Re: Just Say No
On a break from therapy or possibly fresh from a trip on his yacht with mistress number 87, Tiger Woods will make a carefully orchestrated public apology today after three months in hiding. Words like ‘disappointment’ and ‘hurt’ are sure to be thrown around along with the news that he now knows how to delete text messages. As a newly initiated member into the “I’ve been caught,” I mean, the “I’m really sorry club,” Tiger joins fellow sportsman Kobe Bryant and politicians Mark Sanford and John Edwards.
If you are normal, this news is probably interesting in the same way you might be interested in the box of freshly baked donuts your co-worker brought to the office. If you think that Tiger has hurt you deeply despite not being his friend, wife or mother, then this news is either a welcome relief or too little too late. If you’re Boston Herald sports columnist Ron Borges, the news is nothing short of a personal affront to your sense of decency. Here’s an excerpt:
For years Woods’ fans and the media thought he was the most driven player in the world. He was on the practice range while others slept. He was in the gym while his opponents had the covers up by their chins. He was driven to win, they thought.
Turns out cowering Tiger, not sleeping dragon actually was driven by the desire to deaden something he could run away from with golf and sex but that kept sneaking up on him whenever he tried to lay down his head.
Maybe Ron is actually a psychiatrist who writes about sports on the side?
Ron ends the piece by spitting on the page (just a guess) and this final smack down:
Tiger must somehow learn that without golf he’s a college dropout with a bad marriage and a big bank account about to be halved.
Tiger Woods still doesn’t get that, but he will. My guess is that revelation won’t come until something else goes wrong. Until then, he can always announce an endorsement deal with Ambien.
Ouch. No longer on Team Tiger, Ron? And by the way, what else could possibly go wrong? Putting aside the slightly crazy tone these remarks suggest, why exactly should Woods publicly apologize? Will that make everyone feel better? Clearly, it won’t make Ron happy so what’s the point? Unlike the mea culpas of his political counterparts, Woods’ statement is an unnecessary exercise in public shaming. Sanford and Edwards needed to make statements because they represent a constituency of people to whom they broke an implied promise. Tiger may have represented the sport of golf but he didn’t promise to be a good husband or a good sleeper for that matter.
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Tiger needs to deal with this with his wife. He doesn’t owe me an apology or an explantion, no more so than I owe him one for any of my behavior…….I never planned to select my auto, accounting firm or anything else based upon Tiger’s opinion or endorsement of any product, never had and never would, regardless of his behavior. This is an issue between him, his wife and his savior.