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Originally Posted by jms62
PGA may have put pressure on him not to take the spotlight away from British Open.
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I don't know about that, although it's definitely possible.
I look at golf sort of the same way I look at racing (as far as viewship goes).
The die hards are going to watch regardless where the event is. Then you have the rest of the public that will watch the majors if they happen to be home and remember it is on.
I think the PGA has accepted the fact that they are going to have to move on without Tiger. Any type of news conference by Tiger today could generate a double sided effect on the sport, the positive would be reminding the public that it is British Open week and more importantly a timeline for his possible comeback. The negative being that the sport might be losing it's superstar for a more extended (if not permanently) length of time.
Depending on what the annoucement was, I would think that the PGA would take any type of publicity/buzz that it could get.