Tiger Woods on Jimmy Fallon
From: http://progolftalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/17/did-tiger-earn-points-for-taking-jabs-from-jimmy-fallon/related
It was quite intriguing that Tiger Woods would make his first talk show appearance since his divorce last summer on a late night comedy program. The prior, friendly, video game-based relationship with Jimmy Fallon aside, Woods had to feel certain that a shot was coming at some point.
It did - for about 90 seconds in the interview segment of Woods’ appearance, before the pair and guest Amy Poehler played the video game with Woods’ name (but not image) on it.
“From a comedian’s standpoint and my monologue writers’, thank you so much” Fallon said. “We laughed at your pain. I mean, not even making jokes — it kind of wrote itself. I mean, balls, shaft, holes, foursomes… It really writes itself. I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you.”
This is not the first time Woods has taken jabs in a public forum. In Australia last fall, Woods appeared with beleaguered cricket player Shane Warne on a nationally televised program. Warne took a shot at Woods, saying, “I think we have a little bit in common probably. We play a lot of golf.”
Tiger Woods replied in-kind with a clever retort, “I’ve always wanted to hear some of the stories about [Warne]…on the cricket pitch.”
That moment was a rare one for Tiger, perhaps made easier by the fact that the American press were less likely to parse his words for meaning.
Woods’ father, Earl, taught him to be respectful of the people who ask him questions, but to only answer the question asked – no more, no less. It’s why Woods said just about nothing to Fallon after the awkward almsgiving to the golfer for being a national joke for over a year. A question wasn’t answered, so Woods simply nodded his head and laughed.
What was he to do? Look mad? He did it to himself – all of it. The divorce, the swing change. It’s all on him and he knows it.
Woods also knows that he will be taking shots like that for the remainder of his professional career. Until he becomes an elder statesman of the sport and the natural course of revising history in a favorably tinge for our beloved athletes, this is a way of life.
So, for Tiger Woods to sit there and take a couple of minutes of awkward commentary, it’s no big deal. The big deal for Woods is getting his game back. It’s the only way Woods will be able to win back fans that had lost faith in him as a person – to prove to them he is a champion in something else.
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It was quite intriguing that Tiger Woods would make his first talk show appearance since his divorce last summer on a late night comedy program. The prior, friendly, video game-based relationship with Jimmy Fallon aside, Woods had to feel certain that a shot was coming at some point.
It did - for about 90 seconds in the interview segment of Woods’ appearance, before the pair and guest Amy Poehler played the video game with Woods’ name (but not image) on it.
“From a comedian’s standpoint and my monologue writers’, thank you so much” Fallon said. “We laughed at your pain. I mean, not even making jokes — it kind of wrote itself. I mean, balls, shaft, holes, foursomes… It really writes itself. I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you.”
This is not the first time Woods has taken jabs in a public forum. In Australia last fall, Woods appeared with beleaguered cricket player Shane Warne on a nationally televised program. Warne took a shot at Woods, saying, “I think we have a little bit in common probably. We play a lot of golf.”
Tiger Woods replied in-kind with a clever retort, “I’ve always wanted to hear some of the stories about [Warne]…on the cricket pitch.”
That moment was a rare one for Tiger, perhaps made easier by the fact that the American press were less likely to parse his words for meaning.
Woods’ father, Earl, taught him to be respectful of the people who ask him questions, but to only answer the question asked – no more, no less. It’s why Woods said just about nothing to Fallon after the awkward almsgiving to the golfer for being a national joke for over a year. A question wasn’t answered, so Woods simply nodded his head and laughed.
What was he to do? Look mad? He did it to himself – all of it. The divorce, the swing change. It’s all on him and he knows it.
Woods also knows that he will be taking shots like that for the remainder of his professional career. Until he becomes an elder statesman of the sport and the natural course of revising history in a favorably tinge for our beloved athletes, this is a way of life.
So, for Tiger Woods to sit there and take a couple of minutes of awkward commentary, it’s no big deal. The big deal for Woods is getting his game back. It’s the only way Woods will be able to win back fans that had lost faith in him as a person – to prove to them he is a champion in something else.
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