re: spinoff: Why is game of Golf dying? What is the cause?

It's a relatively expensive, time-consuming, difficult sport at a time when lots of marginal/new players have less money, time, and patience. I enjoy Golf, but play much much less than I used to (which wasn't much).

The real questions should be (1) how one phenomenal golfer near-single handedly led to such an explosion in its popularity, and (2) why "oldtimers" and "real golfers" seem to resent him.

The pros sure as hell don't resent the size of those post-Tiger checks.