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But Stephen Master, vice president of Nielsen Sports division of the television ratings company, said that after the first three tournaments of this season — the Bob Hope Classic, Farmers Insurance Open and Northern Trust Open — ratings for PGA golf are up 29 percent from 2009, when Woods missed several early tournaments while recovering from knee surgery.
“The PGA has to be very happy with that,” Master said. “To me that shows that, yes, golf is going to survive and be fine.”
When Woods comes back, he will find some support on the Tour.
“One of the first things that comes to my mind is one of my favorite stories in the Bible,” veteran golfer Ben Crane said. “It talks about a woman who has sinned and she’s been a prostitute and everyone brings her before Jesus and says shouldn’t we stone her? Shouldn’t we kill her for all these bad things that she’s ever done? And Jesus says, yes, absolutely, stone her. But you without sin be the one to cast the first stone. That’s my favorite story.