I kind of loathe to be like everyone else and write something on Tiger Woods, but there are a couple of things that are sticking in my mind.
First, I read the All-Tiger version of The Sports Guy’s reader mailbag and saw a letter that listed lessons from “Cheating 101,” the first two being “Never say your own name on an answering machine” and “Never leave a message on an answering machine that’s longer than four words.” Sure, those make sense.
But something else crossed my mind. Part of the reason Tiger was caught by his (very likely soon-to-be) ex-wife was allegedly because she found one of the mistresses phone numbers on his phone.
This leaves me absolutely dumbfounded. He’s Tiger Woods, and between golf and endorsements, he is filthy effing rich. Why didn’t he have a second — and separate — cell number for his other women?
I’m not condoning what Tiger did. But if you’re going to rob a bank, don’t get caught because you dropped your wallet.
Second, now that it looks like Tiger and Elin will be parting ways, I wonder if Tiger can ever truly be in a loving marriage again, because he has a problem that few other men would have.
If your average man cheats, he can move to another city or town, grow or shave facial hair, buy a different car; in other words, he can fairly easily escape his old image and his old wife or girlfriend.
Who doesn’t know Tiger Woods?
It may have been one thing if there was just one other woman. As far as I know, if that were the case, Tiger and Elin could have made some sort of amends. But multiple mistresses is something else completely.
Sure, Tiger could get married again, because there will be some woman who will marry him, if for no other reasons than money and/or the fact that she would be (the second) Mrs. Tiger Woods. But wouldn’t any other woman who marries Tiger have in the back of her mind that she may just be one of many, even if he did confess in front of The Great Redeemer (no, not him, Oprah)?
Honestly, I do feel sorry for Tiger, because I would be willing to wager he never imagined what has happened to him and his popularity. Then again, he has no one to blame but himself.
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