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'Idol' and Tiger a lot alike, only sometimes he loses


March 24, 2008 In one of the many memorable lines from the classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers, Maj. Gowen walks by John Cleese's Basil in the hotel lobby and says, I see Hampshire won. For a sixth straight year, the Fox reality juggernaut is taking race out of the ratings race, dominating the TV landscape and obliterating every show in its path. Making a similar point about Tiger, Golf Channel's Nick Faldo in January jokingly suggested that "to take Tiger on, maybe (young players) should just gang up for a while."

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