The likes of Woods, McIlroy, Bryson Dechambeau, Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler may not win all the time, but the tour realises that they trigger fan interest, generating TV viewership and, crucial in the present age, social media traffic.įor example, a recent picture of Woods on crutches on Instagram, as he recovers from a car accident, went viral on social media. The PGA Tour wants to keep its most valuable assets in good humour even if they don’t win.Įven when Woods was at his peak, his winning rate was about 30 per cent. – Meltwater mentions, or the frequency with which a player is mentioned across a range of media channels. – MVP rating, a measure of how much engagement a player’s social media and digital channels drive – Q-rating, a metric of the familiarity and appeal of player’s brand – Nielsen Brand Exposure rating, which measures the value a player delivers to sponsors via his total time featured on broadcasts The PGA Tour will use an algorithm to rank the players on their ‘Impact Score.’ The criteria include: How will the players be ranked on this program? It was implemented four months ago, but came to light only recently. The biggest share, $8 million, will go to the player adjudged the most valuable in this regard. The fact the former US president spoke at all was another tacit illustration of this being no typical sportsperson.It stipulates a $40 million fund, to be distributed among 10 golfers to “recognise and reward players who positively move the needle” by generating interest and coverage for the sport, including engagement on social media. “If we have learned anything over the years, it’s never to count Tiger out,” was the perfectly accurate intervention of Barack Obama. It has never been at all wise to bet against Woods. “You think guys like Tiger and Kobe Bryant are untouchable, but they’re not.” Unlike Bryant, who suffered such a horrible end, Woods will live to tell the tale of his escape. “He’s our hero out here,” said the former Masters champion Adam Scott. This phase of his life, partly because of traumatic experiences that have formed a backdrop, has seen Woods discover off-course contentment. Woods’s focus was once on dominating golf his own father almost built him for that very purpose. Woods places great stock in enjoying typical activities with 12-year-old Charlie and Sam, who is 13. Just as golf owes him absolutely nothing, there is precious little left to prove. With his adoring children watching on, not long after the sporting world had written him off, he had scaled the mountain once more. If the physical exertions associated with that triumph were widely quoted, Woods has been reticent regarding its psychological impact. That Woods donned a Green Jacket for the fifth time in 2019 stands out as an epic recovery tale. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images The vehicle driven by golfer Tiger Woods lies on its side in Rancho Palos Verdes after a rollover accident. Given the detail provided by Los Angeles police, that Woods is lucky to still be alive, it would be astonishing if he does not now reflect on the suitability of a life more ordinary. Just giving up’s never in the equation.” Nevertheless, even superstars have decisions made for them. Even the comeback king meets an insurmountable object at some point. Competitive closure is a legitimate theme now, such had been the toll on Woods’s body long before his accident in the rugged hills of California.
Yet even for a character so fabled, whose life resembles a bold movie script, no one could have predicted this type of farewell. It has been obvious for years that matters of a physical nature would eventually remove Woods from the fairways. The 15-times major champion incurred “open fractures affecting the tibia and fibula bones” in his lower right leg “stabilised by inserting a rod into the tibia”. If there is one, minuscule reason to be positive about a grim medical bulletin released by Woods’s management, it is that his other leg is the one more seriously affected. The Tiger Woods extricated from an SUV is 45 with the crucial addendum of five back surgeries and previous operations as required on his left knee. Hogan was 36 at the time of the head-on collision in foggy Texas. He won six majors from 1950 onwards, including the Masters twice.Ĭomparisons between what Hogan did and what Woods may aspire to are, unfortunately, fundamentally flawed. Hogan’s comeback ranks among the most incredible in all of sport.
After waiting 90 minutes for an ambulance, Hogan was told he may never walk again. Hogan was crushed having dived across the passenger seat of his car to save his wife from an oncoming Greyhound bus.