Posted on behalf of Tony Pitts for your enjoymnet:-


Subject: Ernie Els' Opinion of Tiger

David Feherty:
'People have accused me of being so far up Tiger's ass that he can barely make a
full swing, but I maintain that he is a special person. There's no one else on
the planet who can do what he does or even think of doing what he does. I've
often thought, instead of showing Tiger's reaction to a shot he's hit, we really
should show the reaction of those around him.'

But here is the next best thing. 'I'm walking down the 18th fairway at Firestone
Country Club with Ernie Els and Tiger, who has popped up a three-wood about 40
yards behind Ernie into some wet, nasty, horrible, six-inch rough,' Feherty
says. 'Tiger's cursing and taking clumps out of Ohio with his three-wood...and,
of course, we're not showing this on TV because we want to be able to interview
him later.

Ernie and I walk past Tiger's ball, and it is truly buried.

Ernie is tied with Tiger and he's in the middle of the fairway. I'm standing
with Ernie and my microphone is open. Ken Venturi [in the CBS booth] sends it to
me and I say, 'Tiger's got 184 yards with two big red oaks overhanging the
green. He's got absolutely nothing. With a stick of dynamite and a sand wedge I
might be able to move this ball 50 yards'.

Steve Williams [Woods' caddie] tells me [with a hand signal] that he's using a
pitching wedge.'

'Tiger takes his swing. Every muscle in his body is flung at the ball. It looks
like he's torn his nut sack. The divot went as far as I could hit the ball. I've
got my microphone at my mouth thinking, what the hell was that! The ball sails
over the trees, lands behind the hole and backs up to about six feet from the
flag. I open my microphone and Ernie turns and says, 'Fuck me!'

(is that a northern "Fuuk" me i wonder???)

'My producer comes on in my earpiece and says, 'Was that Ernie?' I say yes. He
says, 'Fair enough.'

'I could have described that shot for 15 minutes and not done as good a job as
Ernie did with two words. This is one of the best players in the world talking,
and you wanna know how good Tiger is? Ask Ernie Els.'