PITTSBURGH — A decade ago Stuart Appleby was working on his golf swing on the range as Tiger Woods walked past.
“Ever wish you were no. 1?” I asked.
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The happy-go-lucky Aussie looked at the entourage, the security, the cameras, the journalists, the … circus that followed Woods each and every day and shook his head.
“Why would I want to live in that fishbowl?”
And the truth is, he didn’t need to. Golf is such a rich sport that a good player in the top 20 — as Appleby then was — can make tens of millions of dollars on the course, match that with endorsements, and live in a big house in Florida, drive a Lamborghini, fly in private jets and still somehow be under the radar.