People will ask, "Tiger, was that worth it? You won a major, but you are now out for the rest of the year, missing the last two majors and the FedEx Cup? Would you do it again?"
Those people should be shot.
OF COURSE IT WAS WORTH IT.
Umm, he won his 14th Major title. Ask Colin Montgomery if he would take that deal. Shoot, ask Phil if he'd take missing the rest of the year, but have a US Open title on his shelf, would he do it? OF COURSE THEY WOULD.
Yes he will miss the British Open and the PGA, but there were no guarantees he would have won those (except it seems like he ALWAYS wins the PGA...). He has now won all of the majors at least three times. He is only 4 behind Jack. Was it worth it. YES
Now if he had LOST...then it would not have been. And as much as the PGA will moan and complain about Tiger not being there, they will love it. Yes, it will hurt the smaller tourneys, but Tiger wasn't playing in those anyways. As for the Majors, this might give Phil the room to take the next two, or maybe Sergio steps up (grows a mustache) and wins his first. This will Only SET THE STAGE for next year's Masters, which will probably have ratings THRU THE ROOF as people want to see Tiger's return to the Majors. Maybe he will be looking to stop Phil's streak. Maybe people will wonder if he still has it after surgery.
This is ONLY a good thing for golf in the long haul. I liken this to when Stone Cold got hurt. The WWF was forced to push HHH and The Rock and the ratings went BOOM. Add Stone Cold back to the mix and you had a great product. Then when The Rock went off to make movies and left the WWF/E high and dry. Actually it gave Triple H (in this case, Lefty) a chance to shine and allowed Batista (Adam Scott) and Randy Orton (Justin Rose) a shot at stardom. Then when The Rock came back, he was met head on by Triple H (Lefty) in a war for the ages.
Just saying. This stuff will be good for golf...if only they look to wrasslin' for inspiration
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