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Tiger Woods In Serious LA Car Crash; Multiple Injuries!

Tiger Woods' vehicle sustained major damage in a serious auto accident this morning in the Los Angeles neighborhood near Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes.

Woods was reportedly the only passenger in the vehicle at the time of the crash. 

The cause of the accident is not known. Police are investigating. Woods reportedly had to be removed from the car by the "jaws of life" mechanism. 

Woods' agent Mark Steinberg released a statement following the crash.

"Tiger Woods was in a single-car accident this morning in California where he suffered multiple leg injuries. He is currently in surgery and we thank you for your privacy and support," Steinberg said.

This morning @LMTLASD responded to a roll-over collision in which @TigerWoods was injured. Please see our statement... pic.twitter.com/cSWOxKZC1w

— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) February 23, 2021

This morning @LMTLASD responded to a roll-over collision in which @TigerWoods was injured. Please see our statement... pic.twitter.com/cSWOxKZC1w

— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) February 23, 2021

Remembering A Sports Legend, American Hero

Golfing great, American patriot and US sports legend Arnold Palmer has died at age 87.

Palmer was a truly gracious and charismatic sports hero who captivated not just golf players and fans but the entire nation with his charm, his grace and his sportsmanlike manner. He was also a hugely successful businessman and irrepressible public figure. Few icons have remained so enduringly beloved as this man.

Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) an American professional golfer, is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in professional golf history. He won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. Nicknamed "The King", he was one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer, because he was the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.

Palmer's social impact on behalf of golf was perhaps unrivaled among fellow professionals; his humble background and plain-spoken popularity helped change the perception of golf as an elite, upper-class pastime to a more democratic sport accessible to middle and working classes. Palmer is part of "The Big Three" in golf during the 1960s, along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, who are widely credited with popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world.

Palmer won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, and in 1974 was one of the 13 original inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

When A Photo Really DOES Say It All . . .

Obama's 150th Golf Game: To Hell With It All!

From the Washington Times:

President Obama’s approval ratings may be stuck in a sand trap, but that has not deterred him from sticking to his weekly round of golf. After teeing off on Saturday at the private course in Florida where the film “Caddy Shack” was filmed, Mr. Obama hit the milestone number of 150 golf rounds in less than five years in the White House.
The Secret service loaded Mr. Obama’s golf clubs bag emblazoned with the presidential seal into the motorcade Saturday morning to head to the private Grande Oaks Golf Club. Sporting a blue polo shirt with tan slacks and a cap, he spent five hours on the private course with former NBA star Alonzo Mourning, friend Cyrus Walker and former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.

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'The Art Of Golf' Opens In Philadelphia March 16

From March 16 through July 7, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present The Art of Golf, an exhibition devoted to the artistic representation of the sport that will showcase The Golfers, a renowned 1847 painting by Scottish painter Charles Lees. Installed in the Museum’s British period rooms, this exhibition will demonstrate the fascinating interrelationship of art and sport in Victorian Britain. The presentation will coincide with the centennial of the U.S. Open Championship, which will be hosted in June at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, PA.

A pupil of Sir Henry Raeburn, Edinburgh’s finest portrait painter of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Lees painted The Golfers to record a memorable match played at St. Andrews in Scotland. The work is widely considered to be his masterpiece and the greatest painting devoted to this subject. Upon completion, Lees’s seven-foot-wide canvas was engraved and copies of the print sold briskly in Edinburgh, attesting to the wide popularity of the sport and the celebrity of its key figures.

Lent by the National Galleries of Scotland, this remarkable painting focuses on a critical moment of play at St. Andrews. Four principal players stand at the heart of the action, surrounded by more than fifty spectators, each of whom is an identifiable nineteenth-century golfer, enthusiast, or authority on the sport. Charming anecdotal figures such as the “ginger beer girl” standing near the right edge of the scene and the fashionable group conversing on the left reflect Lees’s skillful use of small details to convey nuances of character and behavior. They further suggest the public engagement and spectacle associated with such sporting matches.

Lees made a number of meticulous studies for this painting—several of which are included in the exhibition—and invited some of the principal figures depicted in it to model for him. A carbon print by Scottish photographers Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill helped the artist capture the poses of the key players. Also on view in the exhibition are portraits, oil sketches, an historic feather golf ball jacketed in bull’s hide, a silver trophy, antique Scottish clubs of ram’s horn, leather, and wood, and colorful attire that authentically recalls Victorian life on the famed Old Course at St. Andrews.

Among other highlights is Lees’s portrait of Allan Robertson clad in a red coat, dating to about 1844. Robertson was considered one of the first professional golfers and an expert maker of feathery balls, including the one on view in the exhibition. An imposing portrait of Tom Morris, Sr., by Sir George Reid is also on display. Morris rose from the streets of St. Andrews to become Robertson’s apprentice as a feathery ball maker and, after becoming his partner, the two were known as “The Invincibles” of the sport. Morris is also credited with having designed the first and eighteenth holes on the Old Course.

The Old Course itself evolved over several centuries and is depicted in the exhibition from nineteenth- and twentieth-century perspectives. In a 1929 scene, fashionable young women carrying clubs and wearing attractive bobs and hats embark on a grand day out. Like a modern promotional poster, it carries the words “St Andrews Welcomes You,” reflecting the town’s emergence as a favored destination for golf enthusiasts the world over.

“This exhibition opens a vista onto a very particular kind of painting, one that celebrates the skill, passion, and achievement that are the hallmarks of this great game. It also brings to Philadelphia the most important golf painting in the world,” said Timothy Rub, The George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ”We are delighted to be able to present this exhibition when the attention of the world will be focused on the U.S. Open, played on the occasion of its 100th anniversary on one of this country’s finest golf courses.”

The Art of Golf is supported by NBC Sports, PNC Bank, SAP, Michael Murr, Edward D. Slevin, Ernest L. Ransome III, Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Tallent, and other generous individuals. The exhibition is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, in collaboration with the National Galleries of Scotland. A larger presentation of the exhibition was shown at the High Museum of Art and traveled to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Where Was Obama When These Things Happened?

Where was Obama when Nashville flooded, when thousands lost their homes and Opryland was devastated? 

Where was he when 158 people were killed in the Joplin, Missouri tornado and in other parts of the midwest? 

Where was he during the gulf oil spill and how long did it take him to respond? In the midst of the deepest economic crisis of our lifetime, do you remember when he told people NOT to go to Las Vegas? 

And where oh where was he when four brave Americans were slaughtered on American soil in Libya? You know the answers: golfing, vacationing, bloviating, hobnobbing with celebrities, celebrating himself, campaigning or maybe simply watching and giving orders not to respond, not to defend, not to help. 

Don't be fooled, America.

Obama Lays Wreath, Then Golfs In 95-Degree Heat

President Obama took some time out to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and to meet briefly with families of those killed in battle but then it was back to the golf course yesterday (Memorial Day) for the President's 70th round of gold during his presidency, his 12th round this year and his ninth weekend in a row of golfing with golfing buddies junior White House staffer Ben Finkenbinder, White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, and Energy Department staffer David Katz.
It was 95 degrees outside in Washington and the heat index meant it felt like almost 100. But that didn't deter Obama. He was at in in the scorching heat at the Fort Belvoir Golf Course.
According to veteran White House reporter Keith Koffler "the decision to golf on Memorial Day invites comparison with President George W. Bush, who gave up the game early in his presidency and said he did it out of respect for the families of those killed in Iraq."

But hey, Obama makes his own rules.
The One (as Oprah refers to him) stands alone.
And the heat never bothers "Mr Cool" anyway.

Tiger's New Girlfriend: Here She Is!

Tiger Woods has a new girlfriend.
And yes, she's blonde, young and beautiful.
The New York Post and Radar Online report that Woods and Alyse Lahti Johnston, 22, a student at Northwood University in Ohio, have been seeing each other for several weeks and that Johnston, whose biological father is former Cardinals pitcher Jeff Lahti, was introduced to Woods by her stepfather, Alistair Johnston.

ALYSE LAHTI JOHNSTON

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/woods_scores_new_blonde_QSAQxNt5qjCEJIASzjRYAK#ixzz1HB3QDyDN

Obama's Shamelessly Recreational Presidency

Some graphs from Dana Milbank's exceptionally insightful piece at the Washington Post:
"You must always remember that the president is about 6."
This advice was offered more than 100 years ago by a British friend of Teddy Roosevelt's. The nation has matured since then, and so has the presidency. Now the president is about 12.
While President Obama's wife and younger daughter were conducting international relations in Majorca on Sunday with Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, the commander in chief was at home hosting a fantasy camp for himself. He and his buddies had a birthday weekend barbecue and basketball game with LeBron James, Alonzo Mourning, Magic Johnson and other legends of the sport.
The day before, it was a four-hour golf outing for Obama and the boys. On Monday, he hosted the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints at the White House and talked about his own exploits on the gridiron last year with Saints quarterback Drew Brees. "He tossed me a nice tight spiral that I then lateraled to a kid on [Dallas Cowboys linebacker] DeMarcus Ware's shoulders," the president recalled. "I also want to point out I beat [Pittsburgh Steelers safety] Troy Polamalu over the middle on that throw." Obama turned to Brees. "You remember?"
Boys will be boys -- even if they're presidents. . . .
Read the full story at the Washington Post.

America's Most Hated Athlete: Your Choice

Your votes are in for America's most hated athlete.

We asked you to pick among the Ten Most Hated Athletes as identified in a recent national list.

We wanted your take -- who is the MOST hated among these ten?

And the result wasn't even close.

You told us that America's most hated athlete is pet-unfriendly football player Michael Vick. Thirty percent of you identified Vick as your first choice.

Behind Vick (with 20% of the votes) was Tiger Woods.

Here's how the rest stacked up:

Ben Roethlisberger - 17%

Jerry Jones - 10%

Terrell Owens - 10%

Al Davis - 7%

Alex Rodriguez - 2%

Mark McGwire - 2%

Interestingly enough, Allen Iverson and Gilbert Arenas didn't get any votes. So, you found them to be not hated at all.

Dubious "congratulations" to Michael Vick!

Which Athlete Do You Hate The Most?

Michael Vick, Ben Roethlisberger, Tiger Woods and, yes, Alex Rodriguez, made the Top 10 of Forbes' Most Disliked People in Sports for 2010.
But which athlete do you dislike the most?
We've listed the ten most hated athletes on Forbes' list at the top right corner of this page.
And now we're asking you: Who do you hate the most?
You can only pick one. Just one.
Take our poll. Vote now.
Grrrrr . . . show us some teeth!

Commenting On Tiger Affair on CBS 3

You can watch my appearance on CBS 3 news earlier tonight night by clicking here.
Watch closely. It's ever so brief.

From CBS 3:
After making his first public statement in months on Friday, golfer Tiger Woods is expected to head back to rehab, reportedly for sex addiction.
Woods said he was in therapy and it has been reported that it is for sex addiction.
Experts say therapy for a sex addiction is long and complicated. On Friday, Woods said he was committed to getting better.
Experts watching the Woods' statement on Friday felt he was sincere.
"I think this was a critical first step and it was very full. It came across as a complete contrition," public relations expert Dan Cirucci said.
Woods reportedly had a series of mistresses.

Tamed Tiger's Contrition: Will It Hold?

We have a saying in public relations: "A setback is nothing more than a setup for a comeback."
Today, Tiger Woods set the stage for his comeback.
No, he's not ready for his closeup -- not quite yet.
But, pending good behavior he could be fully rehabilitated and back in living rooms all over the country faster than you can say "hole in one."
Was Woods' news conference a perfect performance? Hardly.
Tiger looked puffy and somewhat weary. He certainly did not look like the Tiger we've come to know -- the one shilling for Accenture and Buick and Nike and Tag Heuer.
And at times, Tiger's defensive and vaguely arrogant side seemed visible; like when he chastised the media for following his wife and kids.
Yo, Tiger -- We can understand some sense of protectiveness regarding your family but you should have thought of their well-being before your first sexual escapade. Certainly, this is no time to goad (or blame) the media.
Also, Tiger seemed hopelessly scripted at times, especially when he looked intently, straight into the camera every time he said "I let you down" or "I'm sorry."
And let's not forget that he refused to accept any questions while whole performance was tightly controlled.
But overall, Tiger performed well today.
He did what he had to do.
His contrition seemed full and complete.
He spoke like a man who really has been in therapy, who honestly learned something from it and who wants to get back to it and learn more.
He was credible.
The American public is, if nothing else, compassionate. For the most part, we are a forgiving lot. And we aren't into knocking a guy when he's down.
Tiger came down today. Way down.
He humbled himself.
When a judge takes an oath of office he is sworn in for the life of his term or "so long as he shall behave himself."
This is Tiger's challenge now.
He must behave himself from here on in.
It won't be easy.
But the public will not deny him this chance to set things right. They'll cut him some slack. They want him to succeed.
We want him to succeed because we love a comeback.
And yes, if he does succeed he could come back bigger than ever.