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So Tiger Woods didn’t win the Masters Tournament over the weekend. Probably for the best really, otherwise, just as in Nike’s most recent ad, his father might have emerged from the grave and told us that ‘equal fourth place is as good as last place, son’.

Nike’s recent marketing stunt shows Woods staring silently and somberly at the camera, as his late father Earl speaks to him in voiceover:  “Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. I want to find out what your thinking was; I want to find out what your feelings are. Did you learn anything?”

And for those that missed it the quote was pieced together from interviews his father had given prior to his death.

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  • rkpalmer says:

    08:25pm | 18/04/10

    Psyberus, I believe that Nike stayed with Tiger because in today’s celebrity obsessed world, beyond shame lies redemption. Beyond redemption lies more fame, and beyond more fame lies even more money. They know that Tiger will eventually bounce back, bigger and more profitable then ever, and they will be there… Read more »

  • Onyx says:

    07:03pm | 16/04/10

    A lot of people are saying that what Tiger does in his private life is his business. Fair enough. But when a public figure, who is by all means entitled to his privacy, starts telling people what razors to use, what phone company to choose, what sports beverage to drink… Read more »

 

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