But at what level of effort? And for what benefit?

Furyk doesn't strike me as a guy who gives a **** about how stylish his hat looks. So in his mind, he's not compromising anything by wearing a hat with a stupid logo in exchange for a little more money.

I don't think your preference for vanity is any more or less altruistic than Furyk's preference for money.

It's different for everyone. I'm not saying people will always do something to get more, I'm just saying that people want more than they have.

Uh, no...they changed that. Straight cash upon winning it.
Fair enough, I actually was also referring to the pure comfort of the hat as much as the looks. I have issues with hats being uncomfortable due to large head syndrome. That hat looks uncomfortable to me. Kind of like shirts...IF I ever get on Tour (looking unlikely, I know) I will only wear a couple of specific brands of shirts. I know a few guys who wore Grand Slam crap for the money while on Tour and they regretted it due to the wear and feel. Just like I also would NEVER sign a deal for a driver or a putter, irons whatever. But if I get to playing poorly I would want the opportunity to switch my equipment and get it right.

More what? More problems? More grief? More junk? I disagree. The desire of indiscriminate want contradicts logical reasoning.

Geez nevermind

i think this is pretty true

plus he appears to be real butthurt about those popsicles, i bet that was part of his motivation

I agree its all about status. Get as much as you can. There is never to much.

With Furyk I saw the shirt and thought wow 5 hour Energy drink? I know here in Canada they are considering regulating some of these as people abuse the crap out of them. Also didn't strike me as your typical golf endorsement.

My curiosity is Why am I troll for being negative about Tiger.

Pretty sure Furyk would wear a dirty diaper on his head as long as it covered up his bald spot

That's true, but more because I'm sure he doesn't want to have his head turn into leather from the sun. I'm sure Jim couldn't care care less about being bald at this point.

If it were me I'd wear the widest brim hat I could find that did not interfere with my swing.

I can agree with this. Good post.

Sucks to watch Tiger stripe the ball off the tee and shoot even par.

It was always the other way around...if he could just play from the fairway, the field had no chance.

I'm still convincing myself that all he needs is another couple of months (at most) of injury free tournament golf and the putts will start falling. His short game is clearly leaps and bounds better than it was just a few months ago.

I could just be in denial, of course.

Overall though Tiger fans can't be happier with how things have turned out since the withdrawal.

Bay Hill, baby.

One. ****ing. Time.

I was watching Tiger on the greens yesterday. Did anybody see an Els-like putting stroke there? If so he better get that corrected.

I still don't get why you want Tiger friggin Woods to win another tournament, it's evil.

Because like the NBA that is where amazing happens.

It's very easy to troll me IRL, but on the interweb I'm immune

WRT Haney, I don't think the book is pure ego, it's just business. Haney is never going to be considered a swing guru by a lot of top pros so he has to do things like the Haney project and the book to keep his name out there, so he can compete with the guys like Leadbetter. The fame brings the business, no publicity is bad publicity for a guy like him.

def something a canadian would say

Haney cites Corey Carroll, one of Woods' closest friends at Isleworth, as saying Woods injured his right Achilles tendon doing Olympic-style weightlifting as he returned from reconstructive knee surgery in December 2008.

Haney also tells of a woman who approached him during an outing in Minnesota last year. Her husband was a Navy SEAL in California and told her Woods came in for training in 2007 at a Kill House -- an urban-warfare simulator -- and "got kicked pretty hard in the leg, and I think he hurt his knee pretty bad."

Haney said that matched a story from Carroll, who said Woods revealed to him the complete tear of his left knee ligaments really happened in a Kill House when he had lost his balance and been kicked in the knee.

"My immediate thought upon hearing Corey's account, which so closely paralleled that of the woman in Minneapolis, was that it was true," Haney writes. "And if so, it meant that if Tiger never catches Jack Nicklaus, it will very likely have as much to do with the time and physical capacity he lost as a result of his bizarre Navy SEALs adventure as anything else."

yea couldn't be the flat out awful positions you got his swing in Haney

In your scenario because Tiger made these guys rich or the tools to be rich they should have to put up and shut up with just about anything then? Comon obviously Tiger crossed lines with these guys as he did with Butch before that. While Haney and Williams may be dicks anyway neither has gone out of their way to spare Tiger, so read into that what you want. Remember Tiger sold out his wife, kids and family. These guys are nothing but next in line. Giving Tiger a pass here is laughable.

Just face it Tiger is the Bjorn Borg of golf with a good twist of ugly. Bjorn was famous for practicing and reading comic books in his hotel room during his career. When pushed, his personality off court could never match his on court persona leaving a lot of fans unfulfilled. The below surface of Tiger has taken this to whole new level with his rather basal personal "habits"and his treatment of those closest to him that rarely if ever paint Tiger in a positive way. In the end it hard for people to reconcile this with the Tiger that had been sold to them prior to '09.

If he had a just shared a bikini model or 2 once in a while none of this would be happening. imo

lol @ the Jmac nuthugger ripping on Borg in a golf thread. Didn't Jmac write mostly positive things about Borg in his autobiography? Seemed like he genuinely liked Borg.

He does like Borg but their friendship developed after their careers. I used Borg as a comparo because he was a world beating invincible talent on the court while off the court he was somewhat simple and unsophisticated a fact that bewildered fans. You're right though Borg shouldn't be thrown in with Tiger otherwise.