Tiger Woods is still the king of golf on TV

Sunday’s riveting show in Scotland did nothing to change our instinct here: Tiger Woods will win again on the PGA Tour, but he won’t win another major championship.

Too many good players, too many punishing courses, too many chances for this version of Woods to make the types of costly mistakes he made on the back nine at Carnoustie.

Still, the more salient point: Sports is about entertainment, and Woods planting himself in contention at a major — the British Open, golf’s most historic tournament — was wildly, relentlessly, refreshingly entertaining.

We’ll take more of that, absolutely.

Television viewers soaked it up. Sunday’s final round on NBC earned a 5.