Tiger Woods out of the picture, TV ratings in the tank - Los Angeles Times

SmackCaster SmackBlog found this 7/22/2008 on www.latimes.com [flag]

Case 1: Buick Open. The first event of three events so far that Woods would have played but missed because of his knee surgery. The overnight rating on CBS for the fourth round was down 12%, from a 1.7 to a 1.5. Case 2: AT National. Worse. The overnight ratings for the fourth round on CBS were down 48%, from a 2.9 to a 1.5. Third-round ratings dipped 35%, from a 2.0 to a 1.3. Case 3: British ... [link]

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No Tiger in British Open ratings tank
Published 7/22/2008 by TheHotRead at SmackCaster SmackBlog
... No one person is bigger than…no one player is bigger than a sport. Well, that won’t stand up in golf. Tiger Woods won the British Open by not being there. According to the Los Angeles Times, the overnight ratings for Sunday’s final round — even with the Greg Norman drama — dropped 14.6% from 4.1 to 3.5. The same story also informs us that next year the tournament will be only on cable as ESPN will show it, snapping a 50-year run on ABC. ...

Flashback: Chris Young Trade
Published 7/23/2008 by Sturminator (noreply@blogger.com) at Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville
... just stockpile quarterbacks, they have quite a crowd at running back too: Dunn, Cadillac Williams, Earnest Graham and Michael Bennett. A first-round pick of the Bucs in 1997, Dunn re-signed with them after six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. WR Isaac Bruce, San Francisco -- Who better to help implement Mike Martz's offensive system than Bruce, who had so many stellar seasons with Martz in St. Louis? Question is, can he still beat defenders at age 35? How did golf do without Tiger? … It's all a matter of perspective. The ...

PGA’s TV Ratings Whimper Without Tiger’s Roar
Published 7/23/2008 by Signal to Noise at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Despite the good story and impressive feat of Padraig Harrington winning back-to-back British Opens (as well as Greg Norman being competitive ), Thomas Bonk of the L.A. TIMES passes on a shocker: without Tiger Woods , the PGA Tour’s TV ratings are taking a dive . Tiger Woods, U.S. Open 2008 The details of the tournaments without Tiger, as far as eyeballs on sets go, do not bode well for the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup. Now, TV numbers don’t always mean everything, but with the British Open slated to become an all-cable major in two years, the ...

If You Can Wrap Your Head Around It, Golf Ratings are down Without Tiger
Published 7/23/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Shane B.) at Dogs That Chase Cars
In news that wouldn't even make a coked out chimpanzee raise an eyebrow, golf ratings are down without Tiger Woods in the field. I know, it's like hearing your parents really adopted you. Because I'm not very good with the whole "numbers" thing, I'll just let the story explain. Case 1: Buick Open. The first event of three events so far that Woods would have played but missed because of his knee surgery. The overnight rating on CBS for the fourth round was down 12%, from a 1.7 to a 1.5. Case 2: AT&T; National. Worse. The ...

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RCS JeffB posted 7/22/2008 from www.realclearsports.com

Let me just say that I'm a golf junkie. I watch. I play. I play it on my video game. I talk about it incessantly. And I used to be a golf columnist, too. I was always annoyed by the Johnny-Come-Lately golf fans who only care about golf when Tiger Woods plays. It never occurred to me what Tiger meant to golf until he's not playing.

Tiger Woods out of the picture, TV ratings in the tank - Los Angeles Times

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One putt could have changed plenty for Harrington (AP)

Rover found this 7/22/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

Padraig Harrington has two British Open titles, and it all started with a miss. But it wasn't his. The morning after he defended his title at Royal Birkdale, the Irishman already was looking ahead. He now is in the same company as Greg Norman, Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, Dave Stockton and others who have won the same major twice.

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Rocco Mediate, who went toe-to-toe with Tiger Woods in a 19-hole Monday playoff at last month's U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, has accepted an invitation to play in the 25th annual LG Skins Game Thanksgiving weekend in Indian Wells, Calif.

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Rocco Mediate, who went toe-to-toe with Tiger Woods in a 19-hole Monday playoff at last month's U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, has accepted an invitation to play in the 25th annual LG Skins Game Thanksgiving weekend in Indian Wells, Calif.

Fans congratulate Woods
Tiger, it has been a pleasure to see you meet every challenge thrown at you this week. You did it with class and with skills never shown by a golfer before. Congratulations! Murray

Greg Norman turned back time at British Open
They looked like kids, walking hand in hand one night around the Royal Birkdale parking lot, Shark with his big green-and-white throwback MacGregor golf bag on his shoulder, broad-shouldered and shaggy-haired and appearing ready for the surf, ...