Feb1 Tigertackle
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TACKLING TIGER: The San Diego Union-Tribune ran a mock trivia question last week asking who would be the first defensive back taken in the NFL draft. The answer was Tiger Woods.
Someone must have seen Woods’ latest Buick commercial.
In one take, a fan runs up to him on the range and takes his stack of golf balls, then quickly returns and grabs his bag. Woods throws a ball and hits the man in the back, knocking him to the ground. Woods liked the commercial but felt it wasn’t a natural reaction.
“If someone took my bag, I would do something a little bit more than just throw a golf ball at him,” he said. “So I told the director, ‘I have an idea. What do you think if I went out there and tried to grab the bag away from him?”’
Only he didn’t exactly grab him. Woods lunged at the man and tackled him hard to the ground. What the commercial doesn’t show is a small cut on the actor’s forehead.
“As I got closer to him, I got into it a little bit,” Woods said. “I got a little excited, and yeah, he had a little scratch on his forehead. Just a little scratch. He toweled off, and he was fine.”