N.J. The public drives the media, Ann. Tigermania is a phenomenon among the fans. The media respond to and reflect that. Tiger Woods sells magazines and newspaper and pumps up TV ratings. Don't Read This.
Golf is hot.
It's popular and everyone, it seems, is playing the game. It gets hours of televised coverage every week. It even has a cable channel dedicated to it. From a public-interest standpoint, it's dead. Tiger is a phenomenon for a variety of reasons.