Tiger Woods is going after his seventh straight PGA Tour victory at the $5 million tournament, the first event on the PGA's 2007 European Tour. But, last time I checked, Shanghai was in Asia, no?
Woods is calling his play 'close to the best ball-striking of the year.' He shot an eight-under-par, but thinks he could have gone maybe two or three lower.
Entertainment is big business. Sports might be even bigger business, or at least its equal.
China, anxious to be a front player on all fronts, is aiming to be so in golf as well. There is no one in gold, in sports?, with a bigger name than Tiger Woods.
The China Golf Association has to happier than a hungry boy facing a plate of fried dumplings to have Tiger on their plate this week.
Tiger is likely to take off with his 7th major title and a big chunk of that $5 million pot.
The real question, however, is will golf take off in China?
What do you think?
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