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Phil Mickelson calumny in GQ: Print sales lagging, huh?

Friday February 3, 2006 | 10:28:30 205 words, 1741 views
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If you want to read the GQ article, I’ll give you a link at the end. In the meantime, Let’s remember who is calling whom what. Professional golfers are not noted for their selflessness. Nor for that matter are professional athletes. Gandhi wasn’t a pro, but he was a heck of a man … same goes for Mother Theresa, except she was a woman. People who dedicate themselves to singular pursuits are bound to anger many, especially those who have the same pursuits.

I do love the nickname FIGJAM (read about it in the article.) I know quite a few FIGJAMs in my world … heck, I might even be one. However, the ultimate publicity stunt crap about Phil and his family is so lame, it borders on calumny. As hard a time as Phil and the family had with their most recent pregnancy and birth, you would think that people might lay off.

My guess is that the magazine wanted a golfer to write about, and if he/she was someone famous, so much the better. They got Phil, and rode that horse to the finish line. I can’t speak for the fisherman or the NASCAR dude, but Phil got a raw deal.

Here’s the link.

Comments:

Comment from: Justin [Visitor]
Phil's a two-faced jerk, the sooner you and all his other round faced, pie-eating dopey fans realize that the better off we will all be.
Permalink 02/03/06 @ 12:27
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member] Email
Round-faced? See that carved profile? Please! Pie? Sure, I like a slice every now and then, but I will tell you that he is in better shape than you, is probably a better father than you, and that is all that matters to him and his family. Unless he has wronged you personally, what right have you to call him a "two-faced jerk?" Shame, shame, shame!
Permalink 02/03/06 @ 14:43
Comment from: parseval [Visitor]
I wouldn't go about insulting other people myself but I really think Phil is two-faced and that the sooner golf fans realise he is only playing up for the cameras the better. I have also noticed he goes around trying to be the chosen one and yet he is not as good a golfer as Vijay not to talk of you know who!
Permalink 02/03/06 @ 22:44
Comment from: Andrew [Visitor]
Not as good a golfer as Vijay- please.......
As for two faced, if he really was that bad a guy, why would he take so much time signing autographs every day and also contribute significantly to various charities, not just with money but with his own time?
Permalink 02/04/06 @ 05:08
Comment from: Jim COULTHARD [Visitor]
Funny, reading Travel golf I would have thought that Michelle Wie was the most hated athlete in the world. Certanly the most hated golfer.
Permalink 02/04/06 @ 19:46

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