The Nielsen ratings tell us who is watching what show when and is the barometer the television industry uses to spend billions of advertising dollars. Even though there are 114 million TVs in America, only 25,000 homes are surveyed.

Presidential voting pollsters often use as few as 1,200 participants to predict our next Chief Executive.

And, the One-Eyed Golfer did not survey every golf fan in America when it wanted to find out what the golfing blogosphere thought about television's golf personalities. So, I am not saying this is an accurate poll, but it is what it is.

David Feherty and Gary McCord at Ryan Ballengee's 4th of July cook out

Instead of asking twenty questions about appearance, diction, golf knowledge, hair style, etc., I asked one simple question. "In your opinion, do you feel this person enhances the golf show when you watch it or does that person detract from the show"?

After the jump, you can see the results from the survey.

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It has surprised virtually everyone in America why The Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been so eerily quiet about the Tiger Woods' paramour party. Apparently, Rev. Sharpton has decide to take exception with Tiger Woods on his dalliances with the dozen young ladies being pasted and posted all over the media.

Here is the page I found and here is the quote by Al Sharpton:

Dec 10 2009, 08:05 PM

Al Sharpton Blasts Tiger Woods for Lack of Mistress Diversity

Quote:

The Rev. Al Sharpton held a press conference today to blast Tiger Woods for the lack of diversity among his mistresses. Sharpton claims that the lack of African-American women among Woods’ harem will have a negative effect on the black community, specifically young black girls.

“Why is it that a man who calls himself black can’t bring himself to cheat on his wife with a black woman?” said Sharpton, speaking to a group of supporters in Harlem . “What does it say to young black girls everywhere when you pass them over? Shame on you, Tiger Woods. What would your daddy say?”

Sharpton, who has long championed taking black women as mistresses, said that today’s black athletes need to stop neglecting black women when it comes to extramarital affairs, and should follow the examples of positive black role models such as Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr., both of whom cheated on their wives with black women. Sharpton also stressed that cheating with African-American women would help the black community financially by giving black girls the chance to sell their stories to tabloids and gossip magazines.

Added Sharpton, “I’m not asking you to not cheat on your wives, I’m just asking you to give back to your own community.”

I cannot wait until Reverend Jackson chimes in.

Apparently, the police asked Tiger’s wife how many times she hit him. She said, “I don’t know exactly, but put me down for a 6.”

What club did Elin use to beat Tiger with?  A bitching wedge.

If the only person that can beat Tiger is a blonde with big breasts, maybe it’s time to get John Daly back on the tour.

What’s the difference between an SUV and a golf ball?  Tiger can drive a ball at least 300 yards.

What was Elin doing out at 2.30 in the morning?  Clubbing

Why did Tiger crashed into a fire hydrant AND a tree? He couldn’t decide between an iron and an wood.

Why did Phil Mickelson call Elin yesterday? To pick up some tips on how to beat Tiger.

What is the penalty for getting it in the wrong hole? Ask Tiger, he knows.

Tiger drives very well on the fairway but doesn’t fare very well on the driveway.

What’s the difference between a golf ball and a caddy? Tiger can drive a golf ball.

It turns out that fixing Tiger’s game and fixing his marriage both require the same thing: better control over his putz.

Why was Tiger’s wife mad at him? She heard that he played a-round in Australia.

What will the headline be if they prove it is domestic violence? TIGER’S WIFE MAKES THE CUT

Tiger just changed his nickname but still kept it in the cat family. Cheetah.

Elin Woods has a twin sister named Josephine. Know how to tell them apart?  Elin is the one holding the bent 5 iron.

And my favorite......What does Tiger have in common with a baby seal? They’ve both been clubbed by a Norwegian.

The place I get my hair cut is run by a good friend's wife who is very, very attractive and a golfer. Her associate is also attractive, but not a golfer. Both know who Tiger Woods is and both now detest him. Nothing to do with the accident, his failure to come clean sooner or the fact he had sex with other women. It is the fact he committed adultery by being married and having sex with other women. Tiger Woods is an adulterer. Let's keep in mind that adultery is a defect of character, not a criminal act.

That being said, you may also be one and not even know it. I think there are three categories of adultery. Because Tiger (and I) are males, let's use males as the examples. The first category obviously is actually committing sex acts with a female while being married. No gray area. The guy is married. Has sex with a female other than his wife. He has commited physical adultery.

Secondly, we have the guy with all of the attributes to attract and entice females to conceivably have sex with him and he has "has lust in his heart", like former President Jimmy Carter once said, but is so afraid of getting caught, the penalty far surpasses the potential pleasure. So he commits adultery in his heart.

Thirdly, there are guys who either by looks or personality could not get laid in a brothel with a fist full of fifties. They go out with their buddies, go on trips or even covet their neighbor's wife, but the possibility of "it" actually happening are actually below zero percent. In other words, if a genie in a bottle scenario came to be, he would take it in a heart beat. But, 'it ain't, so he cain't'. He is committing adultery in his mind.

In my religion, all three guys have something to discuss with the priest. Maybe something to discuss with their spouse or spiritual counselor. But, they have absolutely NOTHING to discuss about the extramarital circumstances of another human being. Especially in writing or on television. So, if you are an adulterer in any of the three categories listed above and you publicly spoke poorly of another recent adulterer, publicly apologize. If you did so privately, forgive yourself on my behalf and please do not do it again. You jerk.

This is a conversation between father and son discussing the recent Tiger Woods incident.

DAD: Well, son, he had a fight with his wife, left the house to meet his New York mistress, hit a fire hydrant and a tree.

SON: Gosh, Dad. Is that in the paper or on TV?

DAD: Well, actually, that's what a lot of people think might have happened.

SON:"So, nobody knows for sure? It's kind of like a rumor? Or gossip?

DAD: Well, if you put it that way, yes. But, he won't even talk with the State Police investigating the accident, so he must be guilty.

SON: You're sh*ing me, right?

DAD: Watch your language. Just don't grow up like him. He also throws golf clubs and uses four-letter words on the golf course.

SON: Don't other golfers throw clubs and curse?

DAD: Of course, you little idiot. But, they are only on the TV screen for 2-3 seconds per year, so you have to be pretty quick to catch them.

SON: You're sh*ing me, right?

A report from deep inside the Tiger compound by an unnamed source has divulged the facts regarding why he left his home in the first place and why he lost control of his Cadillac Escalade. Also, it appears the damage to the SUV may be more than just minor as has been reported by sources not so reputable as the One-Eyed guy...

It seems son Charlie was out of diapers and it was a particularly gruesome load. Tiger volunteered to go to the closest CVS to get some and jumped in his SUV. Just as he was leaving his property, his iPhone buzzed with a new text message telling him to also get Johnson's & Johnson's baby powder. Tiger, being the law abiding citizen he is, texted back, "Elin, it is against the law to text while driving, so when I get to the CVS, I will return your text. It was your fault in the first pl..........". The text was never completed, but apparently Mr. Woods was agitated they had run out of diapers to begin with. When the EM team arrived, he was muttering, "WTF does she do all day"?

This post has approximately the same amount of verifiable facts as you will encounter in the next 200 different stories you read about this incident.

When Michael Whan's name first popped up in October as a candidate for the position of LPGA Commissioner, numerous articles intimated his stay as president of Mission-Itech Hockey was probably short lived regardless. Mission-Itech was purchased in September by Bauer’s Hockey and a new ownership group, consisting of Kohlberg & Company and Montreal businessman W. Graeme Roustan. Brand consolidation was the plan. Many Mission-Itech employees were offered separation packages. Whan's was probably in the mail.

The LPGA had just spent three agonizing months sifting through potential candidates. We will probably never know who might have been interested in the position, but was never considered, or, when contacted, who had zero interest in that job. Acting commissioner Marty Evans will stay on the rest of the year because Whan will not start until January. I have never hired a "commissioner" before, but I have hired many excellent six-figure managers and one of my important questions is, "When can you start"? I wanted a solid commitment and I wanted to take that person out of the job market. Starting in two and a half months was never an option.

In October, Dawn Hudson, chair of the LPGA board of directors, told Associate Press, "At this particular time, with the struggles that all sports have had and some of the controversy of the past year, we really need a commissioner who can hit the ground running,"

Michael Whan may hit the ground running, but he will not do it this year. I am very curious how he will perform. It is a lot easier to be viewed as doing well when your predecessor was the devil incarnate the press made her out to be this year. I bet he discovers she was not doing that bad a job. Unless, you believe every thing you read.

Mrs. Williamson's favorite son, Jay (ranked 579 in the world), is on the front page of PGATOUR.com. It seems he shot a few good scores at Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, FL and, along with 21 other golfers, will now play in the final stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School at Bear Lakes starting on December 2nd. He will be accompanied by other big name players like Billy Horschel and renowned tour players like Arjun Atwal (420) and Marco Dawson (637).

Early this year, Alex Rodriguez hurt himself and missed some time. He then went to the baseball minor league system until his game was good enough for the majors. NBA players go to Europe (or the NBDL) if they get cut. But, once you have played on the PGA Tour, the 'Big Show,' suddenly you are too good to play anywhere but the 'Bigs,' so you wait all year for Q-School. Well, that is not all you do.  You also pester tournament sponsors for exemptions.

When it suits them, PGA Tour players call the Nationwide Tour the 'second best tour on the planet,' but you can almost also hear the words, "...but, I never want to play there."

This year, the Nationwide Tour brought golf tournaments to thirty different cities, including six outside of the United States. Cities like Boise, Sandy, Utah and Fort Smith, Arkansas enjoyed top level professional golf tournaments this year thanks to this little 'red-headed stepchild'...

I feel the Nationwide Tour should replace the PGA Qualifying School as the main vehicle for getting a PGA Tour card. Any players on tour not in the top 100 that year go back to the Nationwide Tour. That tour fills the remaining spots with its own Q-School. The top fifty on that tour each year get a shot at the 'Big Show.' These guys represent the PGA Tour in all of its glory all year and currently get 25 lousy tour spots and those spots are very, very low on the exemption priority category list.

I have nothing against Williamson, Atwal, Dawson, Wittenberg, Pride, Micheel, Duke, Franco, Riegger, Lancaster, Uresti, Day, Gainey, Stankowski, Knost, Taturangi, Kaye and the dozens of others who have proven they cannot compete on the PGA Tour and yet hang out each year to try Q-School and beg exemptions. The Nationwide Tour could really use some of those bigger names to sell more tickets in the cities they visit.

Marco Dawson

And, the PGA tour could REALLY use from fresh faces...

Tiger Woods systematically misses birdie putts in order to avoid making bogeys.

Two professors from the University of Pennsylvania studied data from 230 PGA tournaments to come up with their data. According to them, the results showed them. "the agony of a bogey seems to outweigh the thrill of a birdie".

From Reuters:

"The researchers found that golfers avoid the possibility of loss by playing conservatively when they could do better than par, but will try harder if they are at risk of coming in above par. Pope said "loss aversion" is part of a growing field of behavioral economics, which explores how human psychology impacts markets and business".

I thought it was because of clicking cameras..!!

My club has its share of scratch and plus-index golfers. Those guys have won the state team championship a few times and they do well in other events. One just won the Maryland Open in which over one hundred regional professionals were entered. We are nothing special, just about every club has great golfers.

I follow amateur golf on a national level. The amateur rankings, the 'major' amateur events - like the North & South, the Western and the Public Links. Also, those who qualify for pro events and also how sponsored amateurs play who are entered in Tour events. It is amazing how pathetic the scores are from these guys. Very few post 2-3 good scores and most have at least round near 80. And, many of them think they could compete and WIN on the LPGA tour. Sorry, guys. NFW!

(Above) John Riegger

I will put a disclaimer on that last sentence. If I recognize your name, you MAY have a chance, but probably not. The young man at my club who won the Maryland Open went to college on a golf scholarship, has been our club champ and has qualified for the U.S. Amateur. He admits there are a half-dozen (if not more) players every bit as good as him in the state. There are fifty states and Florida and California probably have 20,000 plus-handicap amateurs.

So, here is my recommendation, Mr. Big Shot. Take a handful of marbles and put them in your mouth. Every time you shoot a 65 or better on your home course, spit one out. After the last one, go to Q-School because you have lost all your marbles. And do not be foolish enough to donate 'the farm' to practically any LPGA professional.

Reminds me of that jerk, John Riegger, a Nationwide tour journeyman, who challenged Annika Sorenstam to a match for $1,000,000. Not one dime of it his. This year, he has made only nine of twenty cuts. AND, three W/D's - what is that all about? John qualified for the Nationwide Tour this year by finishing 181st on last years money list. And, you want to be my latex salesman. I don't think so...

These girls can flat out play...