My tweet to Doug Ferguson

I love ragging on Doug, but he handled this one perfectly.

 

That's great news valuin' right there!

 

Ferguson has gone way, way over the top with Woods before, but this is definitely not one of those times.

 

If "thanks for responding" counts as kicking it around a couple of times, then you definitely set him straight. Mission accomplished.

 

everybody at the local course today was talking about adam scott's performance yesterday. no they weren't.

 

Go out to the mall and ask 100 random people who Adam Scott is. I bet 10 at best know. Then ask who Tiger Woods is. I bet less than 10 DON'T know who he is. Tiger is a huge story this week given he's unquestionably the biggest name in golf and is finally returning to the game helped explode in popularity the last 15 years. In a month, that might not be the case but it's the biggest story in golf on Day 1 of the tournament.

 

The issue isn't Tiger's golf. It's the comeback, or attempted comeback. It's the ongoing soap opera. And people who don't think that's the biggest story this week or next don't know flip about story judgement.

 

And I don't think Fergie has ever gone over the top on Tiger. He's done his job and written what every sports editor in the country wants.

 

Should have stopped while you were ahead.

 

Yeah. I usually want to know what Tiger did, but not quite as much as Ferguson wants us to know what Tiger did.

 

Tiger should have been the lead, but let's not get too carried away here. What is he really returning from? Missing two months with a sore Achilles? BFD. It was one thing when he came back from sex rehab. That was a huge story. This? Just the latest in what I'm certain will be a long line of "This time, Tiger is back and as good as new!" stories we'll be reading for the next five years.