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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 2678656, member: 730"] [B]On 14, 15, 16 he went birdie, birdie, eagle to get back to +3 and he finished +4 .[/B] Where did you see this? He went par, birdie, bogie. Augusta is a strange course and lots of top players have bad rounds. The defending champion, Garcia shot 81, 78 this year. As bad as Woods is playing Mickleson is several shots behind him. Almost all the leaders (Spieth, McElroy, Johnson, Rahm, etc) played Friday in the morning, before ESPN's coverage started. I agree that Tiger got more attention than his score deserved but if you knew the difference in TV ratings between tournaments he is playing and those he isn't you would know why. The players freely admit that half the purse money they play for is a direct result of his career. Like it or not Woods is the show. Today (Saturday) you would have thought McElroy led the tournament by the way they hung on him. True, he was second, several shots behind, but did they have to interview him while the actual leader was playing a hole. Star treatment is normal in golf. There have always been stars getting extra coverage. Arnie, Jack, Norman, all were covered long after they had any shot at winning. At least Tiger can still hit the shots. The thing that makes me laugh is that the same "expert commentators" who proclaimed Tiger was dead six months ago have now gone to the opposite extreme. He's basically been out of competitive golf for 3 years due to injury. I don't expect him to be sharp for several more months. [/QUOTE]

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