This could be a dark day for all but the worshippers of Corporate Sport...

And so, our Lords and Masters are at it again...

Tiger Woods is in contention at yet another major golf tournament, an Woods has not won a single major in the position he goes into today's (as of writing) final round of the 2013 British Open.

And, yet, once again, he is the one, sole, and only story of the tournament.

Never mind Lee Westwood, who is two shots clear of the field.

"The Door Is Open", as ESPN says tonight.

The fact of the matter is, once again, we have been subjected to one man becoming the sport.

This is, really, no different than the NBA becoming the JBA (the Jordan Basketball Association), in the era in which surveys basically noted (as Brian Tuohy has made reference to) that a significant majority of NBA fans of the day were Chicago Bulls fans -- and, hence, Jordan fans.

Never mind that his era single-handedly destroyed the game of basketball in this country.

Never mind that, had any serious examination of laws been done against him in his supposed 1993 retirement, he probably gets jailed, rather than exiled to baseball.

Etc.

And so forth.

And so on.

So why do I bring the man called Foolish Jor-don into this?

Because we now have the same thing going on in golf, and it's been going on 15 years or more.

Anyone with a clue understands that, if Tiger Woods were not in the PGA, Tour ratings would be that of the "real golf fan" and not much else.

In short, it wouldn't have these pigs squealing "GET IN THE HOLE!" on a tee shot on a 500-yard par five.

It would have a very hard time finding anyone willing to cover the sport, as it has been clear that the Tiger Golf Association has overtaken anything Tim Finchem might be Commissioner of.

Let's get a few of my opinions straight right now:

• The only reason he hasn't been rigged to more titles is that the guy is so self-entitled and so rich that his head has been screwed up beyond repair.  Anyone who watches this guy for five minutes can see it in everything he does.  
• The only reason he's even as close as he is to the remaining records of golf he does not have is that the PGA/TGA Tour is the weakest it's ever been -- full of a bunch of golfers making far too much money for their talent.  I'm talking about the likes of you, Dustin Johnson.  Even Phil Mickleson would fall into this category more often than not as he advances out of the age bracket in which he can still be relevant.  (Wow.  Didn't see that 66 coming, especially after his first three rounds and all the words he had for the R&A.)
• It is clear that Tiger Woods is/was going to be the athlete for which this age is remembered, much like Jordan was for his.  The guy was effectively pre-selected by the United States Sports Machine (media, corporate, etc. that basically tells us who we have to prostrate ourselves to in sports) and groomed (until his father died) to be The Next Big Thing.
• I would put real money (if I had enough meaningful money to throw around like this) on Tiger Woods being on Performance Enhancing Drugs.
• I would also put real money on more than a few "problems" being "fixed" on his behalf to ensure his continuance in golf.

Basically, IMODO:   He, his fans, and ESPN, the corporate stooges on his behalf, and the media which bow to him are, to put it bluntly, fucked in the head.

And, to put it similarly bluntly, if Tiger actually does it, WE WILL NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT.

This is why I cannot enjoy sports in this day and age, for Tiger Woods is nothing more than a media and corporate whore we are all supposed to bow down to.