dfosterf
16 years ago
Golf is fun to watch again.

Thank you, Tiger!

Tiger's back 
IronMan
16 years ago
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dfosterf
16 years ago
50 Highest paid athletes; 2008 

This list angers me a little. Not the part about Tiger Woods at #1, but the part about Phil Mickelson at #2. Phil has a lot of fans, and I understand folks want to create some drama with respect to him and Tiger, but I just don't see it. It is Tiger and then everyone else that happen to also be professional golfers, at least in name, and Mickelson chokes so often that I have personally coined the idiotic three-putt as "Mickelsoning it." Phil is the friggin' choker in the sport, imo.

I think Phil should give half of his earnings to Tiger, that would be just about right. lol
IronMan
16 years ago
Plus, Phil Mickleson has man-boobs.

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Rockmolder
16 years ago
I found this interesting.

David Beckham
Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
Great Britain
Last Year's Rank: 5
$48,200,000



That would put him at place 3 on the US list. Ofcourse this includes endorsements, but I asume that there is a hefty salary involved aswell. He's currently playing for AC Milan on loan, but why on earth does an MLS team use their entire budget on one player. Why not build it up first, taking some good, but not amazing players, because the funds to buy big-named players will be there when the sports gets a bit bigger.

As for Tiger Woods. I never really watch golf. Maybe it's a bit to slow paced or maybe it's the commentators that are trying to put you to sleep. Playing it does look like alot of fun, though.

Oh, and that shot was pretty amazing, indeed.
dfosterf
16 years ago
Rock:


Golf is cruel. It is the meanest game going.

Here is a golfer explaining his sport to an alien:

"OK. Here's the deal. I am going to take this little white ball and hit it with these sticks I have in this bag. You see that flag way out there about 490 yards away? I am going to put it in a hole less than 4 inches in diameter at the bottom of that flag. I'm going to do that by hitting this stupid little friggin' ball four times or less, and if it takes more times than that, I will have failed miserably and will be angry about it."

"Here." "You try."

lol


...And just as an example of how not right in the head you have to be in order to take this stuff seriously:

Here in Central Pa. we were under a tornado warning during that tournament. They interrupted the telecast and went "live" with the doppler to show us where the tornado(es) were. Once I determined that my house wasn't going to get mowed over, I became pissed off that they were not at least "split screening" the tournament. I know I wasn't alone, because the announcer kept explaining to all us golf nuts that they are sorry, but that is the station policy while under a tornado warning. I had the sense that they were getting more phone calls from idiots like me than the poor souls that were reporting their house/neighborhood were getting creamed by the tornado(es).

High of 61 tomorrow. I'll be out. Time to test drive the finger my dog damn near bit off. Like I said, not right in the head.
zombieslayer
16 years ago

50 Highest paid athletes; 2008 

This list angers me a little. Not the part about Tiger Woods at #1, but the part about Phil Mickelson at #2. Phil has a lot of fans, and I understand folks want to create some drama with respect to him and Tiger, but I just don't see it. It is Tiger and then everyone else that happen to also be professional golfers, at least in name, and Mickelson chokes so often that I have personally coined the idiotic three-putt as "Mickelsoning it." Phil is the friggin' choker in the sport, imo.

I think Phil should give half of his earnings to Tiger, that would be just about right. lol

"dfosterf" wrote:



Who the **** is Phil Mickelson? Never even heard of him.

What I don't get - why does golf make so much money? It's not even a sport. Heck, football players, 2/3rds of them are legally crippled within ten years of retiring. They can park in handicapable parking spots. Golf on the other hand...

I could understand why football players make big bucks. You can die playing football, or worse, be paralyzed.

I don't get it.
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dfosterf
16 years ago
Why does golf make so much money?

Up until the economy took an absolute crap, a top-of-the line current driver went for $499.00

That's before you went and had it re-shafted because one of your golfing buddies out-drove by 6 inches once. Tack on a another $125.00 for that move.

Manufacturing costs on above? At least 20 - 30 bucks.

(OK exaggerating a little, but not much)

You see, in order to hit the ball straight and long, you need a low-wind co-efficient regressed center of gravity compensatable titanium forged case back design with forgiving groove sweetspot technology that is upgradedeable, yet traditional in design and appearance, with hopefully a swoosh stripe, but then there is ping, calloway and taylormade to tell you why you are front-runnin'... understand? Me either, but I'm still buyin'...I need those extra 6 inches.

that's why.
Trippster
16 years ago
Golf is the sport that is most watched by the affluent. It gets great TV ratings and the TV contract goes toward the purses, hence bigger purses. Also, no other sport gets the corporate sponsorship that golf does.

Add that to the fact that each golfer is their own company or "team" and you can see how the pay is so great. Tiger is the most recognized face in the world hence incredible sponsorship $$.

What I love about golf is that you can not say they are overpaid. They earn every penny. If they don't play, there is no pay.
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