Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Can Golf Recover?

The sport of Golf has seen a huge transformation in the last decade and has been launched into the public eye with Tiger Woods as their spearhead.

He has commercialy brought golf onto the front pages and has brought millions into the sport.

His sole participation in tournaments doubles viewing figures as well as attendance at tournaments.

when Woods was recently out with a knee injury it hurt the sport and sponsors and fans alike were crying out for his return.

He is almost the modern face of golf and darling of the sport, for me personally i am not a golf fan, but I am a Tiger Woods fan.

However that image now faces huge pressure after the recent debacle at Woods family home in Florida, where speculation is that the car crash was caused by a domestic row.

Woods was involved in an accident in the early hours of Friday morning which saw him collide into a fire hydrant and tree, he was left semi-conscious with facial injuries.

He has come under huge pressure in the media this morning with the tabloids jumping all over the accident and putting the domestic row spin on the story which can only embarass the superstar.

Japanese television even played a virtual video highlighting Woods Wife slapping him in the face and then chasing thew car down the road before smashing into a tree.

Woods has never had to come under such pressure in the media before, and I can promise you now the powers that be at the PGA will have hearts in their mouths as their darling of the sport begins to fold under scrutiny.

Is Woods the perfect human being we were led to believe?

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