Originally Posted by
billysink
Huge fan of the game. Watch it like a hawk every week. Whoever is on the screen. Not interested in Tiger Woods any more than the next player. If he is on the screen when I get home on Sunday from my 8:52 tee time I will watch the end of the tourney. If he is not there I will watch whoever is.
I am like that with most sports. I am a fan of the game, not of the players or teams.
Golf was a huge favorite of mine long before Tiger and will be a huge favorite of mine long after. As mentioned I appreciate what he has done for the game but am of the opinion golf will always be here and would have always been here with or without the guy. If you are of the opinion that the above mentioned players would not be here without him that is fine. I do not share that viewpoint. If Rory, Dustin and Rickie were not there someone very talented would be.
Now the attention he brings to the game is much of the trainwreck variety and unfortunate. Not at all of importance to me.
Golf is way bigger than one player and has always had it's poster boy. Never been important to me at all. I did not watch golf because of Jack, Arnie, Norman or anyone else. I watch golf because I love the game.
I am like that with most sports, a fan of the games, not the players or teams in them.