Tiger: I’m quitting golf — temporarily
posted at 7:54 pm on December 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
Remember when he copped to “transgressions”? A bit more specific this time:
I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children. I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness. It may not be possible to repair the damage I’ve done, but I want to do my best to try…
After much soul searching, I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf. I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person.
I question the timing. Just last night, the UK’s Sun tabloid had this:
The Sun today revealed that Woods is ready to quit golf in a desperate bid to save his shattered marriage.
He told Elin he “will do anything”. And she has agreed to stay with the star for the sake of their two young children.
But she has given him the stark ultimatum: “It’s golf… or me.”
Elin has drawn up a strict list of rules for the world Number One to follow if he wants to win her back.
And the beauty, who would pocket up to $100million if she walks away, is insisting he puts their marriage and two kids before his golf career.
I haven’t been linking any tabloid stuff in Headlines but assume that you guys are following it in your own news-reading travails. If not, let me tell you: The sheer volume — and variety — of it that piles up in my RSS reader is astounding. It’s not just the typical “new details from Tiger’s mistress” celebrity scandal crap, either; it’s more women, every day, and ever more lurid accusations. Even allowing for the fact that some of it must be lies aimed at cashing in, one pro golfer went so far as to say, “This is no surprise to anyone who knows Tiger.” No wonder he can’t follow the Letterman blueprint of ‘fessing up, letting the dust settle, and then going back to work. The confession would take three days.
Exit question: How freaky would the details have to get before the world’s richest pitchman becomes poison to advertisers? If Marv Albert can come back from Bitegate, surely history’s greatest golfer will get plenty of leeway.
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Ok bye.
Bishop on December 11, 2009 at 7:56 PM
NO MORE CHEETAH!
In golf OR on HotAir!
Tony737 on December 11, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Good thing he’s not a role model. Right, Charles Barkley?
SouthernGent on December 11, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Cheetah Woods…
HadithHarry on December 11, 2009 at 7:58 PM
I for one will not even notice his depature.
mechkiller_k on December 11, 2009 at 7:59 PM
SFW: “Tiger’s Wood”
toliver on December 11, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Tiger: I’m quitting
golf— Hookers temporarily.Indian Outlaw on December 11, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Fine. Golf will go on without you, Tiger. You have a wife, who by all accounts is a loving and loyal woman, and two beautiful children who need both parents. Man up and meet your responsibilities.
Wethal on December 11, 2009 at 7:59 PM
That is the death of the marriage right there.
upinak on December 11, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Am I the only one on earth who couldn’t care less about any of this?
Boxy_Brown on December 11, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Taking away one of his life passions, golf, not the babes on the side, will also have an adverse effect that Elin might not like.
WashJeff on December 11, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Nope.
MrScribbler on December 11, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Hoo-ray for Mrs. Tiger . This disgusting boy may actually grow up.
CWforFreedom on December 11, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Isn’t the PGA tour over for the year anyway?
Honestly, I do not care. Tiger is a golfer, not a politician or minister.
Though his mom needs to give him a dope slap.
rbj on December 11, 2009 at 8:04 PM
“It’s golf . . . or me”???? Why isn’t it, “It’s your cheap, plastic whores or me”???And why would she want him to quit golf anyway? I realize he probably already has more money than he’ll ever know what to do with, but why would you want to put the brakes on the gravy train? That just doesn’t make sense.
NoLeftTurn on December 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Well at least this has knocked Levi Johnston off the tabloid circuit.
Wethal on December 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM
More and more evidence that he really deserves the congressional medal of honor. He’s one of them.
the_nile on December 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Whoa, I didn’t see that golf was the problem.
tinkerthinker on December 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM
The only way the man can be beaten in golf is if he cheats.
I assure you golf needs Tiger more than Tiger needs golf at this point. Tiger is doing this to make a point.
Tiger isn’t the only one who has gotten rich off of Tiger’s skills. Because of him the money is bigger in tournaments. He doesn’t need to play another round of golf and he’ll still be the best golfer ever to play.
Without Tiger it will be boring. Every week, every major, they’ll have an asterisk that says ‘Tiger didn’t play’. Without Tiger in the field, the best in the world aren’t playing.
ThackerAgency on December 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Easy solution for those who don’t care about this story: Don’t read the post, and certainly don’t comment on it.
Allahpundit on December 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Excellent, Curmudgeons of the world unite! You have nothing to lose except mind numbing distractions about idiots.
Boxy_Brown on December 11, 2009 at 8:06 PM
I actually like the way that sounds better than I was thinking. But I thought I put the only way he could be beaten is if he ‘quits’. . . but in the context, I like what actually came out better.
ThackerAgency on December 11, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Tigers game is suffering. Seems too many of his shots were hooking.
GoodBoy on December 11, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Not if you count how many holes he played.
the_nile on December 11, 2009 at 8:09 PM
I would have kicked that tool to the curb ASAP.
txag92 on December 11, 2009 at 8:10 PM
That’ll work out great, because with you gone, a lot of people will quit watching golf.
RBMN on December 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Wonder how many hole in one’s he got.
Brat4life on December 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Just saw a commercial for NBC’s Dateline – guess what they have lined up for interviews? Yep, his harem. One appears to be in disguise.
Only to be outdown by a Law and Order on right now about a murdered campaign volunteer, and of course, they’ve just arrested an “anti-government tea party participant” calling the cops “Obamabots”.
Leave it to NBC.
tru2tx on December 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM
The way I see it and from what I’ve read, all he really needs to do is pay one black prostitute to claim she was his favorite and all is forgiven by everyone but Elin.
CC
CapedConservative on December 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM
So is Jenny a better lady for divorcing her cheating husband or Elin for sticking through for the sake of the children?
rbj on December 11, 2009 at 8:14 PM
I suppose if it came out that Tiger used to hump some of Vicks disappointing dogs to death.
BL@KBIRD on December 11, 2009 at 8:14 PM
First rule in divorce: look broke.
Ronnie on December 11, 2009 at 8:17 PM
There is going to be a lot of tension since he can not get out and get some strange and he sure as hell ain’t going to be getting any at home.
Late night net porn and a frisky hand is all he has left.
Oh yeah and a handy box of Kleenex.
Just saying…………..
1sttofight on December 11, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Spare me that “greatest” stuff. Being a good husband and Dad beats being “history’s greatest golfer” any day. “He who is faithful in little, is faithful in much.”
longfeet on December 11, 2009 at 8:18 PM
I am tired of these bums……….cheating on wives and husbands………..teachers forcing innocent children to listen to “sex czars” ………Presidents who act so poorly that nit wit commentators refer to our great military academies as “enemy camps”…….government whores spending so much money that our grandchildren will still be paying……the hell with punks like Tiger Woods who can’t even keep a faithful bond to someone he has had a child with………I tired of all these Hollywood phonies and all the nit wits who don’t realized that this country is being destroyed as we speak…………….come on Sarah Palin and Rick Perry………..we need you!
Cinday Blackburn on December 11, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Tiger possibly moving to Sweden……
Like an alcoholic moving to a distillery.
HornetSting on December 11, 2009 at 8:19 PM
AP AP AP AP AP…not to detract from your post, but did you not get the news that Ben Crane said no such thing to L&S??
http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4732793
Read it dude before continuing to post misinformation. Good grief.
Erich66 on December 11, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Didn’t care about this story days ago… now it’s just AMAZING… Wow… One tabloid piece that just keeps getting better and better.
Can one go from golf to p0rn?
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Like Nancy Moving to… oh never mind, Pelosi is surrounded by plastic surgeons.
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Move over Levi, here comes Tiger!!!
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 8:21 PM
If Tiger Woods poses nude, I’m moving to Jupiter.
HornetSting on December 11, 2009 at 8:23 PM
What a difference 31 years make
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wHkA_983_s
borg on December 11, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Surprised? Hardly.
Where did he find all of his [ahem] ‘diversions’?
The Word: Stay.Home.Or.Else.
So, to prevent ‘straying’, the Tiger is getting a leash.
A very, very short leash.
BTW - don’t hold your breath waiting for his ‘return’.
He’s gonna be gone for awhile.
CPT. Charles on December 11, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Does Tiger like his grass rough, fairway, or putting length? These are questions we need to know.
SouthernGent on December 11, 2009 at 8:24 PM
There… hid that… I don’t think Hornets could live on Jupiter… I’ve heard rumors about a Playboy shot, but I’m not sure if those are the phone pics or just other rumors.
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 8:25 PM
She out to dump him. He won’t change. His golf comes first, chasing pooter comes second, and I don’t know what comes third in his life though I doubt it is his family.
He’s got at least one illegitimate kid out there. He didn’t want to use condoms. I wonder how his wife didn’t catch a sdt.
A woman can live very happily alone on 20 million dollars.
Blake on December 11, 2009 at 8:26 PM
I hear Elin had an invisible fence installed and a shock collar put on Tiger.
She also makes him bathe in skank repellent.
HornetSting on December 11, 2009 at 8:27 PM
I’m just waiting for Tiger to go to Dr Drew’s VH1 show…
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 8:28 PM
WFC I honestly cannot believe adults care about this BS.
The guy is a dork. He was too busy playing golf and didn’t sow his wild oats or have any NORMAL kind of childhood. What do you expect.
Move on and get your own life. QUIT LIVING SOMEBODY ELSE’S.
Personally I hate the dork. People thought they were voting for him when they voted for Dumb-0. If I see him I’ll spit on him twice.
Get a life already.
Jayrae on December 11, 2009 at 8:28 PM
I don’t know if she MADE him put the collar on… I think Freak on a Leash put it on himself… ;-)
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Heard this one at work today:
Q. What’s the difference between Tiger Woods and Santa Claus?
A. Santa stops after three Ho’s.
Left Coast Right Mind on December 11, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Is this going to end up like “The Man Without a Country” or the Flying Dutchman who can never go home again and sail the world’s oceans’ forever?
Is anybody old enough to remember what undue publicity and media attention did to Charles Lindbergh and his family by driving them into exile to England?
technopeasant on December 11, 2009 at 8:30 PM
It will be more like $250 million and I wouldn’t be surprised if
ObamaTiger has an ankle bracelet on for the next few years.Rovin on December 11, 2009 at 8:31 PM
If one is in exile in England, can they still appear on Oprah in 6 months???
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 8:31 PM
except I don’t think it will be on his ankle and…
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Meanwhile, in real news, Bahney Fwank got his
rapeoverhaul of the financial system through the House today….MrScribbler on December 11, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Nah, people may be oddly fascinated by infidelity, but stories of redemption are equally compelling among the public. If he keeps it on the straight and narrow from here on out–a big IF–he’ll hear the loudest cheers ever the next time he wins a major. Success almost always trumps major character flaws.
Erich66 on December 11, 2009 at 8:38 PM
golf stocks down 100% on Monday
unseen on December 11, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Maybe she’s not interested in the gravy train. Maybe she does actually love the guy. Maybe she is thinking of what is best for her kids.
Maybe…
ramrants on December 11, 2009 at 8:40 PM
good article at Hillbuzz:
We’ve been saying since last year that the MSM is working overtime to pick the GOP’s 2012 candidate — much as it selected John McCain for 2008. Republicans need to wake up and see how easily they are manipulated by the likes of MSNBC, CNN, and their parent organization, the DNC.
Until recently, the Five Horsemen of the GOP 2012 Apocalypse were:
(1) Mark Sanford
(2) Mike Huckabee
(3) Mitt Romney
(4) Tim Pawlenty
(5) Charlie Crist
All of these men would lose to Dr. Utopia in 2012.
After Mark Sanford had a personal and professional career-ending meltdown, the Five Horsemen looked like this:
(1) Mike Huckabee
(2) Mitt Romney
(3) Charlie Crist
(4) Tim Pawlenty
(5) John Huntsman
Huntsman is the one the MSM called “the dark horse” candidate for a while, complete with “off the record” reports from Rahm Emanuel that he’s the one the White House is most worried about. Sort of like how the Globetrotters tell the “press” how concerned about the Washington Generals’ offense before their “games”.
The Hunstman push never really took off; he left his governorship to become Ambassador to China, is a fan of Tap & Tax, was a fan of dumping a trillion dollars down the toilet earlier this year in “stimulus”, and is so transparently the candidate the White House WANTS to run against, that even Chris Matthews stopped pushing him.
Today, for the first time, we’re seeing the MSM pushing Senator John Thune as the Fifth Horseman, taking Huntsman’s place. Essentially, it’s a generic, youngish, Western, white Senator as boring as Wonderbread and cucumber sandwiches replacing the Governor version of himself on the list, now including Bobby Jindal again since Mike Huckabee’s political career was terminated by the aftermath of his overzealous clemency spree as Arkansas governor (which caught up with him when a black criminal he commuted the sentence of went on a cop-killing spree in Tacoma, Washington that made Willie Horton look like a choir boy).
The current Five Horsemen of the 2012 GOP Apocalypse are now:
(1) Tim Pawlenty
(2) Mitt Romney
(3) Charlie Crist
(4) Bobby Jindal
(5) John Thune
Here’s why each of these men would be a disaster against Dr. Utopia, and why the MSM wants the GOP to run them as the 2012 nominee:
http://hillbuzz.org/
unseen on December 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM
slow slow torture…
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/report-alleged-tiger-woods-mistress-to-pose-for-playboy-20091112
ninjapirate on December 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Tiger should seek a divorce. Even if he is able to stabilize his marriage, his sex life with his wife is unlikely to sufficiently recover. Also, he has the opportunity for unprecedented achievements on the golf course. If she is demanding that he cut back on that then it doesn’t seem worth it.
dedalus on December 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM
I have always thought that golf was a stupid activity and have never considered it a sport.
The little adulterous POS needs to STFU and just go away, the country has much bigger problems to worry about.
farright on December 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM
unseen on December 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM
oops wrong thread…sry
unseen on December 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I’m not married and I don’t have kids, but I can recognize of course that what he’s done is horrible in so many ways.
As a golfer, It’s gonna suck for a while not to be able to watch the greatest at his sport in the history of the game play it week in and week out. I’m not going to stop watching, but there will be a palpable feeling that something’s missing.
Seconded.
russcote on December 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Wouldn’t surprise me.
Although I’ve heard that leash came with matching leather ‘stompy’ boots.
I suspect Elin finds ‘low tech’ solutions more ‘satisfying’.
Well, it could worse; she could have re-developed an old Swedish fascination for sharp metal objects, like swords or axes.
CPT. Charles on December 11, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Well…
When it surpasses teaching ‘fisting’ to kids, then I’ll start paying attention.
Oh, wait! We can’t ‘judge’ THAT, now can we?
Tiger fu%ked up, now he has some decisions to make, and a family to restore.
I’ve fu%ked up in my life, but didn’t have to do it in front of the world.
I am sure the outrageously outraged forget that Jessie Jackson actually has a love child, Bill Clinton used a cigar on an interns vag-vag while being President of the United States, and Wilt Chamberlain wrote that he slept with up to 20,000 women.
You all can make up your own minds…
I’m going to lend a hand to Tiger and pull him back up on his feet, and tell him that his children, and his wife, are more special than any set of sexual organs that have a five minute life span in the world of ‘high priced’ call girls.
The world is littered with the ‘used’, ‘abused’, and infested with sexually transmitted diseased.
Reminds me of a song…
Seven Percent Solution on December 11, 2009 at 8:46 PM
She probably doesn’t want him on the road all the time. He’s proven he can’t be trusted so I can hardly blame her. But this won’t end well. Tiger is begging for forgiveness now, but eventually he will grow to resent his wife and things will get even worse.
Meezles on December 11, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Except he hasn’t said two words, which is what many people have been complaining about. BTW golf may be a stupid activity, but, if so, it’s the hardest stupid game ever invented.
Erich66 on December 11, 2009 at 8:46 PM
If, as has been implied, Elin wants to give it a try, she should be given that chance, for their kids.
If it doesn’t work out, and I doubt it will, well, I’ll be here for her. As always.
TXUS on December 11, 2009 at 8:52 PM
He got caught in the deep rough on the 11th hole.
Geochelone on December 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM
“This is no surprise to anyone who knows Tiger.”
The golfer that was attributed to denies saying it and the mag can’t confirm it because their “freelance” journalist didn’t verify who he/she was talking to so don’t take it as gospel.
gitarfan on December 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Too bad Obowma won’t join him and quit politics.
Urban Infidel on December 11, 2009 at 8:56 PM
American Power tracked-back with, ‘Woods Takes ‘Indefinite Break’ from Golf: News Follows Loredana Jolie Shocker – Tiger Liked Threesomes – ‘He Could Go for Days’!’.
Donald Douglas on December 11, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Thank you for calling it a game and not a sport. As comedian Richard Jeni once said, golf is not a sport. There’s not enough chance for major bodily injury.
Meezles on December 11, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Your heartfelt compassion for Elin’s well being makes me proud to be your fellow man. I hope you get to probe the depths of her, er, soul, as we all dream that same dream.
Geochelone on December 11, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I think Tiger plays on a course with a lot more than 11 holes.
MeatHeadinCA on December 11, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Anybody remember John Daly? He makes Tigers’ exploits look mild in comparison. Yet crowds still cheer for John. He’s every man for those who have fallen. He’s lost sponsers and wives but he keeps getting up. He’s far, far from perfect but so many root for him. He reminds us of us, and our struggles.
Tiger? not so much!
donh525 on December 11, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Call it what you want. But Woods and Ernie Els didn’t wreck their knees playing Monopoly. And if back problems don’t count as major bodily injuries, then what does?
Erich66 on December 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Hard to know as their individual lives obviously differ.
CWforFreedom on December 11, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I wonder what Roger Federer thinks of all this? They are (were?) BFF’s with Tiger sitting in Roger’s friends’ box while Roger played Andy Roddick.
SouthernGent on December 11, 2009 at 9:10 PM
I hope this frees up all the hookers.
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on December 11, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Just watch out for the nine iron.
I carry an ax handle, myself, but a golf club may actually do the trick in a pickle.
HornetSting on December 11, 2009 at 9:15 PM
I shall do my probing best, and thanks for your support.
TXUS on December 11, 2009 at 9:17 PM
The poor bastid will have to wear blinders in that target rich environment or else become a monk. Elin will delight in watching him writhe in agony for the next 20 years.
Geochelone on December 11, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Tiger who???
n0doz on December 11, 2009 at 9:20 PM
I don’t want to cast dispersions on Tigers’s preferences for extracurricular activities but he should be forewarned in the jargon to which he is most accustomed;
Tiger, some of those sand traps have crabs.
Geochelone on December 11, 2009 at 9:23 PM
The mistress count is up to 12 now — 6 more and he will have his own private ‘coarse’.
Obviously he was not too concerned about his marriage with that level of messing around. He is a much better golfer than a family man. Stick with what you excel at, Tiger.
GnuBreed on December 11, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Screenplays are already being written. Mine has exactly 18 women coming out. The title, what else, Woods and Irons.
TXUS on December 11, 2009 at 9:30 PM
As a golfer, It’s gonna suck for a while not to be able to watch the greatest at his sport in the history of the game play it week in and week out. I’m not going to stop watching, but there will be a palpable feeling that something’s missing.
ThackerAgency on December 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Seconded.
russcote on December 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM
+++++++++++++++++++++
I like to *play* golf, but you guys are crying because you can’t enjoy *watching* it as much now? Why, there wasn’t any paint to watch dry? I doubt your women will ever have to worry about you guys cheating…
fabrexe on December 11, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I, for one, shall never cheat on you.
TXUS on December 11, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Hey, it ain’t for everybody, I’ll give you that. Just like baseball ain’t for everybody, or soccer or tennis or anything else. But yeh, he’s that goddamn good. Golf is as much an obsession as anything else. Admitted.
Football is for everybody on the other hand.
I don’t watch paint dry, I eat paint.
russcote on December 11, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Tiger is a rabbit.
Sherman1864 on December 11, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I hope he never comes back. I also hope I never hear about this story again as it has already been made into a bigger deal than it deserves. Golf was one of the last bastions of class in the athletic world, a guy like him has no place in that world even if he is the best player that ever lived.
echosyst on December 11, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I feel a bit sorry for him. He’s a lot like Obama. Fake guy, fake suit, fake smile, fake life, fake swing, fake happiness, fake knowledge, fake hair, fake teeth, fake wife…
Just sayin’
Key West Reader on December 11, 2009 at 9:54 PM
If you are eating paint in any urban area, Jesse Jackshown want to be hearing from you now. You be due some retribution!
Key West Reader on December 11, 2009 at 9:56 PM
You know what, I might just as soon Tiger had kept his issues to himself and at the same time I’m just as fed up with the wide range of public BS about it, oh he’s addicted to sex and every other speculation, I’m sick of it.
Tiger has been a young guy with all of the success and money and availability any man could imagine, and, it takes two to tango, I don’t care and I don’t want to know what his home life has been, maybe he and her weren’t getting on well, but the plain as hell fact remains, its not an excuse, but, he’s all over the world, king of his world and he played around, giant surprise.
Speakup on December 11, 2009 at 10:03 PM
“like to *play* golf, but you guys are crying because you can’t enjoy *watching* it as much now? Why, there wasn’t any paint to watch dry? I doubt your women will ever have to worry about you guys cheating…”
Bravely written.
gitarfan on December 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM
HA! No woman will have me. I chastise with impunity. Women make poor choices too. The peace that surrender brings is amazing. Americans have made the whole dating thing so screwed up that I gave up. It’s lonely, but I’m happier when I’m not so confused by mixed signals from women all the time. Convince yourself that they hate you and you’ll be amazed at the peace you’ll find.
ThackerAgency on December 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Heh.. Betcha 5 bucks that the SRM will be saying the same about Glowbama in.. ehe… May 2010.
Key West Reader on December 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM
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