CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Pretty much everyone expected Tiger Woods to be at Quail Hollow this week. Wells Fargo Championship tournament officials. The PGA Tour. The media. His caddie. Perhaps even Tiger himself.
That he is not here says a lot about how big his Masters victory was to him and his future, how he might now treat the major championships, and how he is seemingly unconcerned about "tournament reps" heading into the next one.
And it will inevitably draw comparisons to Ben Hogan, who not only survived a near-fatal car crash but returned to win the U.