New Delhi: The PGA Tour's 2010 season has kicked off with the first event in Hawai without Tiger Woods.
"At the moment, he's hiding, which I don't think is the right way to go about it. I think we need to see him come out here and apologise," says golfer Retief Goosen.
His 14 majors and 71 PGA tour wins have ensured that Tiger has held the Number One position for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks and he still enjoys a healthy 6 point lead over his nearest rival on the rankings table. It's a massive void, but players young and old will attempt to fill it in the coming weeks - while he is away.
"I think there is an opportunity for a handful of guys who have aspirations to be Number One. This might be a time when it's a lot more possible than it has been before," says golfer Geoff Ogilvy.
Woods' absence from the second half of the 2008 season due to his injury had led to a 46 per cent decline in golf viewership as compared to 2007. But going by the response from some of the senior players on the tour, it is clear that Woods is not being missed.
Golfer Jerry Kelly says, "He is not the sport. Golf will move on. When Tiger Woods retires, no matter if it's tomorrow or if it's 10 years or 20 years from now, the game of golf will have it's stars. The game of golf will survive."
Though, he isn't likely to make a hasty comeback to save his throne, whenever he comes back, it clearly promises to be one of the sports stories of the year.
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