Tiger loses first major sponsor following affairs
NAPLES, Fla. — Say Tiger Woods’ name around his PGA Tour colleagues, and the reactions are swift and varied.
From Mark Calcavecchia, there was disappointment.
Chris DiMarco, concern. Boo Weekley, unusual silence.
And from others, when pondering the worst-case scenario — Woods never playing golf again — there is fear.
“Golf needs Tiger Woods,” Brad Faxon said. “We wish them well and the best. I don’t know what the best thing to do is. Nobody does. But I know him on the golf course is good for everybody.”
Woods’ future is uncertain, his family forever affected by the infidelity he acknowledged Friday on his Web site when announcing his “indefinite” leave from the game. With that, a long shadow of doubt has been cast over golf, which has seen a financial boon since Woods stormed onto the scene and now can only wait and wonder what’ll happen with the world’s No. 1 player and the game’s biggest draw sidelined.