Taylor Gooch being in contention or even winning his first PGA tour event is just another week on the tour. Henrik Stenson leading an event or even winning is not a story.
Tiger Woods, arguably the greatest golfer who ever lived, making a comeback from personal problems and four back surgeries after not playing for 18 months and being in contention is the biggest sports story in the world this week.
If you go to the tournament, take a look at where the crowds are. I went on Thursday and if you wanted to get a look at Tiger, you needed to get three holes ahead and wait. Close to half the gallery was following him in the morning. In the afternoon, the same amount of people were following the group with McIlroy and Fowler. The only people following Taylor Gooch and Alex Noren were their friends and family.
The television networks put the players on that people want to watch. The viewership goes way up when Tiger plays. He is THE STORY.
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