"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." That includes you, me and Tiger Woods.
So, this article is not about moral failings but about Woods' iconic celebrity.
I have never liked Tiger Woods and am not in the least bit saddened by his departure from golf. In fact I would have been pleased to see him take his billions and fade into obscurity long before now, thus leaving the golf game in the hands of the competitors and out of the hands of big business and the paparazzi.
It is certainly true that his talent has stirred interest in the game but at what cost. We watch a tournament on TV where the leader is 7 strokes ahead of Woods and who do the cameras follow? You got it, ole' sulking (excuse me ...focused) Tiger himself. Will he surge? Is he hurt? Are his adoring fans, whom he ignores, distracting him? Is it possible that he is actually getting beaten?
I feel the game has suffered because of his limelight status and has lost its place in the arena of gentlemen, but then in this modern era who knows what a gentleman is anyway.
I feel sorry for his wife and children, but for him zip.
So Tiger, take your nine iron, sexual proclivity, and attitude on a long sabbatical and let the gentleman's game return.
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