Youtouchedonsomethingthat I wanttogettobecauseifwe'rebeinghonestpre 97 thegameofgolfwas a stuffyoldwhiteguysportTigerisraisedandyouconfinedvideoclipsofhimsayingit.
Heknewthathewastaskedwithbreakingtheracialbarrierof a sportatclubsandgolfcourseswherehewasnotallowedtoplayin a 1997 whenhelearnsthatMastersandJimNancemakesthecallandhecallsit a winfortheages.
Andyouultimatelybecameorinformedbecauseyousaw a guythatwasnothingshortofgreatthatlookedlikehewasgoingtoshatterrecordsandyouwerelookingattherecordstoseewhatrecordshewouldultimatelyshatter.
IfitwerenotforTiger, youwouldn't havecaredaboutallofthoseotherthingsyouwouldhavecaredaboutSamSneadandandwhathehadaccomplishedwith, youknow, his 80 or 81 PGATour.
Whenyouwere a kidaboutJackNicklaus's 18 majors, whentheycaredaboutthosethings, youcaredaboutitbecauseyouknewthatTigerwascomingforallofthoserecordsand a blackmanwasgonnaknockhimdown.
I veryeyeshowpopularizedithasbecomethemoney, therevenuethathasbeengeneratedbythesport, tigersthatyouknowhe's atthefrontofthelinewithallofthatmakingthathappen.