Finchem: Woods Scandal Big ‘curveball’ (ap)

FILE - This is an Aug. 9, 2009, file photo showing Tiger Woods, right, holding the trophy with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, after Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron, Ohio. Finchem says Tiger Woods' indefinite leave doesn't spell "gloom and doom" for golf. Finchem said Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, that while the sport's biggest star's absence will hurt and television ratings won't be as strong, the tour will have a prosperous season in 2010.

Even as he held firm that golf would survive no matter how long Tiger Woods stayed away, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said the sex scandal of his No. 1 player was the biggest "curveball" he's ever faced. Finchem tried Thursday to dispel a "gloom and doom" outlook for golf after the game's biggest star announced an indefinite leave to sort out his personal life.

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