Tiger Woods. The most explosive player in sports since...Well that's up for debate, but almost every golfer in today's world will tell you how much Tiger has changed the sport in ways even the greatest athletes can't even compare.
While I do not think that Tiger will struggle with the finale of his career, and I believe that he will one day surpass the 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, Woods still has a heavy load to carry, and the competition on the Tour? Getting better by the minute.
Tiger is too committed, too motivated, and too good to allow anything like a knee surgery to get in his way. But the sport of golf and the competition may soon be. There are young guns like Anthony Kim, Hunter Mahan, and J.B. Holmes who are improving by the minute and the field in tournaments is as powerful as its ever been.
The PGA Tour will soon face an identity crisis, and will quite possibly have to change the way it promotes the game. Without Tiger dominating as much as he did in the past, the Tour will have to either focus on ratings and focus on guys like Phil, Garcia, Vijay, and even Boo Weekley to help carry the Tour and its revenue.
But...We are forgetting that NO ONE IS TIGER! NO ONE. And as hard as these guys may try, for right now, no one will or may never ever be on his level. Which means that what will likely happen is that the Tour will find a conglomerate of players to promote and golf as we know it will change forever.
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