Airtime is a factor of network programming for maximum ratings, the writers/reporters of the media have no influence on this. If you want airtime, be in contention.

Singh is a great player, a future hall of famer but he is comparable to Phil. He may catch Tom Watson in total victories but there is no chance that he will match Watson’s 8 majors. Vijay isn’t Tom Watson, neither is Phil. In 20 years there will be no debates raging to determine if the 19th best player ever was Vijay or Phil. Nobody will care.

He had just played 72 holes in three days, putted very badly and finished way down in the pack. True, he just won $10 million and should have given a diplomatic and short interview, but give the man a break. To call him “surly” because he did not want to talk to the press when they wanted him to simply exposes the media’s astonishing presumption that it is all about the media.

The media has made a whipping boy out of Singh for a long time. Unless Vijay is in the outright lead, he is usually never given air time unless he has hit a bad shot or missed a birdie from short range. But the man is a great golfer, with 34 Tour wins and another 22 or so internationally. He is sure to win 40 tournaments to exceed the number won by Tom Watson and needs only a win in one of the Opens to close the last flaw in his astonishing career/