Tiger Woods’s State of the Union Address!

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Published: February 20, 2010

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Tiger Woods once again proved he’s the biggest star on the planet when he delivered the highest rated State of the Union Address in TV history. Obama hopes to counter next year.

Prior to this address, there was a lot of talk amongst golfers and the press about how Tiger was trying to stick it to Accenture, the first sponsor to drop him, by making his announcement on the 19th, which coincided with the Accenture’s tournament.

There were more reporters and security personnel in Orlando covering the Tiger Woods address than there were in Arizona covering the match play tournament.

I don’t know where these golfers get the idea that they matter or that any sane individual would sit on their couch for 10+ hours on Saturday or Sunday watching guys with iron sticks hit a ball you can’t even see on TV. The only reason golf is on national TV with mega sponsors is Tiger Woods, and like I said in my article, Tiger Woods has nothing to apologize for , Tiger Woods is golf, and if he decided to walk away from golf today, the game will die a gradual death slowly but surely.

In 1996, the year he went pro, there were only eight players on the money list who made a million dollars or more. In 2009, there were 91—that’s 91 members of the PGA making more than a million US dollar a year playing golf and millions more in endorsements.

Golf did not make Tiger Woods who he is today—Tiger Woods made golf what it is today. (Click here to read more from Tiger Woods has nothing to apologize for )

The Tiger Woods conference has given the Accenture tournament the exposure they would not have ordinarily had. How many casual sports fans even knew there was a tournament this weekend? But thanks once again to Tiger, every Tom, Dick, Harry, and Sally now know, and still no one is going to watch that snooze fest.

The other golfers should be paying him 10 percent of their pay ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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