Alone Again, Naturally

Can you feel it?  The buzz, I mean.  Yes, the sporting event we have all been waiting for is upon us. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson meet in "The Match," their $9 million winner-take-all, pay-per-view event at the Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas  in just two days. Oooh-weee, I’m excited. For a mere $19.95, I can watch two guys who infamously hated each other for years (their pairing in the 2004 Ryder Cup by captain Hal Sutton is legendary as one of the great disasters in golf history) schmooze their way around 18 holes while Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley (maybe the worst golfer ever – check out his horrible swing out here) yuk it up with their commentary during the match.  (Where’s The Jet when you need him.)

To put this all in context,  the Associated Press previously reported that when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson meet in "The Match," their $9 million winner-take-all, pay-per-view event in Las Vegas on November. 23^rd , they will be playing in front of a sparse crowd.  That’s because  there won't be any tickets sold to the event. Instead, only a small group of sponsors and VIPs will be allowed on the course when the two veterans meet at Shadow Creek, which is owned by MGM Resorts International.  Others present will be broadcasters and camera crews.

            The Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing multiple sources, has reported hat there won't be any tickets sold to the event. Instead, only a small group of sponsors and VIPs will be allowed on the course when the two veterans meet at Shadow Creek, which is owned by MGM Resorts International.

            Others present will be broadcasters and camera crews. The event is believed to be the first pay-per-view golf event; WarnerMedia holds the broadcast rights.

            The newspaper also reported that Woods and Mickelson will face off during daylight hours and not under the lights, as Mickelson had implied in comments to ESPN.com in August.

            "It's an opportunity for us to bring golf to the masses in prime time during a period where we don't have much going on in the world of golf," Mickelson said at the time.

Comment: After their recent performance in the 2018 Ryder Cup, where Woods and Mickelson (both octogenarians in golf years)  went a combined  0-6 in their matches against the victorious Euros, perhaps they are better off not selling tickets. Who wants to see them flail around the golf course, anyway?  Especially if there are no fans to add a little spice to their encounter.  Of course, given Tiger’s historical lack of concern for the golfing public, it’s not surprising he would not want a full gallery following the two geriatric  golfers around the course, as much fun as it might be for the gallery and for those handful of those folks (not me) watching at home.

Come On!

 

Oh, and the so-called smack talk between the two, with the attendant video to plug the event, is tragic.  You’ve been inside Phil’s head for years, Tiger, really?  The only thing occupying space between Lefty’s ears is a thought about how much to action to take on the Michigan – Ohio State game this Saturday, and other gambling matters.  

As the title of this post suggests, I thought it might be appropriate in light of the logistics surrounding the coverage of The (so-called) Match  to parody the Gilbert O'Sullivan classic “Alone Again, Naturally”.  However, after reviewing the depressing lyrics (the protagonist is alone again because his fiancée has left him standing at the altar), I decided to move on to a less depressing song. And actually, the lyrics to this song need no parodying.  Just think of Tiger and Phil, strolling down the Shadow Creek fairways, joined together in their fading careers, in their Ryder Cup hopelessness (no golfers have lost more Ryder Cup matches, with Phil edging out Tiger, 22-21) and in their love for the almighty buck, with no one around to bother them except Ernie, Sir Charles, Peter Jacobsen, aka Jake Trout, and a few others.  It’s a beautiful thing.

So, sing along with Tommy James and the Shondells and their 1967 hit, “I Think We’re Alone Now.”:

Children behave, that's what they say when we're together
And watch how you play
They don't understand
And so we're

Running just as fast as we can, holding on to one another hands
Trying to get away into the night and then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground and then you say

I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now,
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

Look at the way we gotta hide what we're doin'
'Cause what would they say
If they ever knew
And so we're

Running just as fast as we can, holding on to one another hands
Trying to get away into the night and then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground and then you say

I think we're alone now,
There doesn't…

I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now,
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

Running just as fast as we can, holding on to one another hands
Trying to get away into the night and then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground and then you say

I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now,
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now,
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now,
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now,
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

Songwriter: Ritchie Cordell

Publisher:  EMI Longitude Music


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