A lot of comparisons between football and golf have been made over the years, things like; the overachieving, lying, cheating, overpaid , shagging spoilt gobshits versus the gentile, respectable, sporting golfers. However this week both sports were full of apologies this week.
Ashley Cole and Ryan Bertrand made grovelling apologies after both Chelsea stars took to Twitter to air their grievances with foul-mouth rants. The FA took the decision to give the pair slap on the wrists after they said sorry.
Roy Hodgson was full of apologies for telling a tube train full of passengers that Rio Ferdinand's international career was effectively over without telling the Man United player first. You would have though Rio new that after being rejected for the European Championships and the fact that he past his best form.
In the world of golf, Tiger Woods was saying sorry to his Ryder Cup debutant teammates for his dismal performance of the weekend in which Europe regained their trophy.
Later on in the week the president of the Turkish Golf Federation apologised for head-butting a journalist. Mr Ahmet Agaoglu delivered the Glasgow kiss while escorting Tiger Woods to the first tee. Woods may be called as a witness if the case goes to court, but that won't be the first Tiger has been in the box.
The tournament has been a PR disaster following the head butt saga; Justin Rose wasn't the organisers first choice as the winner, or second, or third; and Rory McIlroys performance was dismal. Last week the Northern Irishman nearly never turned up on the final day of the Ryder Cup. This week he never turned up at all. Or at least he wishes he never.
The Turkish Airlines World Golf final was held to promote the addition of the Turkish Open to the European calendar from 2013. World War 3 should well and truly be underway by then so the organisers might wish to erect similar signs that donned the Richmond Golf Club during the Second World War.
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