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Geoff Ogilvy showed up last year. Zach Johnson signed up to play this year. Both players are major champions and recognizable names in the golf galaxy, but neither will inspire mainstream sports fans to drive to the Monterey Peninsula or watch golf on television in February.
Tiger Woods is another story.
Woods made it official Monday: He's returning to the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am next month. This will be his first appearance in the AT&T in 10 years, and his decision vividly illustrates why tournament officials reshaped their event in June 2009.
That's when the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula Country Club replaced Poppy Hills in the rotation and when the field size was reduced from 180 pros to...
Celebrated for their biting humor, Hall of Fame inductees Peter Alliss and Dan Jenkins aimed their gifts at Tiger Woods at the end of their news conferences before the induction ceremony Monday at the St. Johns County... more »
This headline was on ESPN.com: "Tiger Shoots 74 at Players.'' The subject was Tiger Woods, tied for 100th, and not either of the co-leaders, Ian Poulter or Martin Laird? Why, of course. We're not selling results in journalism,... more »
Used to be, people thought Tiger Woods was the guy who was capable of stopping a speeding bullet and leaping over tall buildings in a single bound. Hey, maybe the worm has turned. On Tuesday, two days before the Players... more »
The Nike golf ball with the TW logo on it went mysteriously missing, never to be found. And in a development you could say is related, Tiger Woods continues to search for his golf game. The lost ball that turned into a free drop... more »
Genius is hard to argue against, with its capacity for wonder and surprise. If it were not, then the story of Tiger Woods would be well into its third and final act by now; the part where it all goes wrong for the man himself... more »
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