Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren briefly pose for a photoshop moment as the blond bombshell moves out of the marital home after being shell-shocked by serial accounts that Mr. Woods may have given as many as nine private golf lessons as to how to use his putter with a casting call for a reality TV show. – Artist-Photographer unknown – probably in hiding… Larger:
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By Kevin Dayhoff December 8, 2009
“[I]t is alleged, “Woods, 33, has been linked to up to nine women - including a British television presenter – since it was first reported he crashed his Cadillac into a fire hydrant outside his home on November 27 after reportedly arguing with his wife.”
“Apparently, the only person who can beat Tiger Woods with a golf club is his wife.” (There’s more from where that one came from – go here:
http://tinyurl.com/yhgeaq8.)
The latest revelations begs the question, when did he ever have time to play golf?
Ms. Tedmanson writes,
“Days after the crash Woods was linked to a New York night clubber, other women – including a Las Vegas party girl and a Florida waitress - began to come forward, selling their stories to tabloids with tales of trysts with Woods….”Is this nuts or what. Have you seen pictures of his wife? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. What could have he possibly been thinking? Or was his putter doing the thinking for him?
According to a December 7 article in the Times (UK) by Jacqui Goddard, “
Best man speech could draw Tiger Woods out of hiding”:
“… [T]he golf champion [is alleged to have had] trysts with Rachel Uchitel, a New York nightclub hostess, including flying her to Melbourne for a secret rendezvous with Woods during the Australian Masters last month…
“Holly Sampson, a porn star, today became the seventh woman named as having had an affair with Woods, who has been married to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model, since 2004.”Perhaps that explains the mysteries behind his car crash into a tree and a fire hydrant in the wee hours of the morning of November 27, 2009 – The man was delirious with exhaustion.
“Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree. He couldn’t decide between a wood and an iron." ibid)
Of course, having a five-iron stuck up his behind did not help to improve his driving ability at the time.
Meanwhile the Boston Herald’s “Inside Track” – “
‘SNL’ battered over spoof of Tiger Woods spat” - is reporting that
“Anti-domestic violence advocates beat up on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” yesterday for a skit poking fun at reports that Tiger Woods was hit with a golf club by his enraged wife, Elin Nordegren.
“‘There’s nothing funny about this story, particularly if violence was part of the events that took place,’ said Rita Smith, president of the National Coalition for Domestic Violence . ‘It diminishes people’s support for victims of domestic violence.’
“Woods, who has been accused of 10 extramarital affairs in the wake of a car crash outside his Florida home Thanksgiving weekend, was skewered in the skit that featured ‘SNL’ regular Kenan Thompson, playing the golf great, and guest host Blake Lively as his angry Swedish wife.”Whatever, I hardly ever watch Saturday Night Live and find very little about the otherwise popular late-night TV program to be funny.
But you know – the whole sad saga of Mr. Woods' fall from grace by his own Shakespearean personality defect just really isn’t funny.
It is not even just sad – it is a disappointment. It is disillusioning - it’s pathetic and probably a sign of pathology.
Is it more important than the rate of unemployment, the economy or the war in Iraq and Afghanistan? No.
Do I care? Nope.
However, looking at the bigger picture, the gentleman has a social contract with his fans, especially the younger fans, to live-up to his public persona and be the person with the integrity to be a pitchman for various products.
And just as important, what about his responsibilities to the game of golf. He has been the gold standard for the sport. In his star capacity, he has attracted many young players – and viewers – to the game. This cannot be good for golf.
In another Boston Herald piece; this time by Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa, “Face it, Web full of Tiger Woods’ bad lies,” they introduce Mr. Woods:
“Just two months ago, fairway philanderer Tiger Woods told his loyal Facebook friends that he and bride Elin are basically a ‘boring’ couple, a pair of homebodies who like to hang on the couch, watch TV and play video games.
“Ummmm, might be time to update the old profile, Tiger.
“‘I think Elin and I have avoided a lot of media attention because we’re kind of boring,’ wrote the world’s greatest golfer, who is now accused of a string of tawdry liaisons with - among others - a porn star, a cocktail waitress, a Vegas club hostess and waitress in a pancake house.”
Ouch!
It will only get worse. Perhaps the next shoe to drop will be folks selling the tabloids pictures of Mr. Woods in compromising positions in an unflattering context?
Meanwhile, one may only imagine how many more women will come forward alleging to have played with Mr. Woods in the sand trap. (
Porn star Joslyn James brings the number of women linked to Tiger Woods to 11 FOXNews;
Meet porn star Joslyn James or 'Tiger Woods' alleged mistress No. 'This is so ...)
And one wonders how many of his sponsors will keep him on:
Gatorade ends Tiger-themed drinks, says move preplanned USA Today -
Michael McCarthy - 1 hour ago AP By Michael mccarthy, USA TODAY The first dent in Tiger Woods' gold-plated endorsement portfolio appeared Tuesday as Gatorade said it was dropping its ...;
Tiger Woods: Below-par sales doom Gatorade's Tiger Focus Chicago Tribune;
Gatorade drops Tiger Woods product FOXNews;
Tiger Woods ads disappear from airwaves Boston Herald; and the
Wall Street Journal (blog)As far as his marriage; according to Ms. Goddard:
“The couple are believed to be talking with lawyers over the future of their marriage, after Ms Nordegren discovered that he had been cheating on her and allegedly chased him from the house brandishing a golf club - a confrontation that ended with Woods crashing his Cadillac Escalade into a tree at 2.25am on November 27.”In the latest installment of this Kabuki theatre morals drama from hell it appears that the sporting magazine “Golf Digest” believes that Mr. Woods ought to embark on yet another tour – a speaking tour about how to multi-task one’s career and marriage; all the while becoming one of golfing’s greats...
Golf Digest has featured Mr. Woods in its upcoming January 2010 edition with a cover headline, “10 Tips Obama can take from Tiger.” Larger:
http://twitpic.com/srs5wAt this point, we certainly hope the president is not taking any advice from Mr. Woods because once First Lady Michelle Obama finished with him, having a car crash at 2:25 am would be the least of President Obama’s worries and our great nation would probably be looking forward to how President Joe Biden would solve our nation’s woes.
Ms. Goddard calls to our attention:
“The episode has left Woods’s image as a clean-living sports icon in tatters - lending irony to the front cover of Golf Digest magazine’s January issue, which went to press before the sex scandal broke.
“The magazine features a mocked-up picture of Woods acting as caddie to President Obama, to illustrate an article headlined ‘10 Tips Obama can take from Tiger’. The feature, now causing some embarrassment at Golf Digest, suggests that the President, struggling to turn around a recession, could learn the art of ‘the quick recovery’ from the famously adept golfer.”
“‘Woods is a good role model...because he has always been able to pull himself together after setbacks,’ it notes, also observing:
“‘Woods never does anything that would make himself look ridiculous.’”
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