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The Tiger Setup

Professional golf risks its integrity.

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Well, news, commissioner Tim Finchem: From now on out, there’s a very good chance Tiger will opt out of the Fedex Cup, entirely or in part, no matter how you tweak it. He doesn’t need the money. Heaven knows, he doesn’t need the point advantage. He’s proved a point by winning the first one. But he’ll only go so far for the hype.

Tiger Woods can arrange his own high-paid exhibitions. Matter of fact, he does. The Tiger Woods Target Tournament, held last year at Sherwood Country Club, was his alone, with an invited field. The AT&T Tournament in Washington, D.C. this year was Tiger’s event, co-sponsored with the PGA Tour. Tiger didn’t ask for, or expect, any special advantage in either one.

Tiger Woods didn’t sacrifice his dignity and integrity for the sake of a marginal television audience. Golf shouldn’t do it, either.

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Lawrence Henry writes every week from North Andover, Massachusetts.

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