Tiger "Cheetah" Woods

The media has chewed up and spit out Tiger Woods since the day after Thanksgiving in November. He has been all over the covers of People, National Enquirer, and even the gossip site Perez Hilton after allegations revealed he has been unfaithful to his wife having numerous marital affairs. The media has portrayed him a liar, a cheater, and the scum of society. His demise has been accompanied by the loss of several endorsements. Tiger was considered to be a wonder boy with a squeaky clean reputation. His cheating on his wife has also let to speculation about the integrity of his professional accomplishments. Sports talk radio has wondered if his incredible physique could be partially enhanced by steroid use. Golf is the ultimate game of honesty, and if it comes out Tiger has been juicing it he will in turn lose all the supporters he has left. It is hard for me to see Tiger Woods torn apart by the media because he was a huge role model in my life growing up. It is my fault for making an athlete my role model, but I was only eight when he won the Masters in 1997 and took the golf world by storm. I was instantly sucked into becoming a fan. He was a twenty something kid that can just flat out play golf and destroyed the field to win the Masters in record fashion. Last weekend he returned to the PGA Tour during the Masters. He finished a respectable -11 placing in a tie for forth place. His return to professional golf has been long over due, and now he can hopefully get back to work. He is never going to be able to restore the image he had before the cheating came out, but he was win people back over by winning golf tournaments.

Tiger the Great

Ever since Tiger Woods had his little run in with his wife and the law, people have been on his case harder than OJ Simpson. I understand that he is not only a role model on the golf course but also off, but at what point to we say, "This is his life and he needs to figure things out for himself in the privacy of his own home."? I don't understand why people are freaking out, it's not like he's the first major athlete to cheat on his wife and get caught. There have been many famous basketball players do the same thing...Michael Jordan, ever heard of him? Greatest basketball player of all time cheated on his wife and it was made big for a few days but not like this. I think people need to keep their nose out of places where it doesn't belong and let Tiger handle his own personal matters. All we should care about is how he performs on the golf course, not off. (No sexual reference meant by that...okay maybe a little bit was meant). The point is we as a society love gossip and scandals. We are driven by it and we always have to be digging a little deeper to find it. STOP DIGGING.