Woods-mania dying a slow death as PGA Tour loses its lustre

Woods mania is slowly waning as the PGA Tour loses its luster

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Tiger Woods was ejected from the seventh fairway after withdrawing from the Genesis Invitational at California’s Riviera Country Club due to illness. Photo: Gina Ferrazzi/Los Angeles.

Ten days ago, Tiger Woods fell ill early in the second round of the Genesis Invitational, and a rules official was shown in full as he rode a golf cart from the seventh tee to the clubhouse. As the buggy stopped several times and Woods looked pained, commentators milled around the Sky Sports booth, wondering, speculating and expressing their concerns in a tone worthy of a state funeral.

Was his back tense again? Could I have broken my ankle this time? They studied replays of his final tee shot on No. 7, which hit the middle of the fairway, and could detect no jitter in his swing. It soon became clear that Woods was ill. In the clubhouse, dehydration was “treated with an IV drip.” On the golf course, he started feeling dizzy. At night, my body temperature rose. Had Woods been younger, a spoonful of Calpol might have cured all of this, but age is a complicating factor for all of us.