Phil Mushnick of the New York Post says Tiger Woods was persona non grata during NBC's coverage of his own golf tournament.
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Saturday, for the first time in his 13-year pro career, Tiger Woods
was deemed commercially unacceptable and/or inappropriate during a
golf telecast.
NBC's three-hour coverage of the World Challenge -- which was supposed
to be hosted by Woods -- did not include even one commercial starring
Woods. Normally, every break would include at least one.
Woods did twice appear, briefly, in a PGA Tour "image" ad.
Predictably, NBC made quick and polite work of Woods' absence. At the
top, host Dan Hicks, one of TV's many golf voices who helped build and
sell Woods' bogus, world's-finest-human image, said that Woods
"elected to withdraw," adding, "Just over a week ago, he was involved
in a car accident, so no Tiger Woods this year."
And that was that.
Yesterday, NBC opened with Hicks dutifully reading a statement from
Woods that profusely thanked the tournament's title sponsor, Chevron.
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hoser1605
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Oh c"mon. It wasn't the World Challenge, Lose your cred immediately