Reply #88: I wouldn't call them wastelands

[nachosgrande]

How do you feel about public parks then? Or community baseball fields? Keep in mind, I'm not lobbying for private courses/country clubs, but what's so bad about affordable municipal golf courses? Especially those in urban areas that would otherwise be covered in concrete as the newest strip mall or parking structure.

I practically grew up on my local municipal golf course. It was one of the only places where I could actually spot wildlife (deer, hawks, turtles, beaver, woodchucks, etc.). And I was the son of factory workers, certainly not a member of the elite. Golf may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those of us that love the game - our lives have been enriched and we have been taught lessons that we would not have learned if not for the links.

But back to the OP, the Tiger Woods story is only this big because he may be the most dominant athlete that has ever existed (at least in the modern era).