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      Tiger favored to win 2009 PGA Championship

      August 13, 2009 /

      To the surprise of very few, Tiger Woods is favored to win this year’s PGA Championship, which starts today and runs through the weekend. The PGA Championship is the fourth and final major of the year.

      Woods is currently a 3/2 favorite to win and although he’s coming off a victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Tiger has yet to win a major in 2009. In fact, the best he’s done so far was a sixth place finish at the Masters and a sixth place finish at the U.S. Open. (He missed the cut entirely at the British Open.)

      Tiger missed last year’s PGA Championship, but did win the event in 2006 and 2007. He also has some momentum heading into Hazeltine National, winning the two last consecutive tournaments (Bridgestone and the Buick Open) that he has played in, which give him a total of five wins on the year.

      Tiger’s main competition this weekend, at least based on the odds, appears to be Padraig Harrington (20/1), Phil Mickelson (22/1), Lee Westwood (28/1) and Hunter Mahan (30/1).

      Here’s a TV schedule for this year’s PGA Championship:

      Thursday, August 13: 2PM – 8PM on TNT
      Friday, August 14: 2PM – 8PM on TNT
      Saturday, August 15: 11AM – 2PM on TNT
      Sunday, August 16: 11AM – 2PM ET on TNT
      Sunday, August 16: 2PM – 7PM on CBS

      To check the 2009 PGA Championship leaderboard, click here.

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      – Tiger Woods fined by PGA
      – No fine for Tiger Woods

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      No fine for Tiger Woods

      August 12, 2009 /

      As it turns out, the report that surfaced yesterday about Tiger Woods being fined by the PGA Tour was erroneous. Tiger, although still peeved about what went down over the weekend at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, said that the PGA Tour has not fined him.

      From the Washington Post:

      “I’ve heard from the tour, and there’s no fine,” Woods said. “That was an erroneous report.”

      Ty Votaw, a spokesman for the PGA Tour, said the original report of a fine was “inaccurate.” Votaw said Commissioner Tim Finchem had read and considered Woods’s remarks.

      “There has been no process started with respect to any disciplinary action,” Votaw said by phone.

      “The commissioner has reviewed the reports, and based on the reports that he read, Tiger’s comments related to the impact of the decision. He did not read them as an unreasonable attack or as being disparaging.”

      We linked to a report by the Examiner yesterday about Woods being fined, although we’re not sure where the original report came from.

      The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if the PGA received backlash for the supposed fine and decided to renege. But if Tiger is even saying that it was an erroneous report, then maybe there really was no fine to begin with.

      Either way, it’s still a lame rule. You can’t have golfers worried about a game clock when they’re dealing with a tough shot in the rough. It takes away from the excitement of the tournament and it puts unnecessary pressure on the golfers.

      Related Content:

      – Tiger Woods fined by PGA

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      Tiger Woods fined by PGA

      August 11, 2009 /

      Tiger Woods has been fined by the PGA after criticizing officials Sunday following the 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Tiger was critical of a rule that penalized competitor Padraig Harrington for taking too much time to hit from the rough and then off the green.

      From the Examiner:

      The wording of the rule is:

      “It is an obligation of membership to refrain from comments to the news media that unreasonably attack or disparage tournaments, sponsors, fellow members, players or PGA Tour.”

      Tiger’s words were reported as:

      “Like I was telling him out there, ‘I’m sorry that John (the course official) got in the way of a great battle,’ because it was such a great battle for 16 holes,” Woods said. “We’re going at it, head-to-head, and unfortunately that happened. Paddy and I will definitely do it again.”

      “I don’t think that Paddy would have hit the pitch shot that way if he was able to take his time, look at it, analyze it,” Woods said. “But he was on the clock, had to get up there quickly and hit it.”

      What Tiger said could hardly be viewed as an unreasonable attack on the PGA Tour. He might have taken a pot shot at the course official, but that doesn’t seem worth a fine.

      It’s amazing that the PGA Tour would fine Tiger for those comments, yet not after he lays down a barrage of curse words on national television following a bad shot. Seems kind of ridiculous if you ask me.

      But what’s even more ridiculous is not allowing golfers to analyze their shots because the TV networks want to fit everything within a certain broadcast window. After all, this is golf – not football. Golfers should be allowed to approach their shots without being rushed in fear of breaking some pointless rule.

      Update: The PGA is reporting that Tiger Woods has not been fined and that the originial report was erroneous.

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      Tiger Woods lets one rip on 18th of Buick Open

      August 3, 2009 /

      Tiger Woods won the 2009 Buick Open over the weekend, but the bigger news might be how he (or maybe it was his caddy?) farted on the 18th green and then broke into laughter.

      This seems incredibly fake, but I’ve been assured that this was the same shot that aired live on CBS. If so, that’s rip-roaring good fun and just proves that even the greatest golfer in the world gets a little backed up from time to time after too much Chipotle hot sauce.

      Golf, Humor, Video

      AskMen.com’s 2009 Great Male Survey

      July 23, 2009 /

      Ah, the modern man – just who and what is he? If he were rich, would he prefer a sports car or SUV? What is his favorite sporting event of the year? Does he fantasize about his girlfriend’s friend? (Yes please!)

      AskMen.com put together a cool feature that delves into figuring out who the modern man is by polling over 50,000 of its readers with questions like the ones above.

      The 2009 Great Male Survey rolls out over the next four weeks and discusses a series of poll questions ranging from sports, cars and entertainment to dating and lifestyle. To check out The 2009 Great Male Survey, click the link provided.

      Here’s one of the sports questions that was asked (along with the results):

      Q. Who is the hottest female associated with sports?
      32% – Erin Andrews
      28% – Maria Sharapova
      17% – Danica Patrick
      13% – Ana Ivanovic
      10% – Natalie Gulbis

      Some of the other sports questions include: What is your favorite sporting event of the year? Does gambling factor into your love of the NFL? Does fantasy football factor into your love for the NFL? Who is your top pick for your 2009-2010 NFL fantasy football team?

      The results to the questions are pretty interesting and entertaining so be sure to check them out, along with the poll results for the questions in the other topics.

      College Basketball, College Football, Fantasy Football, General Sports, Golf, Mixed Martial Arts, MLB, NBA, News, NFL, Super Bowl, Television, The Olympics, Women

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