Tiger Woods

Friday February 19, 2010 at 11am the world stopped to watch a man talk about his infidelities on national TV. I was one of those people.

Martin Luther King was a womanizing adulterer, as was Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy. Wilt Chamberline wrote a book about the 10,000 women he slept with, so Tiger Woods is in good company. These men will probably not go down in history as one of the greatest husbands of all time, but they will be remembered for what they were great at.

So why do we care or expect more? For myself, I am hopeful that someone can have and do it all. Unfortunately history regularly shows us that such a person doesn’t exist. Not even Jesus tried to juggle the whole Family-Career thing. He left the earth early in life and even though he could walk on water he chose not to deal with a wife and family. So should we conclude that 3 years of public life and out should be the optimum plan. Maybe we should ask John Edwards.

I found it sad that speculation was used to drive controversy to create news. There are enough real conflicts around that we don’t need contrived ones. I also think that the women who believed that they had something special to make Tiger leave his wife and family should use their money he gave them to get help themselves. They must be delusional.

I watched at 11am to see how someone with such a large hole to climb out of takes the first step. It was good to hear that he was getting help and not doing it alone, but he has shown in the past he is willing to get help from coaches in golf and experts in business. I will continue to watch and see how this unfolds. People tend to grow to like underdogs and Tiger is quickly becoming one. Hopefully more people will root for him and his family.