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No Such Thing As Bad Press

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As I watch the snow fall outside and gripe about shoveling, I received an interesting news feed – It looks as if Mr. Woods has lost another endorsement; This one coming from Golf Digest. CNBC reported:

NEW YORK – Tiger Woods will no longer be writing a monthly column for Golf Digest, ending a long standing sponsorship that adds to a growing pile of dropped endorsements for the golfer. “We have decided it’s now time for a break,” Woods said in a joint statement with Golf Digest on Thursday. The decision comes on the heels of Procter & Gamble Co’s Gillette brand not renewing its contract with Woods at the end of December.

Accenture, AT&T Inc, PepsiCo Inc Gatorade have all ended sponsor deals with the golfer. Electronic Arts, however, announced this week it was planning to release a “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12″ video game”

How ’bout them apples? At least he’s got a video game going for him…oh…and his billion dollar net worth according to Forbes.com. And all that hoopla about his ex taking him for half is pretty much B.S. Rumor has it that The-Golfer-Formerly-Known-As-Eldrick has short arms and deep pockets*.

Hit’em long…yell FORE!!! Now where’s my snowsuit…?

Kids These Days…

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Little snot nose brats make me laugh, but their parents who let them get away with it are even better. I was at a local golf shop putzing around recently and stumbled across a young kid and his mother. This little punk’s snappy attitude towards his mother made me want to slap him…but, not my kid, not my job.

Apparently the young’un wanted to take-up golf and was looking for a set of clubs. So, the sales person had him hitting balls to warm up. It was obvious the kid had never really played and after a few swings the salesperson suggested a starter set and went to grabs a few clubs from it. This spoiled kid takes one look at the clubs asks how much they cost and tells his mother “I can’t play with those pieces of junk! I want the Nike’s…”

The salesperson calmly explained to the mother that the Nike’s cost a lot more…about $600 more. And to start with those clubs, especially if the kid might not end up playing a whole lot, doesn’t really make sense. He could have easily pushed those clubs on them and made his commission, but he did what he should have done and (from what I saw) advised them properly.

The kid persisted that the starter set was not for him. So, the sales person (who looked like he had been through this before) tells the kid that they’re going to run a few tests to see what would be best. He took a 7 iron from both the starter and Nike set and tapes the bottom and back of the head (so you couldn’t really see which was which). He had the kid swing both and then asked him which one felt better. Just as suspected, the kid had no clue.

Now that the point had been proven, the kid started making a big stink and demanded he get the Nike set. He said something along the lines of “I will never speak to you again and you don’t love me…blah blah blah…if I don’t get these Nike clubs.” Are you f#$@ing kidding me?!?! If I ever spoke like that to my parents as a kid, it would have been knuckle sandwiches for dinner (maybe not that bad but not that far off either). That’s when I left the area, I couldn’t deal with this kid anymore. And if I stayed any longer I probably would have thrown my 2 cents in…

I’ll tel ya’…the lack of respect these days is heart breaking. And then you wonder why the course is littered with morons acting like they’re Jack Nicklaus but playing like a bunch of Jack Asses.

Hit’em long, yell FORE!! Respect your parents…

Merry Christmas!!

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Twas the day before christmas, when all through golfstinks, not a stinky golfer was stirring on the course or the links

The clubs rest in their bag all clean and nice, in hopes that Jack Nicklaus would give some advice

The four stinky golfers nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of zero handicaps danced in their heads

And Tom in his onesie with feety’s and a cap, had just settled in for his quick disco nap

With an old persimmons driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a minute it must be Jack Nick

More rapid than eagles his courses he did claim, and he whistled and shouted…dude, this guy had game

Now Greg, now Chris, now Tom, now Pete…You have a long way to go before me you can beat

I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight…Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Happy New Year Golfers! Here’s 50 Bucks…

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From time to time throughout the year, we here at the Golf Stinks blog will take a moment to thank our fans for all their support – and this is another such occasion.

This time around, we’d like to express our gratitude by running a $50/$50 New Year’s Eve giveaway through our Facebook page! Here’s how it works:

On New Year’s Eve at 11:59 PM, we will pick one NEW fan (anyone who became a Golfstinks Facebook fan since 12/1/10) to win a $50 gift card to Golf Galaxy!

But what about all of you who were fans before December? Well, that’s where the 50/50 part comes in! Whoever referred the first winner will ALSO win a $50 gift card to Golf Galaxy!

That’s right, we’re giving away TWO $50 gift cards! We thought this would be a great way to welcome new fans while rewarding our long-time fans! So start telling your golfing buddies to “like” the Golfstinks Facebook page ASAP – the more friends you refer, the greater your chances of winning! But hurry, we’ll be posting the winners on our Facebook page on December 31, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST!

Click HERE to become a new fan (hit “like”) or start referring your friends (hit “suggest to friends”)!

Thanks again, good luck and Happy New Year!
-Golfstinks Team

Cry Me A River…All The Way To The Bank.

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Not too long ago I wrote about Mr. Woods and his public apology via an editorial HERE. We discussed how he has to stay in the lime-light no matter what. Well, here’s another boost there Tiger ol’ pal.

“NEW YORK (AP) – Tiger Woods’ humbling return to the public eye, from his televised confession to a winless season on the golf course, was voted the sports story of the year by members of The Associated Press.

There were 176 ballots submitted from U.S. news organizations that make up the AP’s membership. The voters were asked to rank the top 10 sports stories of the year, with the first-place story getting 10 points, the second-place story receiving nine points, and so on.

The Woods saga received 1316 points, with the Saints’ title getting 1215 and the NBA free agency frenzy coming in third with 1085.”

Unbelievable, sports story of the year. Let me get this straight; he cheats on his wife (a couple dozen times) and is served divorce papers. On top of that he didn’t win anything this year and he gets an award for this? Sports story of the year! I mean really, the AP couldn’t find a high school that overcame the odds and won a state championship or something that people will say “Wow, what a great story!”? WTF!

I understand it was a big story but…jeez…New Orleans gets destroyed, they rebuild and the first season back the Saints bring home a much needed Super Bowl trophy. Doing so they bring widespread joy and raise the morale a bit. That sounds like a “Sports Story of the Year” kind of story.

It looks like Mr. Woods truly is a natural born winner. Even when he loses he wins…and I’m not hating on the guy because of this. My problem is that he is a role model to kids and the press needs to be careful. I could just imagine some of his younger fans. “Mom, Dad look! Tiger got ‘Sports Story of the Year.’ Do you think one day I will get it too for being like him?”

Hit’em long…yell Fore!

For the complete story from Sports Illustrated click HERE.

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