[discostu]

6 or 7 years (pre-Tiger only slightly) ago one of the networks had a grudge match kind of thing. Team skins play with three teams: 1 from the senior tour, one from the LPGA and one from the PGA. There were two remarkable things about that match, the first was watching how much fun the seniors and ladies were having, laughing it up and enjoying a fine day on the links while the PGA team was very reserved and boring, not serious just not interesting. The second was watching the PGA guys get their butts kicked. I don't think they won a single skin, the seniors took most of them the LPGA the rest.

If it wasn't for Tiger the PGA would be dead right now. The senior tour had been getting better ratings for a long time, and the LPGA was revving up to pass the PGA. With good reason, other than Tiger there's nobody on the tour worth watching, not only are they not exciting in their sport, they're not exciting period.

[Alberta's Child]

I'll take a sober, focused John Daly over Tiger Woods any day. Not only could he drive the ball a mile and play a short game well enough to win two majors, he rarely (if ever) complained about people making too much noise in the gallery.

[frmrda]

Hold on a second, I think you go overboard. You're right that if not for Tiger the PGA would have low ratings and be even more boring, but you're way off base on the popularity of senior's and women's golf. Those two sports barely get blips on the ratings radar screen. The only thing that does worse than LPGA events on non-cable TV is women's basketball.

[cactusSharp]

with the exception of Phil Micklson (sp)
no slouch of work is he

[martin gibson]

...there's nobody on the tour worth watching, not only are they not exciting in their sport, they're not exciting period.

Where's Mac O'Grady when you need him?