A 2:25 a.m. driveway accident on November 27 unveiled a new Tiger Woods to the world.
Meet the once-proud Tiger — a beast who now eats crow with painkillers. Who knew it would come to this? We were simply worried. But there was genuine fear and trembling in the business and golf world that a precious brand may have suffered severe lacerations, or worse — hurt the brand itself by a freak car accident. Tiger hit a tree and a fire hydrant in his neighbor's yard with one of the family's black Cadillac Escalades. His image, however, hit a brick wall. And even before all the facts surrounding the wreck were known, it bore the red stamp of suspicion and became the catalyst for a new season of scandal.
From the song "12 Days of Mistress," to late-night laughs, to the Chinese reenactment of the car wreck, the list of Tiger-in-the-woods satires is long and getting longer. But how long is the memory of the public? Based on many a blog comment there seems to be a 50/50 split of opinion between men and women. Is this much air time really warranted? Yahoo was boasting big Internet business thanks to this scandal. They cite the spectacle of a legend in a coffin versus 12 hot Barbie babes and phone sex. In this case it is sex over death.
It is a media bonanza for the moment. But the irony is that while children of a lesser media are reaping major benefits, giant networks have backed away from airing primetime Tiger ads, which have not been seen since November 29. That does not mean that the brands are backing off. No, au contraire, advertisers are not crying foul just yet.
Revelations of last month may be new to observers but are all-too familiar to his wife Elin, who may be returning to Sweden for good. Wives and girlfriends are not the “last to know” as they are often portrayed by films and TV soap operas, rather they own intimate insider information. They often marry or date a man and cross their fingers that they will not stray or be unfaithful to them. Talkers mention how beautiful she is or how much Tiger had to lose. Beauty is not a vaccination against husband cheating or emotional and physical abuse. Where do people get such notions? Beauty and symmetry do play their role in physical attraction and chemistry, they are appetizers and not the main course.
Article comments
1 - Alexandra Jones
You are a sinister and superior writer!
2 - heloise
Tiger takes off! In breaking news Tiger heads for the woods of Sweden or somewhere indefintely. I told u so. And thank u for the vote of confidence AJ.
3 - Silas Kain
The good news about Tiger Woods' absence is now wives will get their golf obsessed husbands back. Either that or the wives are gonna have to tell their husbands what they've been doing while hubby was watchin' Tiger!
4 - Heloise
You made the same point a talker did. That if Tiger goes away for a while from golf the money will follow him. He has brought big revenue to golf just like the Williams sisters did to tennis.
They did not get embroiled in any beef.
5 - Chris
Good article, I dont feel sorry for Tiger one bit but with her mother and sister now staying with her, you know they are making him pay...think of it, every day there is a new woman coming out, porn stars, escorts..geeesh.. i actually heard about tiger and his affairs a few years ago from a person inside the sports media. they all knew.
one thing though is tiger did not put nike on the map, they were on the map well before tiger on board, and that was thanks to Michael Jordan.
6 - Roger B
Our Puritan heritage has spoken. Nowhere else in the world does mere infidelity lead to divorce. Screaming, crying, threatening, even hitting, but not splitsville.
Nevertheless, all the world loves a lover.
All the guys are trying to find out what after-shave Tiger is using. Who knows? It could help.
Personally, I'm not putting new tires on my car until I find out what Tiger is using.
7 - Heloise
That's funny Roger. In the meantime, in between time Accenture has dropped Tiger and made it public. They are not quietly taking down ads but putting up a statement. I think they must have read this article and said "that's it!" LOL
But truly Tiger was taking advice from brothers like Barkley and Jordan who like the ladies and are known ballas living it up in Vegas. Vegas kept Woods' secrets but the ladies on the east coast did not.
Heloise
8 - Heloise
Chris, thanks but you know my voices told me to give Tiger all the credit. He is the face of PGA and golf though. He did put golf on the map much like Jordan did.
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9 - heloise
Chris henry died from his injuries after falling from truck. Is everybody sleep during physics? This could have been Tiger.