In the past, when faced with a moral conundrum, did you ever think to yourself, What would Tiger do? No? Then why now are we acting like Tiger Woods, a golfer, has let us all down so profoundly? With his endorsements beginning to drop him like a hot potato, it’s becoming very clear that Tiger’s private life trumps his golf swing.
So here’s the truth bomb: Tiger Woods is a womanizer. I know. You just spat your Cheerios all over your keyboard. But the proof is in the pudding and the pudding is a parade of nine women who all claim to have seen Tiger’s extra special putter behind closed doors. Bear in mind, mistresses are like mice; for every one you see, there are a hundred others hiding in the walls.
The sporting world has lost many great athletes for a variety of reasons including death, disease, addiction and injury. Now add to the list – Tiger Woods. Woods is the only golfer to have won more than a billion dollars and now, poised to break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major titles, Woods has taken an indefinite break from golf because he was unfaithful to his wife. Does this make sense? If endorsements are why Woods is trying to salvage his marriage, he should realize that by being the best golfer in the world, other endorsements will come. Sure, Woods may have to swap Gilette out for Hustler, but at the end of the day, money is money.
If Tiger is taking an indefinite hiatus from golf to really work on his marriage, then more power to him. But, if by nature, Tiger Woods is a philandering womanizer, then a philandering womanizer he should be. It worked brilliantly for Hugh Hefner. If this is who he fundamentally is then Tiger should shake the shackles of his marriage and live the bachelor lifestyle he so desperately wants.
Tiger Woods could become the “bad boy of golf,” a man’s man… the guy who plays hard on and off the green. Yes, a new image for a new man. A man sponsored by Trojan condoms and some sort of energy drink; a man, who perhaps, was never excited by family BBQs or Disney vacations – even though we desperately wanted him to be.
As spectators, we want the people we cheer for to be good people. We want the good guy to win and we want the greatest golfer in the world to be that good guy. But alas, he has broken our hearts – and now it seems, he is pandering to us, the public, like a politician scrambling to retain the respect his career requires. But Tiger isn’t a politician. Tiger is man doing what many men wish they could do: play golf and have sex. Maybe he should be true to himself instead of continuing to try and patch together an image that is clearly in contrast to who he really is.
If Tiger does return to golf, will it be because he has embraced this dark side of himself? Possibly. If he forgives himself, maybe he will quit his apologetic, self-flagellating ways and become an unrepentant bad boy. If that were the case, you can be sure that some companies, whose brand can tolerate a bit of a bad boy image, would step in to fill the void that was left by those that dumped him.
It was with this possibility in mind that Sports Interaction put up a Tiger Woods prop bet that asks who will sponsor Tiger next? There are plenty of interesting picks ranging from the makers of Ambien, to Hooters, Wendy’s and Frosted Flakes. Check them out in our online sportsbook.
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