The Buick Open's 50th anniversary party will be a little more
subdued than planned with guest of honour Tiger Woods announcing he
will miss the rest of the year to have surgery on his left knee.
While the golf world has had a week to digest the news that Woods
will not play again this season, the Buick, set to start on Friday
at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, represents the first
tournament the world number one had been scheduled to play and is
likely to provide a barometer of what sort of impact his absence
will have on the sport.
Attendance and television ratings for the Buick are expected to dip
without Woods, who has made Warwick Hills a regular fixture on his
calendar with the carmaker being one of his biggest endorsements.
Coming off a heroic playoff win over Rocco... //
The Nelson Mail