Feherty Gets Laughs in More than One Way
The final group is waiting in the fairway on the final hole of the final Buick Open ever to be held. Tiger Woods holds a commanding lead, but Tiger is always intense until the final putt drops. So why does he and his caddy Steve Williams break out into raucous laughter as they are intensely discussing Tiger’s approach shot to the green?
Uh, apparently David Feherty passed gas.
Trying to sneak one out as he stood 10 feet away from the Woods braintrust, Feherty miscalculated worse than trying to hit a two iron off a downhill buried lie and trying to land it softly on the green. Instead of escaping unnoticed, the escaping flatulence fluttered Feherty’s buttocks with enough force to arouse Woods and Williams from their usually intense pre-shot routine. Even CBS microphones on the fairway picked up the sound and broadcast it for all the world to hear. Within seconds, Woods and caddy were laughing hysterically.
Feherty is an ex-golfer turned fairway golf reporter for CBS who’s best known for turning a witty phrase along with his inside-the-ropes golf commentary. Apparently his wit isn’t the only thing that get’s laughs, however.
The funny thing is, the clip of the incident made it on to YouTube by the next day, but details were so sketchy early on that most sources attributed the fart to Tiger. That’s what stardom gets you these days.
The 2009 Buick Open was supposed to be Buick’s last hurrah as a golf sponsor, at least for the foreseeable future. That’s why Tiger decided to play the event, even though it would take away from his preparation for the final major of 2009 (the PGA Championship at Hazeltine). Even though Tiger and Buick parted ways already last year, everyone still thinks of Tiger as Buick’s golf spokesman. To Tiger’s credit, he acknowledged the importance of Buick’s committment to golf for the last 50 year and to Tiger’s own career for the last 10 not just by showing up for the tournament, but showing up with game and winning (everyone knows ratings are double when Tiger’s in the field and triple when he’s in contention on Sunday).
It was supposed to be a tournament that I looked by in my golden years and recalled as the last tournament Buick hosted in Michigan – the 69th PGA tour victory by Tiger Woods.
Instead, I’m afraid I’ll probably remember it as the tournament with the Feherty fart heard ’round the world.
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