‘Tigerless US PGA could tap Asia’

Tiger Woods’s absence from golf may prompt the US PGA Tour to court sponsors more aggressively in Asia, a Japan Tour executive Hiroshi Yamanaka said.

Tiger Woods’s absence from golf may prompt the US PGA Tour to court sponsors more aggressively in Asia, a Japan Tour executive Hiroshi Yamanaka said.

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“Asia is where money moves and gathers,” he said.

“Tiger's absence greatly affects spectator turnouts and TV ratings. It makes it still tougher for the US tour to survive on its own amid difficulties such as the pullout of various sponsors,” he said.