into those shows are batshit bonkers.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    I hope, for her sake, that this is totally false (likely). If this was a real ultimatum, with zero wiggle room, he would kick her ass out so fast she'd land in cuba.

    Lets get one thing clear- for all of his many faults, Tiger Woods is a golf genius. If golf is a piano, he's Chopin. He DOES NOT care as much about his wife, his kids, whatever as he does about golf, nor should he. When you're given an amazing, world changing talent, you use it. End of story.

    PS: I really hope he can reconcile with his wife, and become a better person, and maybe some day become santa's #1 elf. But in reality, if he just wins 25 majors and blows the rest of the golf world to hell and gone, nobody will give a crap about the rest of everything. That's reality.
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    Image of TheExperience TheExperience
    12/11/09

    @m4ximusprim3: Yeah, he's a fantastic golf player, but he's also a fucking man, and a real man handles his wife and children, and doesn't subject them to incredibly embarassing stuff like this. Being a good golf player doesn't excuse being a scumbag, and having a great talent doesn't divorce you from being a human being. He'll likely make a comeback, but being a great athlete doesn't mean you're a fantastic person. In some capacity, this is going to follow him for the rest of his career, because we love when our idols fuck up.
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    m4ximusprim3 promoted this comment TheExperience was starred TheExperience was unstarred
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    12/11/09

    @TheExperience: I'm not trying to say that his golf makes his behavior any less wrong, or scandalous, or whatever. I'm just being a realist- history judges you by your accomplishments in your field, not by how you treated your wife.

    You don't get where he has gotten in the sport by being a great father- you get there by selfishly putting in hours upon hours in the gym, at the driving range, and flying around the world. Would he have been better off if he didn't chase random tail? Of course.

    However, deep down, if you made him choose between greatness in golf and being a family man/coulda been, he'll choose greatness - and I applaud him for it. Call me callous, but I don't give two shits about his marriage compared to his golf career.
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    12/11/09

    @m4ximusprim3: You don't get to be where you are in a sport by being a great husband or father, true, but you do earn the respect of people, and this is the kind of thing that will help your career when you lose 40 ft. off your drive. Think of it this way: Tiger vs. Phil. One has a shit ton of majors in his pocket. One has a couple, and has tended to his wife while she's suffering through breast cancer. Guess which one seems like a safer endorsement TODAY?
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    12/11/09

    @AgadorSpartacus: I don't really think the piano is all that important, to be honest. That being said, I realize how talented Motzart and Chopin are, and how much they impacted their fields of industry. Get your head out of your ass.

    @Dave J.: I'm not talking endorsements, or what people say to him in the gallery. He doesn't care about that. I'm talking about, when you read "the history of golf, 2030 edition", it having a picture of Tiger Woods on the cover and the preface starting out "Though the history of golf is long and varied, only one player stands head and shoulders above the rest."

    That's what Tiger has always cared about, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. I could very well be wrong - but I doubt it.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    I think he's banging all those women to get the kind of intellectual stimulation the sporting life just doesn't afford.
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    Image of Stirge Stirge
    12/11/09

    @Mediahohoho: Right. Did you see the interview with Jeungers this morning? If thats intellectually stimulating, then I'm Bill Gates
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    Mediahohoho promoted this comment Stirge was starred Stirge was unstarred
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    12/11/09

    @Stirge: I'm sure it's all Dorothy Parker this and Lillian Helman that with tiger and his couturie of coquettes.
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    Image of TroisFilles TroisFilles
    12/11/09

    @Mediahohoho: Since when is fucking your brains out the equivalent of intellectual stimulation? ;)
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    12/11/09

    @TroisFilles: Since when is it not!!!@!ZOMG?
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    12/12/09

    @Mediahohoho: Ha! wonderful
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    Image of kathotdog006 kathotdog006
    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    As a female golf fan/watcher/bad player: Elin needs to leave Tiger, now. She needs to take the kids and the money and move elsewhere.
    Tiger needs to take time off to decide what is best for him and what is left of his family (kids).
    As for the PGA: there are plenty of other golfers that you can turn the cameras on during a tournament and most viewers are happy to watch without hearing about Tiger Woods every freakin' second.
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    Dave J. promoted this comment kathotdog006 was starred kathotdog006 was unstarred
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    12/11/09

    @kathotdog006: I dunno about that. Much of the rise of golf in the past 10-15 years is solely due to Tiger. That might seem like hyperbole, but it's really not. He's boring and dull, but he's THE dominant figure on the tour. Take him out of those majors, and ratings would fall by 30-40%.
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    Why would she want him back?

    *and I know they have 2 children
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    Golf is escapism, pure and simple. It requires many special instruments and it can only be played in places with big swaths of open land and the necessary staff to maintain the course, which in turn means the club has to charge fees (sometimes substantial) for maintenance.

    And there isn't any kind of a cheapo alternative. For every stadium with an NBA basketball team, there are probably hundreds and thousands of blacktop courts where kids can play pickup ball essentially for free. Kids in my parents generation played stickball in sandlots, and flag football is still fairly popular even today.

    But there's a much higher bar for golf. That, and it's sofa king boring.
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    Image of Brad Brown Brad Brown
    12/11/09

    @AndPreciousLittleofThat: In Alabama, we call the alternative "marijuana." The bar is so low, you might trip on it.
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    12/11/09

    @Brad Brown: I'll give that an amen!
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    Image of xyzpdq xyzpdq
    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    Why would she say, "It's golf or me"?

    It wasn't the game of golf that got him into this mess; it was Tiger's own balls and shaft that got him there.

    She needs to say "You need to choose between sex with multiple partners or me."
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    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    Well, golf is no kick-ball, I will give you that.
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    12/11/09

    In reply to 'Why Is Tiger's Wife Trying to Ruin Golf?' Wonders Typical Golf Fan
    Bye bye Birdie.
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    Image of Maloon-Rouge Maloon-Rouge
    12/11/09

    @Swifter: "HEY-OOooo"
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    12/11/09

    @Swifter: Duffer fluffer kerfluffle.
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    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    11/18/09

    In reply to Haters Trying to Hate on Sexy Female Sex Pill
    Eeeww, women having sex? Gross! But, like, 80 year olds taking Viagra? Go ahead! If you've got the seed, sow it!
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/18/09

    In reply to Haters Trying to Hate on Sexy Female Sex Pill
    Wait till Cosmo gets this story. I still remember their cover line "Does He Bore You? How to Stay Interested!"

    This will be "Is Your Man Repulsive? Pop the New Pill That'll Turn Him Into Your Dream Date" #science
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Haters Trying to Hate on Sexy Female Sex Pill
    Doc Savage, Man of Melanoma. #science
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    Image of CumaeanSibyl CumaeanSibyl
    11/17/09

    In reply to Haters Trying to Hate on Sexy Female Sex Pill
    Maybe if we measured "normal" by the average female sex drive, we would all be talking about how to address the crippling problem of male hypersexuality. Imagine magazine articles on "How to Cool Down Your Sex Life."

    Or we could just let everybody have sex pills so we can get laid and stop arguing about it all the time. #science
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    11/17/09

    @CumaeanSibyl: Nicely put. #science
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