Still, growing up at the top of the golf world has its perks.
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However, the reality of the situation is that the media and golf world have to move on from Woods being the focus of everything.
He's been at the epicenter of the pro-golf world for a couple of decades, working with Davis Love III, Greg Norman, Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, and now Dustin Johnson, Nick Watney and Phil Mickelson.
Worse still, in a desperate attempt to make the weekend, McIlroy gave up on his new sponsor's putter the Nike Method and went back to his tried and trusted short stick, one designed by Scotty Cameron and made by Nike's archrival of the golf manufacturing world, Titleist.
Compatriot Colin Montgomerie won the Accenture world match play title before it came an official World Golf Championships event and took the individual title at the 1997 World Cup.
Elsewhere, the draw for the first World Golf Championships tournament of the year, the Accenture Match Play, has been made, pairing world No. 1 Rory McIlroy, who lost to Hunter Mahan in the final last year, against Irishman Shane Lowry.
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During Norman's induction to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001, Finchem praised Norman for coming up with the idea for the world championship.
"Essentially where the PGA Tour came down was that they did not think that banning anchoring was in the best interest of golf or the PGA Tour, " the circuit's commissioner Tim Finchem told a press conference at the World Golf Championship event at Dove Mountain.
The victory propelled McIlroy to the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Rankings.
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So does their fellow Englishman, Justin Rose, a brilliant golf tactician and world No. 4.
The majors, World Golf Championship events and other biggies, like the Players Championship get extra credit.
"Its humbling when the new star of world golf comes out in your favor, " he said.
So I'd say that he's playing the best golf in the world right now.
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The Presidents Cup, the Players Championship and the World Golf Championships have all blossomed on his watch.
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In 2005, Guan finished fourth in the 6-and-under category at the San Diego Junior World Golf Championships.
Finchem and the PGA Tour shot it down, only to launch their own World Golf Championships in 1999.
Liang Wen-Chong is the only Chinese golfer to reach the top 100 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
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The PGA Tour runs the American circuit and plays a leading role in staging World Golf Championship events.
This year Shenzhen was the venue of the prestigious HSBC-World Golf Championship event, won by Englishman Ian Poulter.
And with it, regaining the number one ranking in the official World Golf Rankings for the first time since October 2010.
Non-Ameicans Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy have all taken turns at the top of the World Golf Rankings.
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When he got back to San Francisco, he and his friend YuChiang Cheng went for it, starting a company called World Golf Tour.
Kuchar is in form after finishing second at last week's Crowne Plaza Invitational, while he won the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship in February.
"For every given skill ranking, the official world golf ranking for PGA Tour players averaged 36 positions worse than for non-PGA Tour players, " Rendleman said.
Miickelson was claiming his first World Golf Championship victory, coming hard on the heels on his win at the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles.
Six of the top 10 men in the current World Golf Rankings are from different Olympic nations, and selection rules will ensure even more diversity.
He gets into his first World Golf Championship next week at Doral, and qualifies for two more WGCs this year at Firestone and in Shanghai.
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