CBS Sports is all over the WGC-Match Play Championships in Arizona this weekend. I admit, I really don’t pay attention to this tournament, but there are people who do so here is what CBS is saying about it.
OGILVY, WESTWOOD, FURYK, McILROY, POULTER, GARCIA, ELS AMONG FIELDAT “WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP” THIS WEEKEND ON CBS SPORTSDefending champion *Geoff Ogilvy, Lee Westwood, Jim Furyk, Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els are among the world’s top players competing at the WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP this week as CBS Sports broadcasts the star-powered tournament on Saturday, Feb.20 and Sunday, Feb. 21 (2:00-6:00 PM, ET; both days), live from the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Dove Mountain, Ariz. CBS Sports will broadcast the semifinal matches on Saturday and the final and consolation matches on Sunday.Jim Nantz, 2009 National Sportscaster of the Year, his fifth overall, now in his 25th year covering golf for CBS, serves as anchor of CBS Sports’ golf coverage. Sir Nick Faldo, winner of six major championships and more than 40 tournaments worldwide, serves as lead analyst. Ian Baker Finch calls the action at the 17th hole and Gary McCord at the 16th hole. Peter Kostis and David Feherty serve as on-course reporters. Lance Barrow is Coordinating Producer and Steve Milton is Director of CBS Sports’ golf coverage. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.Ogilvy is in the hunt at the World Golf Championships: Accenture Match Play Championship where he has won two of the last four tournaments. Last year Ogilvy defeated Casey, 4 and 3, to improve his overall record to 17-2. In four previous starts in this tournament, Ogilvy has won 19 matches and lost only two. He first won in 2006 and was the runner-up to Henrik Stenson in 2007. For the second consecutive year, the 64 top-available players from the Official World Golf Ranking teed off in the single elimination tournament on Wednesday (17). In addition to Ogilvy, Westwood, Furyk, Casey, McIlroy, Poulter, Garcia and Els, the field includes Ryo Ishikawa, Martin Kaymer, Sean O’Hair, Retief Goosen, Stewart Cink, Camilo Villegas, Zach Johnson, Luke Donald, Mike Weir, Tim Clark, Adam Scott, Y.E. Yang, Nick Watney and Matt Kuchar.
And this is what the CBS Sports golf crew is saying about Tiger Woods’ apology.
CBS SPORTS GOLF ANALYSTS REACT TO TIGER WOODS APOLOGYNICK FALDO(On Tiger regaining the public’s trust with his statement): One of the things he said when he spoke about Elin is, it is not words, and it is actions. And I think that is the most important thing. He has to come out on tour and show everybody how he is and his whole demeanor to everybody. The bottom line is; he wants to be liked again. That will take a while. People form an opinion of somebody and it doesn’t matter what you do, whether you give them a million dollars to that person or tens of millions to charity…people can still…stick with the same opinion. It is going to take time. A long time I think for people to turn around and actually like him again.(On dealing with the media covering you family): You really don’t feel why your children should be sucked into this but that’s Hollywood isn’t it? Look at the paparazzi , they follow Tom Cruise and the Beckham’s everywhere…and want to take photos of the kids ….He is going to have to deal with that….He has changed his whole world. He had a wonderful world – and this is what I think it is hurting him. His whole world started in the parking lot at the course. Cameras were on him, how’s your day Tiger? And you go play golf and then he said goodbye…Now his world starts outside his hotel. It is different and as he said caused totally by himDAVID FEHERTYI’ve never seen him appear so vulnerable. There are a lot of people who wanted to hear a lot more. There are a lot of people who wanted to ask questions. But this is a private citizen. He is not a John Edward. The American public does not pay his wages. He didn’t have to do this. There is a sense of frustration among the media here that they didn’t get to ask those questions. I was very impressed with what he said. He has always been fiercely protective of his family…I have seem him turn thunderous in the face if anyone approaches them with anything less then respect. He said also that every one has reason to be critical, not everyone, we’re not perfect….we were all wondering here in the golf community when is he going to come back, it seems fairly clearly from this statement that he’s made that Elin Woods, who is an extraordinary woman. Anyone who had the privilege of being around her knew that before this happened. I think she’ll make that decision.IAN BAKER-FINCHAll in all he addressed every aspect of the entire situation and I thought extremely well. the only thing now we can all speculate on in the golfing world is when he will come back to play…My gut feeling is that he definitely won’t be back until he is ready to perform at a high level. If that takes a year that is when he’ll come back. If it takes 6 months that is when it will be.
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