Tiger Woods

I'm going to try and keep this short and sweet. Along with the rest of the world, I have been eagerly anticipating The Masters and the return of Tiger Woods. I've never been a big fan of Tiger to begin with (if you know me at all, you know I'm a fan of Sergio). So when the news broke of all of Tigers "indiscretions", I admit I smiled on the inside. I know no one is perfect, and to be honest I can completely understand why Tiger did what he did. I mean c'mon, being that rich and famous would make nearly any human being feel invincible and like they could get away with anything. That being said, Tiger is still responsible for his actions. He's a married guy with two young kids and he's out there hooking up with everyone and their Mom. Not good. Not honorable, not respectable, and not anything that should be rewarded.

Now to the real point of this blog post. I am completely and utterly unimpressed and quite frankly shocked at the way the gallery, media, and the rest of the population is treating Tiger Woods at The Masters. He is almost turning into the media's little "darling" -- basically, the media is saying "Oh, how wonderful Tiger Woods is still good at golf. He overcame so much to be here. What a great story." UMMM, NO. There's nothing wrong with being pleased with Tiger's performance, but really, he's still the same guy who cheated on his wife with MULTIPLE (and by multiple I mean 5+) women. I wouldn't even encourage my kid to get Tiger's autograph -- I don't want to be endorsing that kind of behavior.

Golf is a better game with Tiger Woods playing there is no doubt about it. But for some of the general public and media to act like the guy has come back from overcoming a deadly disease or something (and no, I do not believe sex addiction is a disease) is ridiculous and sending the wrong message. If there is any golfer that would truly be a feel good story to win the Masters, it would be Phil Mickelson, not Tiger Woods.