Tiger’s biggest concern now? Damage control
By JIM WALKER
Since his accident and the fallout from his alleged affairs, the great Tiger Woods has fallen off his pedestal, proving he’s not the icon that people worshiped on the golf course and off. He’s human… perhaps more so than his fans want to accept.
In news stories, sports’ columns and blogs, Tiger’s misdeeds — and perceived misdeeds — are being badgered about in both print and online at a dizzying pace.
From an unfortunate early morning accident on Nov. 27 that involved Woods’ SUV hitting a tree and fire hydrant, a golf club, broken glass and facial cuts, the Tiger saga has mushroomed into a major league scandal involving an alleged affair with not just one, but maybe as many as a dozen women.
As the major media continues to dig even deeper into the mess, it’s likely that additional sordid details of Tiger’s adventures with “the other” women will surface. So far, public reaction has been mixed although some of his colleagues in the professional golf ranks have criticized Woods’ alleged dallying with a veritable lineup of mistresses over a long period of time.
If he can survive the intense public scrutiny in the coming weeks and months and the questions that remain unanswered, perhaps the world’s greatest golfer — not, alas, the world’s greatest human being, it appears — Woods can survive the ordeal, sans his wife and two kids if the rumors are true that wife Erin purchased a home in her native Sweden and has filed for divorce from her now “tainted” husband.
Forget about his outstanding golf career for now: For the present and immediate future, it’s a course set on damage control for Tiger Woods.
Correction
Thanks to Andrew Barber of New Mexico for pointing out my error in a column referring to Elizabeth Lambert, who was suspended from her team for several infractions on the field. She is a student-athlete at University of New Mexico, not Mexico State (which I wrote) or New Mexico State (which I think I meant). In any event, both were incorrect.
Don’t know how I got those two schools mixed up, but I did. As Andrew noted in his e-mail, New Mexico State just started its women’s soccer program this year, finishing over .500 and competing in the WAC tournament in the team’s inaugural season.
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