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Tiger Woods Knee Injury
Jun 18, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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What's this??!?!

  Tiger Woods out of action for the rest of the 2008 golf season-- because of his left knee???  Oh No!!!  Now the diagnosis is that Woods will have a 4th proceedure done on the knee for a double stress fracture of the left tibia (shin bone) and will be back in '09....... and let me say that for Tiger to go on and play a major(!) with this injury and not tell anyone about it speaks volumes about his mental toughness.......... but the question that I'm interested in having answered is this----  What does Tiger's injury do for the game of golf, especially after the final round drama from the U.S. Open???  Do all of those casual fans that flocked to their tv sets to see the playoff all of a sudden-- turn off???  What happens to the rest of the field???  Do players all of a sudden start licking their chops over their chances improving???  and perhaps most important-- are there enough stories that golf fans care about on the PGA Tour without Woods???  Of course, the gang in Grand Blanc and Oakland Hills are probably very sad today knowing that Woods won't make it to the Buick Open or the PGA Championship, but I guess the good news is that Woods will come back with little or no long term effects....... What do you think about the next 6 to 7 months of the Tour without Woods???  How about the U.S.'s chances at the Ryder Cup with no Tiger???  Let me know what you think!!!

---Woody

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patobello read my blog
Jul 10, 2008 | 11:40 PM

You're worried there are enough players on the tour for us fans to care about with the great one out for a while? Puh-leeze!
I actually stopped watching PGA action because the media's incessant slobbering all over him when he started out was nauseating. It didn't matter who else was playing, all we heard was tiger, tiger, tiger.
I for one am GLAD to have a respite from this. There are plenty of quality players and if the media remembers objectivity, those players will finally get some deserved attention.
And Ryder Cup? Maybe our chances will be a little better. One thing is for sure, it will be about TEAMWORK more than ever. Not 'tiger and the golfers' like they're some new singing group.
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