So Tiger Woods is finally going to speak. Of course being Tiger, he’s going to speak under his terms, which means speaking to a small group of friends and a handful of selected reporters. Presumably making a statement of contrition and answering no questions.
This is all big news of course because no one has seen or heard from Tiger since his Thanksgiving night run in with a fire hydrant outside his house and the laundry list of sexual partners who have come out with announcements of escapades with the world’s best golfer.
The cynic in me thinks the timing of his public mea culpa is interesting. While everyone in Norway is paying attention to the Winter Olympics, he’s going to admit he cheated on his beautiful Norwegian wife.
Maybe we’ll hear him say he’s sorry, maybe we won’t. Tom Watson, one of golf’s all time greats says he needs to show contrition, tell the public he’s sorry. He says he owes them that.
I’ll be honest with you. He doesn’t owe anybody an explanation, with the exception of his wife and family. If he wants to continue to be perceived in the same fashion he is at this point in time, he can stay hid out for as long as he’d like. He can even try and play golf and not answer the press‘ questions.
It wouldn’t be easy and he’s sure to be heckled by fans either way but he doesn’t owe us an explanation or an apology. He can just go on with his life. That doesn’t mean he’ll have sponsors lining up to give him millions, but hey, he’s Tiger Woods, he’s already made hundreds of millions of dollars and apparently doesn’t listen to anyone when it comes to life advice, so what does he care about the rest of us?
I could care less if he apologizes or not. Just don’t expect me to care about him playing golf if he doesn’t. He’s already become tabloid freak and no matter what he does on Friday, it’s going to be a long time before that picture begins to fade.
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