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Originally Posted by loK2thabrain
So it's all about the rich white guys, but the first tee would exist in a similar scope without Tiger ****ing Woods??
Tiger is on Jordan's level. Think about that for a second. He made it cool to play golf. Kids dig cool ****.
I'm not trying to be a dick I just strongly disagree.
Tiger is not on Jordan's level. Come on man.
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Originally Posted by schu_22
I mean, how many kids picked up the game because of Tiger? I 100% did. How many new tour pros were inspired by Tiger? How many men & women decided to pick up the game and give it a shot because of the increased attention it was getting, causing memberships to grow, new muni's to be built, more golf being accessible to people who it otherwise wouldn't be exposed to? It has to be a significant percentage difference. This in turn leads to more viewership, which leads to larger TV contracts, bigger sponsorships, larger purses.
And yes, I've seen the report about the growth of other sports; but I'm pretty convinced that golf minus Tiger would be in a state where it would be flatlining.
Golf has been around for like
600 years or more. James II of Scotland tried to do away with it but he was a doucher.
Did your dad not like golf? I'm pretty sure a lot of kids, even raised in The Tiger Era, got into golf because their dad took them to a range and showed them how to swing. Just because they liked Tiger doesn't mean they got into golf because of Tiger. If Tiger didn't exist, their dad is likely still a fan of golf and still takes his son to the range one day. And then the kid might be saying "if not for Phil Mickelson, I would have never gotten into golf", while still being wrong.
I basically never watched golf until 2011, yet can remember playing golf and going to a driving range as far back as the late-'80s. I just always thought watching golf was boring, even if it was Tiger. Now I love watching golf and think it's exciting.
You kinda make it sound like kids in this generation just would
not be playing golf if not for Tiger. Which is ridiculous and completely unfounded.