Official Tiger Car Crash/Infidelity Thread

[schigara]

Oh my god.....Tiger is human! Come on people..his personal life is none of our business.

This country has to get past this morals and values BS. No celebrity should have any affect on any one else's morals. If you were not taught morals and values by your parents, that is sad but it is not the responsibility of an athlete to do the job your parents should have done.

Tiger....if you need to take time for yourself and your family, I'm with ya but if you are doing it to appease your repressed and conservative fan base, I'm disappointed. I though you were a professional.

[reeflingo]

Seems like the right idea if you ask me, a break will be a massive benefit to his personal life.

[reeflingo]

Oh my god.....Tiger is human! Come on people..his personal life is none of our business.

Unfortunately, Tiger is in the public eye and anything like this is inevitable. It is none of our business but it's the way the cookie crumbles if you are in the spot light.

[Zeph]

The tournament of his return (lest pray it is one) would be the most watched in forever.

[flap]

OK where is the BS line line drawn?3 months 6 months ? 1year?.Lets see how much the "Family" really means.

[flap]

Ahh yes his "Family' is only worth 4 months of his time.He should just let the wife and kids go as they do not mean as much as golf does and get on with his life and stop living a lie.Some people are not made to be married and should not try to be what they are not ie Tiger is not a "Family' man.Does not make him a bad person but if you show you are a phoney in this day and age you will be caught.

[James_Black]

I hope this isn't the end of tiger.
He always brought that something extra to the tourny's he plays in.

[raycharles]

Thank you....reading people saying a year, maybe a year plus is just ridiculous....I would be shocked if he missed the Masters and I agree he may want one tune-up event....Tiger didn't make a mistake, he was living a certain lifestyle by choice and got caught....he's horribly embarrassed and I believe sincerely sorry for the pain to Elin and the kids...but make no mistake, Tiger is his own man and this will not impact him chasing down Jack....bottom line.

Exactly why he lost my respect. A real man doesn't check out on his family like he did. He's never going to live this down, ever. The fact that people think he's above the game is laughable. The game just caught him. I doubt he plays this year. He'll be in court a good portion of 2010, battling the accusers. The lawsuits havent even begun.

[DaSportsGuy]

Better now than in the meat of the golf season...

[BASHERBAKER69]

In my view, taking a hiatus is not a great idea- when he had knee surgery he probably got it on with a load of different hoes in his recuperation period...he obviously can't keep it in his trousers!

His clean cut image is gone and has been shown to be quite unscrupelous...who's to say he won't do the same thing again. He should get divorced and be a bachelor and then he can do what he wants. Tiger has been very lucky up until now and has enjoyed a charmed existence with the press.

Things will never be the same again for him.

[laconic517]

I disagree I think playing right away would get all of this crap over with that hes going through. His children are little I dont understand why they just cant travel with him. Its not like they have school or any other commitments

[iacas]

Exactly why he lost my respect. A real man doesn't check out on his family like he did. He's never going to live this down, ever.

Two quick comments.

First of all, you have no idea to what extent he "checked out" on his family. By all accounts he's a doting father. As a husband, well... But don't assume you know how he is as a father. Second, if you think Tiger has to appear in court, you're obviously not a lawyer...

[golf_junkie27]

I don't see why he needs a "hiatus." The cat's out of the bag and whether it is 4 women or 40 women, what difference does it make? He had relationships with a majority of them and they were not merely one night stands. Elin will never trust him, again. Neither would any other woman.

Quite frankly, as I wrote on another site, this has Alex Rodriguez written all over it. Like Alex, all of Tiger's dirt came out. If anything, he'll be a better player because everyone knows that his smile, etc. is all a manufactured image and he's a phony. That said, his greatest asset is his playing ability. And whether you like Tiger or not, one thing is undeniable. He's a dynamite player and you won't change the channel when he's on the tube.

My only wish is that he would have faced the camera like Kobe and Alex. Even if it seemed disingenous and every body language expert ripped him to pieces, he would be making an effort to make his apology face-to-face and allow his fans and detractors the opportunity to see if he was truly genuine. Writing a note on your personal website reeks of what many people already think: a selfish, control freak who only cares about himself.

[NormH3]

I disagree I think playing right away would get all of this crap over with that hes going through. His children are little I dont understand why they just cant travel with him. Its not like they have school or any other commitments

So what you are saying is that his family would need to suffer even more for his nefarious actions? Small children usually do not travel very well. It would make their lives even more miserable..including Elin's.

"Hey Honey. Remember how I embarrassed and humiliated you publically? I think you and the kids should go on tour with me so you can see how I really screwed up."

[PipePro]

I think he needs to find those guys that moved that big azz rock in the desert and place it squarely between him and the world so he can crawl under it. If that wasn't the biggest bunch of crap in golf, this is.
Something nobody has said is, golf is a Gentleman's game, is this how a Gentleman acts.
IMO Elin is staying for the kids and the money and why not she's is going to make him pay and pay and pay
He won't be out long, it is in both their interests that he starts earning asap.

[golfdad]

I don't see why he needs a "hiatus." The cat's out of the bag and whether it is 4 women or 40 women, what difference does it make? He had relationships with a majority of them and they were not merely one night stands. Elin will never trust him, again. Neither would any other woman.

well, hindsight has its advantage. it would have been a bold if not a smarter move if tiger had a press conference immediately after the car wreck and revealed to the world his extramarital affairs in a lump sum, instead of what we are seeing now, one thong at a time. he could have said:

if you guys can think of it, i probably have done it, but i plan to put an end to it. but our instinct is to hold the cards as close to our chest for as long as possible. since every move is orchestrated to some extent by his team of superagents who are good at playing hard to get, the development we have seen is really quite inevitable. i disagree that tiger can be regarded similarly with kobe and a rod, that he needs to take cues from their experiences. tiger is a world icon who is going into the history books, with or without this fiasco. kobe and a rod in comparison are small time dealers. i hope tiger learns to grow some thick skin and go after his missions like clinton did after his interngate. come to think of it, clinton is probably the only one standing after major, embarassing exposure of affairs.

[lobsterzilla]

He won't be out long, it is in both their interests that he starts earning asap.

you really feel like Tiger of all people needs to earn money? With the money they have now they could finance their lifestyle for the rest of their life.

The amount people on this site feel Tiger owes them is depressing.

[tm22721]

Golf is in trouble if Tiger hangs it up.

No it isn't. I would like to see golf return to its roots of civility. It has been debased by mainstream obsession in a celebrity as this circus demonstrates most clearly.