tiger woods fart
Two days after the fact, and controversy still lingers over Tiger Woods famous "fart" on the 18th fairway of the 2009 Buick Open. But was it real or a practical joke played by a someone in the gallery?
CBS has been pulling the videos down off of YouTube as quickly as they are uploaded, and as of this writing this is the highest quality video out there.
On first pass through the video, it looks like Tiger is trying to work out a kink in his gastrointestinal tract, leading up to a massive ripper that causes he and caddy Steve Williams to share a laugh. Given how long these guys stay out on the course, and the types of foods they ingest to maintain their energy levels, it is easy to believe that someone could accidentally "let one get away" while trying to discreetly fart.
Here's what would make sense: it's a practical joke, perpetrated by a fan in the raucus gallery at the very last Buick Open to be played at Warwick Hills. Tiger is stretching out his legs, yes. And as he is just getting to the bag, someone in the gallery squeezes off a massive whoopee cushion.
Tiger and Stevie immediately begin laughing, and Tiger even laughingly states, "Are you serious?"
Watch the video and see where Tiger and Stevie's eyes shoot to as soon as the sound erupts: it's off camera, and to the right. Off camera, and to the right: proving that there was one perpetrator, outside the ropes.
Here's what Foxnews is claiming: it's David Feherty. Seriously. Feherty has a microphone on, and he's a notorious jokester. All you have to do is see the video of Feherty calling Woods "A loser" after Woods' loss at Quail Hollow this year (and Woods laughing about it) to know that Feherty and Woods have a great relationship. Something like this makes complete sense, and probably happens more often than we ever get to peek behind the velvet curtain and find out about.
More sense, anyways, than the proportions this story has grown to. Fartgate has become the biggest golf news story since Woods won the U.S. Open, but only for the golf blogs. Mainstream media seem to be shying away from it, with an unusual show of decorum and taste.
Initially, I thought the incident was just indicative of how rowdy and partying the crowds can be at Warwick Hills, and how good a time everyone was having at the Buick Open's farewell party. Once Tiger birdied the 16th hole and sealed the win, he started laughing and interacting with the crowd. Tiger went so far as to throw his ball to the crowd after his putt on #17, a rare act of coming out of his "zone" mid-round.
The fart incident seemed to be the illogical culmination of a special week of golf, and the final hurrah of a tournament that has offered 51 years of stellar golf. Thanks to Tiger Woods' epic comeback, the Buick Open was able to go out with a bang. Thanks to someone's most well-timed expulsion of wind ever, it will be remembered for going out with a poot.
Two days after the fact, and controversy still lingers over Tiger Woods famous "fart" on the 18th fairway of the 2009 Buick Open. But was it real or a practical joke played by a someone in the gallery?
CBS has been pulling the videos down off of YouTube as quickly as they are uploaded, and as of this writing this is the highest quality video out there.
On first pass through the video, it looks like Tiger is trying to work out a kink in his gastrointestinal tract, leading up to a massive ripper that causes he and caddy Steve Williams to share a laugh. Given how long these guys stay out on the course, and the types of foods they ingest to maintain their energy levels, it is easy to believe that someone could accidentally "let one get away" while trying to discreetly fart.
Here's what would make sense: it's a practical joke, perpetrated by a fan in the raucus gallery at the very last Buick Open to be played at Warwick Hills. Tiger is stretching out his legs, yes. And as he is just getting to the bag, someone in the gallery squeezes off a massive whoopee cushion.
Tiger and Stevie immediately begin laughing, and Tiger even laughingly states, "Are you serious?"
Watch the video and see where Tiger and Stevie's eyes shoot to as soon as the sound erupts: it's off camera, and to the right. Off camera, and to the right: proving that there was one perpetrator, outside the ropes.
Here's what Foxnews is claiming: it's David Feherty. Seriously. Feherty has a microphone on, and he's a notorious jokester. All you have to do is see the video of Feherty calling Woods "A loser" after Woods' loss at Quail Hollow this year (and Woods laughing about it) to know that Feherty and Woods have a great relationship. Something like this makes complete sense, and probably happens more often than we ever get to peek behind the velvet curtain and find out about.
More sense, anyways, than the proportions this story has grown to. Fartgate has become the biggest golf news story since Woods won the U.S. Open, but only for the golf blogs. Mainstream media seem to be shying away from it, with an unusual show of decorum and taste.
Initially, I thought the incident was just indicative of how rowdy and partying the crowds can be at Warwick Hills, and how good a time everyone was having at the Buick Open's farewell party. Once Tiger birdied the 16th hole and sealed the win, he started laughing and interacting with the crowd. Tiger went so far as to throw his ball to the crowd after his putt on #17, a rare act of coming out of his "zone" mid-round.
The fart incident seemed to be the illogical culmination of a special week of golf, and the final hurrah of a tournament that has offered 51 years of stellar golf. Thanks to Tiger Woods' epic comeback, the Buick Open was able to go out with a bang. Thanks to someone's most well-timed expulsion of wind ever, it will be remembered for going out with a poot.
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