I agree about Jack and Arnie and the history of the game. But with Tiger it was more about how he changed the purses in golf due to his popularity. Arnie did too, but never to the extent that Tiger did. In 1995 golfers were getting $100,000 for first place in a tournament. After Tiger came on the scene, by 2000 that winning purse went up to around a million dollars. So in less than a decade, golf purses grew by ten times. I can't think of any other professional sport in history that changed as rapidly in terms of money as the PGA Tour did after Tiger arrived. When you've made that kind of impact on a sport that never has been popular among the masses, people are going to miss you when your gone. But most of the people like that are like the one who started this thread. They are casual fans and very blase about the rest of the tour since they pay little attention to the game of golf. The rest of us who have played golf for many years love golf for what it is, a great game. I enjoyed it just as much in Jack and Arnie's day as I do now.
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