As the women's world number one, Lorena Ochoa, takes a one stroke lead into the final day of the first major of the year, comparisons are being drawn between the Mexican and Tiger Woods.
The 26-year-old is looking to secure her third win in four starts on the 2008 LPGA Tour at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California.
The significant thing about all this is that, finally, women's golf may now have someone who can attract the mass audiences to the women's game. Or can it?
A post from the Golf Blog criticises the lack of coverage of the women's game. Within the post, it shows how the LPGA recaps on a women's event through YouTube. The video is clearly not effective, and has had just under 60 views.
It raises the question whether the women's game will ever earn the coverage that it deserves.
A BBC Forum is alive and kicking on the subject. One comment states that the women's game needs a 'Tigress Woods'.
Here's a post from the Ultimate Golf Blog, which shows that Ochoa could be the Tiger Woods of the women's tour.
If Ochoa continues her good form, maybe television companies would start to cover the women's game in greater depth, to showcase her talents. We will just have to wait and see......
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