Is Professional Golf Heading Back to the Late 1980s?

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Published: March 9, 2010

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For one reason or another, human beings are rarely satisfied with what they have.

If we have a big house, we want a bigger one.

If we have a lot of money, we want more of it.

And we are no different when it comes to professional spots.

As we watch a dominant athlete or team perform, we want to know who the next great athlete or team will be.

As much as we discuss our desire to see parity, competition, and rivalries, sports are never more popular than during the era of a dominant athlete or team.

Basketball was never more popular than it was during the '90s when the Chicago Bulls were dominating the game.

Baseball was never more popular than when the Yankees were dominating the sport in the late '90s.

Boxing was never more popular than during the eras of Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson’s.

And golf has never been more popular than during this present Tiger Woods era.

Instead of sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the fact that we are witnessing the career of arguably the most dominant golfer the game has ever produced, we are spending a significant amount of time asking ourselves who will be the next Tiger Woods?

Which one of the young guns is going to step up and become golf’s next big thing?

We want that warm fuzzy feeling that can only come with knowing that things are going to be ok down the road; only in this case the future may not be as bright as we would like.

At the moment, golf has a plethora of exciting young players.

We have Rory McIlroy, Ryo Ishikawa, Martin Kaymer, Anthony Kim, Camilo Villegas, Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan, Paul Casey and many others.

It’s a time reminiscent of the late '80s-late '90s: a lot of great players, yet there’s the absence of that dominant, record breaking force.

Between 1987 and 1997, the game of golf was filled with un...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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