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Originally Posted by billethkid
Good account of why some are infatuated (my term) with Woods.
However, he is no more likely to win one than anybody else on the tour at any given competition.
And when he is down on page two of the leaderboards with no hope of winning the coverage should dissipate accordingly.....which it never does (for some).
How much more exciting can the British Open be right now than it is?
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I don't disagree with that except that the story is whether or not he returns to being Tiger. If he does, then he has a better chance than most to win any tournament that he enters.
And yes, the British Open is very exciting right now. But, it would be infinitely more exciting if Tiger had a chance to win his fifteenth major.
Maybe Rory will go on to surpass Tiger and jack and all the rest. While that's certainly a possibility, he's not close enough for us to believe that we're watching history being made every time he plays. When Tiger plays, we know that there is a very good chance that we are.
Tiger is the only one in the world right now with a chance of becoming the greatest golfer in history. of course there is a chance that one of the other great players out there could surpass him, but right now, he is the one chasing that mantle. No one else is close. That's why there is so much coverage and that is why there is so much interest every time he plays.
I would much rather see Tiger in the hunt than anyone else. Not because I like him as a person but because I have a chance of seeing history being made.