PGA Championship. A very crowded leaderboard on a Saturday afternoon. JT is playing well.

[TUSKtimes]

Here's where this falls apart. So what if he shot a 64 Sunday. A guy gets seven birds on the front nine and doesn't get a mention. You hear the name Tyrrell Hatton yesterday? He shot a 64 as well (T-10.)

But when you shoot 64 and you are in contention on Sunday and your name is Tiger and the most charismatic and dominating golfer ever and you finish 2nd, all by yourself, you are going to get lots of TV time. How many folks turned in to the PGA to find out if Tyrell Hatton was going to make the top 10? The "Tiger effect" is real and even after 5 years of inactivity, the people love this man.

When the tourney was over, people on the 18th hole were going berserk. They were giving this guy a thunderous applause that couldn't be coerced or scripted. It was genuine love bubbling up in front of your eyes and the educated TV cameras knew who everyone wanted to see.

 

[TerryP]

and the educated TV cameras knew who everyone wanted to see.

Educated? No.
Instructed? Yes.
Everyone wanted to see? Please. I'll give you a lot. The ratings reflect such.

I'm laughing at an Instagram video that's out there with Tiger clapping the hands of fans, mainly younger, as he walked to the next tee and these two grown men getting all giddy after Tiger touched his hand. One of the most pathetic scenes I have ever seen on TV. I'd put $100 on it that the guy messed in the front of his pants if you catch my drift.

All of this, on TV, when there is golf going on...other golfers doing well. But, they chose to show him walking. It's just like the comment earlier about switching to him drinking water when the putt for the tourney could be broadcast.

If you want to use the word educated, let's use it for the people who normally wouldn't be watching. If they were educated, they'd be wanting to watch the tournaments participants. The tournament, ya know.

As an analogy...image you're watching the first Thursday of March Madness and while there are games going down to the buzzer every channel is focused on Duke (or whatever team people are intrigued by.) Is that good coverage?

 

[TUSKtimes]

Educated? No.
Instructed? Yes.
Everyone wanted to see? Please. I'll give you a lot. The ratings reflect such.

Which speaks for itself. This PGA championship was 69% higher in TV ratings than last year. You not only got the casual fan looking you got people with no interest in the sport watching Tiger Woods. That's the "Tiger effect." In reality, Tiger saved golf when he first joined the tour and it looks like he's gonna save it again.

 

[BamaFan334]

Educated? No.
Instructed? Yes.
Everyone wanted to see? Please. I'll give you a lot. The ratings reflect such.

Which speaks for itself. This PGA championship was 69% higher in TV ratings than last year. You not only got the casual fan looking you got people with no interest in the sport watching Tiger Woods. That's the "Tiger effect." In reality, Tiger saved golf when he first joined the tour and it looks like he's gonna save it again.

Tiger loves that percentage, .

 

[footballer]

I could not follow no man or team named tiger.

 

[TerryP]

I could not follow no man or team named tiger.

Woman, maybe? Meet Tiger Kirchharz.

 

[footballer]

Terry, there are exceptions to the rule.