KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – it was another wobbly weekend for Tiger Woods at a major championship.
Woods shot an even-par 72 on Sunday – after finishing a third-round 74 earlier in the day – and ended up 11 strokes behind winner Rory McIlroy at the PGA Championship.
It was a disappointing slide for Woods, who was tied for the lead after two rounds but is still trying for his first major title since 2008.
“The thing is, to keep putting myself there,” he said. “I'm not going to win them all and I haven't won them all, so I certainly have lost a lot more than I've won.”
Especially lately.
At Kiawah Island, his chance slipped away Saturday, when he bogeyed three of seven holes to start the third round before play was halted by rain.
“I came out with probably the wrong attitude (Saturday), and I was too relaxed, and tried to enjoy it, and that's not how I play,” Woods said. “I play full systems go, all out, intense, and that's how I won 14 of these things.”
His 15th major championship will have to wait at least until next year, even though he was in the mix yet again. In the U.S. Open this year, Woods finished 75-73 to go from a tie for the lead to a tie for 21st.
At the British Open last month, his final-round 73 left him tied for third. That was his worst round of the tournament.
At the PGA Championship, Woods returned to the course Sunday morning facing a 7-foot par putt on no. 8, which he promptly missed to drop another stroke behind. he rebounded later in his third round with birdies on Nos. 11 and 13, but the damage was done.
“You know how I am. I'm intense and I'm focused on what I'm doing and nothing else matters,” Woods said. “I got back to that today and I hit some really good shots and I played the way that I know I can play.”
Woods wasn't pleased with a drive on the par-4 15th. His club went sailing when he let go of it on the follow through, and the ball flew well to the right of the fairway, landing in a grassy, sandy area not too far from the beach.
He was able to recover, hitting a terrific shot to the green. he then came up limping for a few seconds before pulling what appeared to be some sort of prickly brush off the right leg of his pants.
Woods looked fine when he arrived at the green and two-putted for par.
“It got in both legs – well, left shoe, right shoe, and then in my right leg,” he said. “It itched like hell for about a hole, and it was fine.”
He finished the third round five strokes behind and was never a factor after that. McIlroy's final-round 66 had everyone else pretty much playing for second place, and Woods tied for 11th.
In the final round, Woods fell to his knees after barely missing a 20-foot eagle putt on the par-5 second hole. a tap-in birdie there and another birdie at no. 7 weren't nearly enough.
“I putted really well today – had the speed good,” he said. “Unfortunately, I just didn't give myself enough good looks.”
Woods went on to bogey both par 5s on the back nine while McIlroy pulled away to win by a tournament-record eight strokes.
“The key is putting myself there each and every time, and you know, I'll start getting them again,” Woods said. “We've got a lot of golf to be played the rest of the year, some big events coming up and the Ryder Cup at the end of it – so looking forward to that.”
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In winter, we indulge. we have an extra helping of dessert and pour chocolate sauce on it. we stay in bed an extra half hour, avoiding a run in the rain. we watch trashy television on cold nights. now is the season of comfort food and comfort viewing.
These are the shows that we know are bad while we’re watching and we know we’ll feel worse when they’re over but we can’t tear our eyes away.
America has channels devoted to these shows. on a recent trip to Los Angeles I caught Miss Advised, where three women who are “dating experts” in their careers are, ironically, unlucky in love.
and then there are shows so terrible they are cancelled after one episode. Like Who’s Your Daddy?, where an adopted woman had to pick her biological father out of a possible 25 men. if she got it right, she would win $100,000. if she got it wrong, the “imposter” dad she chose would get the loot.
and then there are those that are simply irresistable in their awfulness.
THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX
What: “Constructed reality” series about a group of 20-somethings living in the English county of Essex, just north of London. In the early 1990s, “Essex girls” gained a reputation for being stupid, shallow and of loose morals thanks to a circulating string of jokes. the reputation stuck, but the people of Essex were not dejected – instead they seemed to evolve into a new sub-species of human being for whom looking good was the only prerequisite. the only Way is Essex, aka TOWIE, premiered in Britain in 2010. It became a hit as soon as it launched and is now on its sixth season. Its “cast” – Lauren, mark, Sam, Arj, Amy et al – are now huge stars in Britain, and not a day goes by without at least one of them featuring on the Daily Mail’s website.
Why we hate it: We’re just not sure if these people are for real. and if they are, how much time do they spend maintaining their looks? All that fake tan, fake eyelashes, fake nails, fake boobs, fake hair must cost them a fortune and take hours of upkeep. how do they afford it? No-one ever seems to do any work. and why are they all so stupid? are there no schools in Essex? and why can’t they say ‘th” instead of “fa”? Grrr!
Why we love it: The sheer fascination with the banal lives of these vapid fools.
Returns to UKTV late August.
EMBARRASSING BODIES
What: Dubbed “medical pornography” on its Wikipedia page, this British show features people suffering horrible, unusual and downright disgusting medical complaints – things they have been so ashamed of they haven’t even seen a doctor. they go to the Embarrassing Bodies clinic and see Dr Dawn, Dr Christian or another of the clinic’s specialists and get their problem treated, changing their lives and their self- esteem in the process.
Why we hate it: These people have lived with their embarrassing ailment for years. They’ve been so embarrassed about it they have hidden it from their families, their friends, their loved ones. They’ve been too ashamed to see a doctor. so what’s the only logical explanation? Go on an internationally broadcast television show and have said embarrassing ailment discussed in graphic detail in front of cameras for millions of strangers to watch and laugh at. Makes absolutely no sense at all.
Why we love it: No matter how bad we think we have it, these people show it could be a lot worse.
Screening on TV2.
COME DINE WITH ME
What: A group of strangers take turns hosting a dinner party. they are expected to provide the entertainment, drinks and an edible three-course meal. After each evening, their guests give them a score based on whether they enjoyed themselves or not, and the winner gets a cash prize. It’s always a mixed bag, with awkward conversation, arguments and the odd guest who gets a bit silly. plus who could forget the episode where one contestant ordered her food, table and chairs from the restaurant across the road?
Why we hate it: It’s a gateway drug. It’s bad enough that the omnibus takes up two-and-a-half hours of a Saturday morning, but before you know it you’ll be watching House Guest – the same concept but here contestants pack their PJs to judge not only the cuisine but their experience staying overnight – and Coach Trip, where strangers ride around on a bus together and eliminate each other, couple by couple.
Why we love it: The worse the food and guests are, the better the episode. and we’re all thinking what that snarky narrator Dave Lamb is saying.
Screening on TV one and Food TV.
TEN YEARS YOUNGER
What: Women – whether ravaged by time or a lifelong diet of pies and pints – are put into the hands of Vicky Hambleton-Jones for a total body, hair, teeth and wardrobe overhaul.
Why we hate it: The plastic surgery scenes alone should carry a health warning, though most offensive to the eye are the clothes in which Hambleton-Jones dresses these fashion-challenged souls. Meanwhile, the way these women are paraded in public to have their age assessed by strangers is just plain mean – but if it’s the only way to get tens of thousands of dollars worth of self- improvements done for free, maybe it is a small price to pay.
Why we love it: Ten Years Younger offers the chance to give your own neuroses a healthy workout and put your relationship to the test at the same time. For example: “Honey, I’m not that wrinkly/fat/ saggy, etc, am I?” if the answer is anything less than “No, of course not, dear” it’s game on. Of course, it’s also impossible not to tear up at times over how life-changing these transformations are. It’s goosebumps all-round.
Screening on the Living Channel.
CELEBRITY CONFESSIONS
Petra Bagust, Breakfast host: I watched every episode of NZ’s next Top Model and not just because Colin [Mathura-Jeffree] is fabulous or my husband [cameraman Hamish Wilson] worked on it or to see the outrageous styling of the shoots, but because I get sucked into the psychology of it, the impact on contestants, how they are coping and the tension between which girls are good for television and which are good at modelling.
Nadine Chalmers Ross, Breakfast host: Reality television is my not-so-secret guilty pleasure when I come home after a long day of studying reports about impending economic meltdowns! Ice loves Coco is outrageously trashy but there’s something beautiful about how genuine their love is. I don’t know if my big Fat Gypsy Wedding technically counts as reality television – even though it’s probably the most “real” of them all – but I love that one so much that I had a gypsy- wedding themed housewarming, complete with the pink, glitzy, trashy over-the-top outfits.
Guy Williams, the Jono Show: I still maintain that season two of New Zealand’s next Top Model was one of the greatest programmes New Zealand has ever produced. I was with (eventual winner) Danielle every step of the way as she was transformed from a rough diamond to a less rough diamond and owner of a Ford Fiesta.
Jeremy Corbett, 7 Days: Is Project Runway a reality show? That’s the one Megan will be watching and I’ll be working away on something else. Suddenly I’m amazed to find that I am actually a high fashion expert. After I have scoffed at the impracticality of the outfits I will be offering my opinions on the finer points of haute couture. I never knew that I knew so much.
Glamour Model Mum, Baby and Me followed a mother and daughter who are polar opposites (Picture: BBC)
You would think exposing your bizarre existence to the frowns of a BBC Three audience once would be enough.
But here mother and daughter are updating the Glamour Models, Mum and Me documentary they made two years previously with another glimpse at their parental role reversal.
This time there is a new baby in the mix, with one child apparently not being enough for Alicia to look after badly.
Obsessed with plastic surgery, the glamour model (probably former glamour model) has had more than a hundred operations, to the point where her face now more closely resembles a painting of a face left out in the rain.
Daughter Georgia is busy studying for her A-levels but is forced to travel the world with her mum so she can get her cosmetic fix, putting her mother’s whims before her own and nearly always being left holding the baby.
This was not the cruellest aspect of the pair’s relationship though, that was the fact that Alicia is so crushed by having grown up too fast herself that she won’t let Georgia see her friends or have even a sniff of a Smirnoff Ice.
Then there was the fact that she decided to call her daughter Papaya.
In true documentary conflict/resolution form Alicia did allow Georgia to go on a date at the end, though when it was with the caveat that she didn’t ‘drink, smoke or have any hanky panky’ and be back in time to feed her sister.
This remained a pretty horrifying hour of bad parent porn.
Did Adele get a nose job (or rhinoplasty)? Experts say, yes, and it appears she is setting fire to rain with today’s gossip. However, perhaps the plastic surgery proves she is someone like you…just everyday people.
The rumor mill is ablaze with talk the 23-year-old Grammy award-winning UK singer had work done on her nose. Judging from these two photos of Adele, a nose job appears to be the right guess.
A leading plastic surgeon told Hollywood Life that it is highly likely that Adele recently had rhinoplasty to soften her once-rounded nose. in the 4/11/12 news report, he said:
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“It does indeed look as if Adele has had a rhinoplasty. The entire nose looks smaller, the tip is more sculpted and less droopy, and the overall form of the nose flows more smoothly.” ~ Triple Board Certified Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Ramtin Kassir on Adele’s nose job rumors
She has never shied away from her full-figure, and was very open about being happy with not being one of the skinny girls. However, one apparently can still be happy on the inside, and be at odds with only a part of their body. Adele’s nose job is a perfect example.
Ashley Judd fell victim to the latest rubbish from critics, who said her recent “puffy face” is the result of plastic surgery. as a result, she slammed reports, claiming that her swollen face was a side effect from sinus medication. Still, she said the public is too preoccupied with tearing a person apart for making personal decisions. some say the media’s reports were a form of bullying. Do you agree?
Fans who attended Adele’s August 20, 2011 concert at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, got an upfront glimpse of her voice’s genius. In the video, while singing her hit song, “Someone like you,” her nose looks just fine. in fact, she is stunning, to say the least.
As one YouTube user commented, “SHE’S PERFECT!” were you among the lucky audience members during her Sin City performance?
Does Adele’s nose job change your views of the singer? Is the public too harsh on those who decide to make changes that give them comfort on the inside?
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Glamour Model Mum, Baby and Me followed a mother and daughter who are polar opposites (Picture: BBC)
