Tiger Woods is Human despite his Considerable Skills as a Golfer...

Good read but totally disagree that we are part of his success, his success is from being a great golfer. We had no part of him being a great golfer. Did we pay for golf classes, put a meal on the table,help to buy some of his golf gear? No we did not. We had no part of his success, Companies went after him and they only did so as a result of him being a great golfer. You think companies would go after Tim Montgomery? I dont think so

For some strange reasons, this actually reminds me of Lady Di. Golfer or no golfer, rich or not rich, famous or not famous, powerful or weak, they are all humans. The media is just hungry for news and $$$, the reporters don't care about right or wrong, neither does the government. As if we don't have enough problems of our own, people still find time to 'judge' others? Makes me wonder how boring one's life has to be to actually be concerned about someone whom they don't even know personally! I've also learned the truth is never what it appears to be to the public. He's simply a good golfer, for anyone to expect more of him is just self delusion. Advertisers will care, other than that, I don't see why anyone should or have a right to :-)

Confucius say golfer who stick his tee in foreign turf increase chance of loosing balls.

lol- Man you've expanded your material for critique of late. Great work, all incredibly true. Fore!

It's incredibly hard to rate this data point.  I've found it hard to write about it.  Certainly, of course, Tiger Woods has done a bad thing.  You can't defend him cheating on his wife.  On the other hand, the media is so worried about his image because apparently Tiger Woods has never done this before.  That's all well and good and all, but Tiger Woods--as you said--is human and is prone to mistakes.

Perhaps the part I don't like about this is that whole, "He's a role model for kids," type stuff.  That may be but he's not a babysitter.  He never asked to be a role-model, that's just the image that seems more bestowed upon him by the media.  I suppose they gobble this story up because it's Tiger Woods.  Does he have a right to privacy?  Sure... but because of his celebrity status they'd rather he didn't.  

Let's put it this way.  In the first place, this doesn't make Tiger Woods a godawful human being.  It makes what he did to his wife a terrible thing, certainly.  But this idea that Tiger Woods should be this all encompassing, perfect man just because of his image or because he's really famous is pretty stupid, in my book.  No one cares when a husband cheats on a mother with four kids but when it's a celebrity suddenly it's everyone's business?  My big question is why I'm supposed to care.  In the first place, I was never a big Tiger Woods fan.  I was a kid when he became famous but one thing was clear: The guy on TV isn't supposed to be my role model, setting the good examples for me.  That's what my parents were for, and other family members--you know, people I knew on a personal level.

I understand that what Tiger Woods did was a pretty bad thing.  I just don't understand why in the world we all have to know about it.  I don't think Tiger is necessarily a bad person.  The idea that he's somehow worse than the child-killer you WON'T hear about because the media is too busy covering this damn story.

I got the "Tiger Christmas Card" in my email. Good one. I heard he is changing his name from Tiger to Cheetah.