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Originally Posted by BadBoyBenny
On the one hand TV ratings are undeniably much higher when Tiger plays, on the other hand purses definitely would have grown without him. We had the internet boom then a real estate boom creating a lot of wealth in this country.
From a financial perspective of the tour golf is still a rich white man's sport. All the commercials are for financial companies like Barclays or business services like IBM and Accenture. And companies like Waste Management will still shell out a huge premium knowing he won't play. It's mostly cause rich white guys want to play the pro ams
I do think things like the first tee would still exist without Tiger, probably to a similar extent.
i agree it would be better for the tour if tiger would play in some of the smaller cap tourneys, but i guess when your good enough to pick and choose only the premium ones but still have a high win% you can conserve wear and tear.
the tour might be still a rich white man's sport but i doubt the ratings would be where its at w/o tiger's influence on the casual sports fan or non fan. i mean even if there was a first tee w/o would inner city kids even have any interest?
if there's no tiger i dont think ricky from compton is gonna be all "hell yeah i get to learn golf!"