By Bob Harig The highly anticipated start to the 2013 season for Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods had both players wishing they could hit the snooze button at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.
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McIlroy (+3) struggles, Tiger (even) in debut
By Bob Harig The highly-anticipated start to the 2013 season for Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods had both players wishing they could hit the snooze button at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at ESPN Headlines
Tiger, McIlroy didn't shoot Nike ad together
By Bob Harig The Nike Golf commercial that was to debut Wednesday featuring Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy was shot last year in Southern California with neither player there at the same time.
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Nike's Match Play: Why Rory McIlroy's Impact Will Be Less Than Tiger's
By Patrick Rishe, Contributor Rory's Story: Win Tournaments at Young Age, Becoming Nike's New Sponsorship Darling SYNOPSIS Novelty and ethnicity are two central reasons why, as great as Rory McIlroy is, he will never have the economic or social impact upon the golf industry that Tiger Woods had when he burst onto the scene over 15 […]
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Tiger Woods Acts as Competitive Big Brother to Rory McIlroy in New Nike Commercial
By Lance Madden, Forbes Staff Rory McIlroy has joined Nike Golf || Credit: Nike Golf Call it co-branding or double teaming. Call it riding the wave or the passing of the torch. Whatever you call it, make sure you call the friendly competition between new endorser Rory McIlroy and long-time face of Nike Golf, Tiger Woods, […]
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Rory McIroy Joins Highest-Paid Athletes After Blockbuster Nike Deal
By Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff Rory McIlroy officially became a member of the Nike family Monday in an endorsement deal worth more than $100 million. He still lags Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson among the sport’s top earners.
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Shameful Self-Righteousness
By Jens F. Laurson and George Pieler, Contributor This article was originally published on March 6, 2010. Among the most pathetic rituals in contemporary culture, just short of the mass-market televised private apologia for personal failings (Mark Sanford, Eliot Spitzer, Tiger Woods) is the compulsory appearance before Congress. It invokes a modern-day Walk to Canossa, but without the ratings […]
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Goes Technicolor
What do sepia tones and ’70’s Technicolor have to do with the Tiger Woods PGA Tour golf franchise? Plenty in 2013, it turns out, thanks to Tiger 14’s new Legends of the Masters mode, where you take your created golfer through a timeline that dates from the 1930s through today.
“It starts you back at the dawn of golf and takes you up through the current day,” says EA Tiburon producer Mike DeVault.
It’s not unlike last year’s Tiger Challenge mode. You’ll start in the ’30s with Bobby Jones and continue forward to face off in scenarios based on actual championships from each era against the likes of Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and the 2001 (read: pre-knee injury, pre-Thanksgiving night car crash) version of Tiger Woods himself.
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Nicklaus: McIlroy's success helpful for Woods
By Bob HarigJack Nicklaus is looking forward to seeing how Rory McIlroy progresses in 2013, and he believes his emergence will be good for Tiger Woods.
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