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Subject: Phil Hearts Tiger
Time: 8:33:00 PM EDT
Author: sblcraig
Here are some more media secrets for all young aspiring bloggers. The jocks rarely give one-on-one interviews. The usually give a press conference and then the scribes write down the cliché of the day and move on to the beer tent.
Phil gets ready to toss his cookies. (AP)
At the golf majors, there is a "quickie quote" area. When a golfer finishes a round he will go speak with a reporter and answer a few questions. After the interview someone who works for the PGA will pass out the interview, reading these 'flash interviews' can be hilarious.
Phil Mickelson played terrible on Sunday. He stunk up the joint. I'm sure all he wants to do it head back into the clubhouse, get cleaned up and call his bookie to get the latest pre-season football lines. The last thing in the world he wants to do to talk about the crappy game of golf he just shot and certainly doesn't want to talk about any other golfers.
Phil knows he's made a pretty nice life using the crooked sticks - talking to a few ink-stained scribes won't kill him.
Phil answered five questions - three about his crappy play on Sunday and two about the guy who won the tournament.
Here are Phil's questions and answers about Tiger Woods - word for word.
Q: Can you put into perspective, 12 majors and he's 30 years old and about to, not quite celebrate his 10th anniversary out here.
PHIL MICKELSON: It's pretty good.
Q: His current stretch now since the US Open, does that remind you or is it comparable to his big stretch in 2000-2001?
PHIL MICKELSON: I don't know if I could really compare both of them are very impressive.
One a completely different note, when Tiger was in the press room answering questions about today's round of golf, a reporter from China asked Tiger if he liked golf more than children. I'm sure something was lost in translation. It had to be - right?
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The reporter from China was trying to chastise Tiger for not signing more autographs for his fans in China. Apparently the last time Tiger was in China it appeared or was assumed that he did not sign enough autographs. The reporter's comment was an indirect way of saying "no one's work should be more important than spending time with kids" in this case signing autographs. jw
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Tiger should have told the chinese reporter, "Of course I want to have kids. I want to have as many kids as the population of China."
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Mickelson can play but has a IQ OF 20 on decision making thats why he can't close out the big tournaments.Woods is in a hole different league. Phil and the other top 20 golfers only can watch and hope WOODS beats himself thats the only chance the others have to win.
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That reporter from china is a idiot to ask a question like that even tigers body language can tell it all.People start asking questions in a negative way its pure envy.ANOTHER REporter ask if he feels bad about the other players not even in the same league Tigers one line answer NO that was great.That was another dumb
question also.Woods is a machine never chokes gets rattled thats a superstar every sport has one..
9/5/06 5:28 PM
LATER HE'LL HAVE HIS CHILDREN...HE IS ALSO A MAN OF WISE AND
DELIBERATE...IF MORE PEOPLE PLAY GOLF THERE WOULD BE LESS CRIME
ON THE STREETS...RIGHT!!!