Golf needs Tiger Woods!
Whether a coincidence or not, but the absence of Tiger Woods because of the opening of a sex scandal coincided with periods of quiet in golf tournament. Quiet in the sense there is no grand slam (the Masters) was held. So if it is due to the Masters tournament, Tiger Woods is actually not loosing anything. Indeed in some ways, it can be said that the golf world who is loosing the great figure of Tiger Wood. It is not to laud this world number one golfer, but the fact is, media seems to lose of passion to spot on this branch of sport following the disappearance of Woods over the last five months.
Golf tournament coverage in America as the largest market of golf fans also fell drastically. Marketing golf equipment and merchandise associated with this sport also go down.
During his absence, one question that constantly circulates and became the talk was when Tiger Woods will again swing his golf club? As if there is no tournament golf no longer held. Woods actually had to apologize to fellow golfers because it was taking ration of media attention when they wanted to get off at the Masters tournament in Augusta. Whether the apology is sincere or not because a few golfers had previously criticized Woods had held a press conference just before a warm up tournament ahead of the Augusta Masters in the title. The press conference was drowned Woods tournament itself, but Woods did not take part.
TV coverage continued to spiral, because we know him. I think we should appreciate it
Among the golf itself, there is some sort of confession that Woods did a lot of merit. Take the example of the statement Phil Mickelson, as well as competitors and people who can not be said as a friend by Tiger Woods.
”In the last 12 years he has done incredible things for this sport, and we all gain the benefits out of what he has been doing. We need something to get people interested in this sport, requires news to arouse interest in people,” said Mickelson.
“We also know that the media keep on spotting on us because of him. I think we should respect that.”
Did Mickelson pleasantries? If you look at the data then he says frankly. In 1996 before Tiger Woods won the first Masters, only nine players who become association members PGA Tour golf world to win one million dollar prize money. Last year the total comes to 91.
Is it simply because Tiger Woods? Is it because no accident that golf tournaments of the world they happen to raise the prize money because of increased television money and the popularity of this sport? If you look at how the tournament in Augusta is suddenly getting more attention than usual, both in terms of media coverage and fans who want to watch this tournament, then what factors seem to be for Tiger Woods did more plays.
He might by some be deemed to have accepted golf injury by sex scandal he was doing. But like golf it for a while still needs Tiger Woods to be able to attract the attention of the world.