Tiger Woods To Hold Press Conference

I’d bet my weight in dead hookers that he’ll be playing in Augusta.

I am ready to see if he can move on and get back to his game, or if this is going to mess him up.

“Hey Tiger. Is it true that you knocked up a porn star, twice? Thanks, I’ll sit down and listen.”

Seems like more of the same to me. Elin should be ashamed of herself. No woman would stay after what this guy pulled. Yes, people make mistakes and everyone needs to be forgiven but his behaviour was subhuman. I wonder what sort of deal was cut between her and his reps. If a deal was cut, she’s no different than the “actresses” and “waitresses” that he liked to mingle with.

This guy is one of the biggest assholes on the planet. It was about time he was exposed.

nordberg = WIN

My post on OB where guys like Groundhog were having a field day with Tiger.

Some of you sound like he screwed your wife or girlfriend.

He screwed (pun intended) up. Royally.

He’s making an effort, a sincere one I hope, to redeem himself.

He owes none of us anything. He owes his family everything. Whatever it takes to make it right with them he should do it.

He’s also the greatest golfer in the history of the game, and I hope gets his craft back to that level once again. He can be a good example for others that even after a massive failure, if you are sincere and contrite in your efforts to reclaim what you have lost, it is there for you. The human condition.

I have nothing but hope for the guy that he gets his life back. Why would any of you feel otherwise? What harm has he done you?

Sheesh.

“Some of you sound like he screwed your wife or girlfriend.”

When in reality there is only like a 30% chance that he did.

You’re on a roll, nordberg.

There is nothing sincere about Tiger.

Beowulf,

I have met the guy and spent some time with him and did so before he was famous. I have a little first hand knowledge about what a jerk he is.

No, he doesn’t owe any of us anything and his private life is certainly his, but when he makes hundreds of millions of dollars directly off peddling an image that is false then yes, he should be held accountable. Thank goodness some sponsors had the courage to dump his ass. We shall see where it goes from here.

Yes, he is the greatest golfer of all time but he is another example of why we shouldn’t use athletes as role models. Do you honestly believe he is all of a sudden going to be a good guy? If so, I have some acreage in Arizona I’d Iike to show you. He is a brand and there are many people who millions off this fantasy brand. It’s not like the guy happened to fall in love with another girl. This guy was sleeping with adult porn stars, hooters girls, IHop waitresses, etc.

Sheesh is right. Oh, and please don’t lump me in with orangebloods crowd.

There is a recent article by Dan Jenkins of Golf Digest that nails the Woods debacle.

Nordberg is on a roll. That we can agree on, beowulf!

beowulf,
(cue Lee Corso voiceover) Not so fast my friend…
Lots of folks (me included) still consider the Golden Bear to be the greatest golfer of all time. He played in an era with many other great, Hall of Fame golfers who narrowly beat him in majors, or he might have won 20-30 instead of 18 (remember he not only won 18 majors, he finished 2nd in 19 others!)
Just one man’s opinion…

Fair enough, Groundhog. And fair enough burnt orange outrage, too.

I liked TIger my whole life because he values the game. Gives major props to past champions and is very traditional in a time where Ian Poulter, AK, ect wear bellbottoms and white belts with frosted tips. I actually like kim but you get the point.
However, I heard from a friend that played with a very high ranking golfer on tour and he was saying how they all disliked him and that he was always cheating on his wife and the players on the tour can not stand him. Infact this someone actually mentioned that they might be somewhat glad he finally got caught. My belief in him as a person has gone down considerably and I will root for others from here on out until I find a reason otherwise.

First, the handler advice to attend Sex Rehab and thus receive “he has a disease” sympathy is genius. Establishing your own victimhood is a crucial component for image rehabilitation in today’s pop culture world. The American public is credulous enough to accept any testimony on morality if the honorific Doctor or Reverend precedes the name of the opiner. Expect that pack of hired guns to make the rounds soon peddling their wares of redemption/healing and sin/disease.
 
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Ha ha ha ha. I can assure you that no one on the PGA tour dislikes someone else for cheating on their wife. The PGA tour makes the NBA look like a mosque.
 
They dislike him because he kicks the dogshit out of them regularly, no one cares about or watches golf when he’s not playing, and he’s probably a bit of a dickhead.

Personally, I think anyone who is ashamed of Tiger and/or thinks he owes us an explanation, really puts way too much emphasis on the roles athletes play in our lives. Were any of you actually buying Buicks and Gatorade because you thought Tiger was an upstanding citizen?

I’ve been around, played and been utterly obsessed with sports my entire life. Never once did I consider an athlete a big enough part of my life that I felt they owed
 me anything other than trying their best to earn their paycheck, which I effectively pay a portion of.

They dislike him because he kicks the dogshit out of them regularly, no one cares about or watches golf when he’s not playing, and he’s probably a bit of a dickhead.

They also dislike them because he made them millionaires by kicking the dogshit out of them.

“Seems like more of the same to me. Elin should be ashamed of herself. No woman would stay after what this guy pulled. "

ELin knew all along I have no doubt whatsoever

Establishing your own victimhood is a crucial component for image rehabilitation in today’s pop culture world. The American public is credulous enough to accept any testimony on morality if the honorific Doctor or Reverend precedes the name of the opiner. Expect that pack of hired guns to make the rounds soon peddling their wares of redemption/healing and sin/disease.

Scipio, you sound like H.L. Mencken. Which is not a bad thing.

Elin was a nanny, right? – Now she can buy my family. Savvy business woman, that.

I find anyone who is irritated at Tiger to be good fun in the same way mimes and The Wiggles are. He should be held accountable? So should your educational background. They are sponsorship dollars. They will hold him accountable commensurate with his image. That is one efficient market.

What he earns on the tour, he earns.

Did Steinberg confer with the RNC? This sounds like a town hall meeting during the years when Bush was so unpopular. Sailor, are you asking the questions?

Anbody go the SNL link with Blake Lively as Elin and Fatboy keenan as TW?

Off topic. Everyone has opinions. Here is mine. Tiger is the greatest golfer of his generation. To suggest otherwise is a discredit to all the great golfers that proceed him. No way to compare given the advance in technology. You put a set of today’s Nike forged irons in the hands of Don January and I’ll show you the greatest golfer of all time. I say that tongue in cheek but you get my message. The list of “greatest” golfers is a short one but don’t think it wise to put the guy on a lone pedestal. Be sure to double check me with the media hype machine on this one, too.

Calling sexual acting out an “addiction” is somewhat controversial in the treatment field. It does not fit the addiction model in that there is no medical danger of withdrawal as with alcohol or drug abuse. There does seem to be distorted thinking (rationalization/denial) that maintains extremely reckless and destructive behavior. This is particularly striking in Tiger’s case because he seems to be extremely intelligent and uses very effective problem solving in most other areas of his life.

Scip’s point about the PR value of a public mea culpa hidden behind a professionally sanctioned “diagnosis” is a fair one. Successful treatment should culminate in the individual taking responsibility and doing what he can to clean up the mess.

I hope Tiger goes Ben Hogan: lets all of the sponsorships go except Nike and plays a drastically reduced schedule built around the majors.

1. I’m not really sold on the “Sex Rehab” thing… reminds me of a few guys I know from the Texas Tech Rugby Team who’d hang around the free STD testings in the residence halls trolling for sure things…

2. Tiger should retire from golf and pick up with the Birmingham Barons…

3. Actually, tomorrow’s press conference is to announce he’s teaming up with Magic Johnson to build state-of-the-art movie theaters in the hood…

What kind of porn star gets pregnant? I mean really did she not have a clue how these things happen?

How many times did he have to ask Elin to take an antibiotic for his “kidney infection” till the light went off in her head?

Sometimes being a celeb goes to peoples head. In case it did. He has alot of fixing to do and I just hope he starts with his family.

After all, time spent at South Coast Recovery is not meant to be a sentence of punishment.