Tiger Woods Wins Farmers Insurance Open: Why PGA Desperately Needs Tiger of Old

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Published: January 28, 2013

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"How about Tiger? Did you see that chip on number four? Man, it's great to have him back." 

If you are a sports fan, you probably had a conversation that started just like this at some point over weekend. I had that conversation twice on Sunday, first with the waiter at our favorite breakfast joint and second with my father, who can't be bothered with golf unless Woods is involved.

It's January, and people are talking about golf. Random people. Not even sports people. There is still, after all these years, just one man who can move the needle like that.

Tiger Woods is holding another PGA Tour trophy, once again winning a title at Torrey Pines. He had the courtesy—thank you, PGA for your smart scheduling—to do it on a weekend with no football (sorry Pro Bowl, you are not, nor ever will be, real football.)  

The Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines had to battle weather delays that created a Monday finish, but that only served to give us one extra day to revel in the fact that Tiger is back. Actually, battling slow play and cold temperatures on Monday, Tiger gave back some of his commanding weekend lead, finishing just four strokes ahead of the field after playing Monday's 11 holes in three-over par. 

He's still back, right? Tiger is back? Little else matters in golf until spring when the entire sports world becomes fascinated by a few thousand azaleas in Georgia.  Whether Tiger is or is not back seems to be a question that matters even to non-golf fans—perhaps it matters more to non-golf fans than those who most closely follow the game. With so much competition in our current sports landscape, it takes extraordinary circumstances for a sport to stand out above the rest. For golf, people care about the majors, the Ryder Cup and any tournament Woods is winning. That will never change. 

The fact that Woods outpaced the field at Torrey Pines shouldn't ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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