Geoff Ogilvy Says Tigers Lack Of Effort In Interviews Fuels Cheating Speculation
Very interesting Golf Digest article written by Geoff Ogilvy about the Tiger Woods Brandel Chamblee affair. Ogilvy says golfers live in some kind of fantasy land with the all the pampering they get and the media are like family members are best friends whose job is to bring them back down to earth as it were.
Maybe tour players are just too spoiled. Because we are pampered in so many areas of our lives, we perhaps have unrealistic expectations when it comes to the media. In general we'd be better off not being so precious about what appears in print and on-screen. Our relationship with the media should be similar to what we have with our parents or closest friends: one where absolute frankness is best for all concerned. We all watch Golf Channel and read magazines like this one -- or at least I do -- in order to be more informed about what is going on in our little world. If that material is clouded by a need to give only a sanitized view, then the whole thing is failing in its intent.
And though Ogilvy starts the piece by wholeheartedly backing Tiger’s integrity and conduct on the course, he’s less than complimentary about the effort he puts into his interview technique and goes so far as to say Woods failure to make an effort in front of the microphone adds to the negative feeling and suspicion toward him.
It works both ways though. Much of what went on between Tiger and Brandel could have been avoided if Tiger would give open answers to questions -- "real" interviews, not just "nothing" interviews. Imagine how much clearer everything could have been if he had sat down after the Masters or the Players or the BMW Championship and run us through exactly what went on and what he was thinking. Not doing so only encouraged all kinds of rampant speculation and generally ill-informed conspiracy theories.
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