Will Golf Survive Without Tiger Woods?

Keith  Wick
The question everyone is asking today is will golf survive without Tiger Woods? Tiger Woods has been instrumental in putting golf on the major TV networks and bringing it to the forefront of the sports world. So the answer is an astounding yes! Golf is bigger than this, golf will go on, golf will survive this.

Golf is one of the most amazing sports that there is. It's also one of the most challenging sports and the average golfer is not to stop playing the game due to Tiger Woods indiscretions, but this certainly makes everyone take a step back because I'm one hand there's the amazing Tiger Woods, incomparable Tiger Woods and then there's the personal side of Tiger Woods which involves a scandal. That will stop golf in its track right now and make it a very controversial subject to talk about.

Will golf survive?

It's obvious Tiger Woods has been golf when he doesn't show up to a tournament sponsors lose approximately 50% of their following, he is the golden ticket. Pro golfers will tell you he's the man and this is really something that's hitting golf hard and is taking it back off the radar. The radar is what all his personal transgressions are, beyond saying it's sad and hard to watch you can always say well okay I don't care what they say about me as long as they talk about me but in many ways this is hurting the game and people don't want to talk about it because it's bringing the game over to it negative l light.

The Tiger Woods brand has definitely been tarnished and has tarnished the image of golf but this is only short-term golf will make a rebound and Tiger Woods will make a rebound many professional athletes have come back from such scandals and have flourished, look at Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers for instance.

Tiger Woods and other professional golfers

Tiger Woods has opened the floodgates for other professional golfers to make money, many of the top golfers will tell you he has padded their pocketbooks in a big way because he has been the guy to change the face of golf. Tiger Woods the first professional golfer to receive huge endorsements from the likes of companies like Nike and Gillette, this opened the door for other professional golfers to go after larger endorsement packages as the game of golf became more mainstream. Many golfers will say it has been a privilege to live during this time and watch what Tiger Woods does, nobody plays golf the way Tiger Woods plays golf.

Tiger Woods and the future of golf

The mental aspect of Tiger Woods game and looking at what he's going through which is huge, will Tiger Woods ever be able to overcome this and get back to back to the game with the mental strength that he's known for? I believe the answer is yes. Tiger is shown again and again of his mental conflicts even when the girl was passed away Tiger was able to put that emotion aside and live up to his championship form.

Golf is an amazing game of resurrecting yourself if you have the will and the desire to fight, to bring something back, golf gloves watching people make comebacks where you had been at the top and then you fall off the radar and then you make a comeback I think golf will be waiting for Tiger to come back and see what he does when he does come back.

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