Tiger Explains Why He Will Break Your Neck for Snapping His Photo Mid-Backswing

March 31, 2008

Filed under: Golf, ESPN, PGA

First of all, I want to applaud ESPN’s Dana Jacobson for making it through this interview without cracking up. Or worse, raising her fist and cursing Jesus for all his magnificence and splendor.

Second, I want to applaud Tiger Woods for making it through this interview without calling Jacobson a “jackass” or threatening to break her neck.

Seriously, I love the fact that Jacobson gives Woods an opportunity to apologize for his expletive-laden tirade at last weekend’s CA Championship and he instead chooses to laugh it off. Like he’s the only guy cursing on the PGA Tour.

Look, golf is a professional sport where athletes are competing at a pretty high level. If networks are worried about Eldrick dropping a few f-bombs, here’s a radical idea: don’t have a mike in his face from the time he steps on the first tee until he putts out on 18.

Just thinking outside the box here.

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