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Friday, October 06, 2006

Tiger Woods

Last week I went to the Grove golf course near Watford to watch Tiger Woods. There was a golf tournament going on as well of course, or at least I think that's what those other players were doing walking around with stern expressions looking much smaller than they do on TV. But like many other spectators the point of the whole thing for me was to watch Tiger Woods play golf, not to watch golf. I crouched awkwardly on steep embankments, got three holes ahead of him to wait at the front of the ropes and loved every second of the experience.

Tiger Woods Live is not smaller than he looks on TV. He is immense in his concentration, guile and focus. Physical and psychological power radiates from him like no athlete I have ever seen up close in person. French rugby back Thomas Castaignede wrote about his experience following Tiger on the same day as "a masterclass no sportsman should miss". Dan Bern, an American folk singer in the spirit of Woody Guthrie with the satirical wit of Lenny Bruce, penned a tribute song to Woods way back in 1998 when Tiger was not yet number one in the world.

Sometimes I wish I was Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods
Sometimes I wish I was Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods

If certain girls don't look at you
It means that they like you a lot
If other girls don't look at you
It just means they're ignoring you
How can you know, how can you know?
Which is which, who's doing what?
I guess that you can ask 'em
Which one are you baby?
Do you like me or are you ignoring me?
Do you like me or are you ignoring me?
Do you like me or are you ignoring me?
And all you need to do that
Is one good pair of big balls
Balls as big as grapefruits
Balls as big as pumpkins
Balls as big as mine

But even though my balls are big
Sometimes i wish they were bigger
Even bigger
Big as the wheels on tractors
Big as the golden arches
Big as the Golden Gate Bridge
Big as the state of Kansas
Big as Mars and Jupiter
Big as the swing in Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods

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