Will Tiger Woods Play Golf in 2010?
Amid speculation that Tiger Woods endorsement deals may soon be cancelled as stories of sordid alleged affairs keep coming to the surface, some are asking whether the world's number one golfer will ever play the game again.
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Golf.com asked numerous experts their opinions on what affects the Tiger Woods scandal will have on his future play.
Rick Lipsey of Sports Illustrated asks: "Will fans taunt Tiger at Torrey Pines? Or is it totally civil, hushed for Tiger, with every fan thinking about the scandal but saying nothing? Do reporters grill him, or as usual let him off the hook at press conferences?
The responses: "There will be folks who will be absolutely brutal," commented Dick Friedman, Senior Editor of Sports Illustrated.
"I'm wondering if they will bring signs or t-shirts instead of just calling out to him as he walks down the fairway," says David Dusek, Deputy Editor of Golf.com. "After a few beers in the hospitality tent, some fans will let Tiger know he's a punchline."
Dusek also implied that Woods might not return to golf during the next several months.
"Assuming Tiger makes his return at either Torrey Pines, Pebble Beach (site of the U.S. Open, so not out of the question) or once again at the WGC-Accenture Match Play, it's going to be a circus like golf has never seen before. Ratings for that event will be huge. In the long run, if Tiger wins as he has in previous years, he'll still draw eyeballs to televisions."
The distractions alone may affect Woods ability to win any Masters in 2010. Then again, maybe not.
"I really believe we'll see great golf from Tiger in 2010," predicted Farrell Evans of Sports Illustrated. "But I also think this whole affair shows that golfers aren't any better than other athletes."
Senior Writer of Golf.com, Cameron Morfit says: "I want to see if this whole mess is going to affect his golf. In the end I doubt it will. The great ones play through all manner of horrific embarrassments. (See: Michael Jordan's baseball career.)"
Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
