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"No. 1, he's good," [Frank Nobilo] said. "He pressurizes you, he beats you to the punch. Plus, the other thing is, what I do for a living (talk about golf, and Tiger) doesn't help the rest of the field. When you get there, it's all about how good he is; you break down his record at Augusta and the stats show how poorly the others do against him.
"We're literally brainwashing the field as much as we build him up. We're always denigrating the challengers' case. It's the basic truth of it and the galleries are the same. They are so pro Tiger and so anti the field and it's honestly got something to do with it."They were all great performances, [Padraig Harrington]'s. If Tiger had been at the British and PGA, maybe those wins would appear bigger," he said. "But I don't discount those victories. They're hugely important. That ([Tiger Woods]) wasn't there gives us something to talk about.See the full content of this document
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Hype-Hype Hooray for Tiger!
TV's Frank Nobilo tries to put hoopla into perspective
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- It effectively started weeks ago but you can lock and load this game for the next seven days: Tiger Hype '09 Comes to Augusta.Golf stories that dominate all sport aren't that frequent, but Tiger Woods has...See the full content of this document
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