It's really hard to say about this being good for golf. I mean it might be good that Tiger's no longer the #1 player for some variety, but he's brought so many fans to the game. If you look at the TV ratings with him in contention compared to him not being in contention or not in the tournament at all, there's such an insane difference.
From what I've seen, Vijay's not really the most charismatic guy on tour. He's really impersonal, etc. He was also one of the big guys to speak out against Annika Sorentstam playing in that one PGA event last year.
We'll see though. Like I said in an earlier post; nice run Tiger!