Tiger’s Back!
February 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under golf, the latest
After winning the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines last June, Tiger Woods underwent reconstructive surgery on his left knee. The Accenture Match Play Championship in Tuscon will be the site of his return to the game on Wednesday after a 8 month layoff. He’s the #1 seed and won the event in 2003, 2004 and 2008. Any guesses as to who is the front runner for “Comeback Player of the Year”?
ENJOY THIS VIDEO:
Note: The video opens with the famous “Bouncing Ball” Nike commercial.
Commercial director Doug Liman was quoted on CNET about the filming of the shot.
“Liman noticed Woods bouncing a ball on the edge of a club during breaks from shooting. Liman grabbed a shoulder-held camera and, away from the crew, asked Woods to bounce the balls while being filmed. Liman began to lose his patience when Woods blew the shot several times.
“I told him, ‘I can’t believe that of all people you are choking under pressure,’” Liman told the audience.
Woods glared and then bounced the ball while transferring the club through his legs behind his back and finished by smacking the ball in mid air. The shot, which became a classic, was natural, unrehearsed, and driven by imagination rather than millions of studio dollars, Liman said.”
