That whole generation of golfers (Watson, Palmer, Nicklaus, Player, etc.) really made the sport what it is today. Tiger and others may have been the ones responsible for golf’s surge in popularity, but without those other men the sport would be a sliver of what it is today.
LOL! And without today's crop of golfers, golf would be non existant.
Golf is now too passe' and too entrenched in the days of old. today's players are more intense with more $$$ on the line thanks to Tiger Woods as echoed by John Daly.......
Its time the PGA starts adding some excitement to the game like the PBA has done. Specifically, more fan contribution and enough of this stupid "hush, hush, shhhhhhhhhhhhhh" crap.
If these guys can't hit a straight drive or sink a 3 ft. putt without perfect quiet, then they don't belong in golf!
When is the last time you ever heard a basketball stadium go totally quiet when there was 1 second left on the clock and the visiting team at the foul line needing 1 basket to either tie the score or go ahead and the entire stadium not only yelling and screaming, but the crowd behind the backboard waving pom-poms or whatever is available in order to distract the free throw shooter? That's pressure!
Golf was initially a game of elitists and has done very little to change that image........
Times have changed and it's time golf changed along with it...........
I want to see emotion from the players, I want to see club throwing, I want to see humanity out of these guys, not emotionless robots who move from ball position to ball position and occasionally tip their sponsor's cap to the crowd.......