Comments on: Tiger: I’m quitting golf — temporarily

By: barnone

barnone — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:41:36 +0000

I know I am late tot he party on commenting…

Looks like Woods is whacking the media back. He is going to hurt them in their wallets (or man purses) for covering the scandal.

With $600M in the bank, the only golfing I would be doing would be on the courses I owned.

By: Chris_Balsz

Chris_Balsz — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:33:36 +0000

Since when is a golfer an “athlete”? Sure he’s a great competitor, but he exercises about as much as a bowler or a pool player. Look who plays golf in your town, they wouldn’t be confused with Michael Phelps.

By: Dave R.

Dave R. — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:28:30 +0000

Well, it’s not like he needs the money.

By: elderberry

elderberry — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:30:16 +0000

Maybe that knee surgery he had was brought on by
entirely too much doggie-style.

By: PC14

PC14 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:30:57 +0000

Best advice I’ve read so far is that Tiger needs to go on Oprah and have a good cry. Oprah will then cry and all will be forgotten by the public. Elin might be another story.

By: yubley

yubley — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:51:50 +0000

When people begin to believe their own PR, principles, promises and committments just don’t matter. It is the self that matters and feeding that growing monster of an ego is a 24/7 job. Of course his marital vows meant nothing to Woods. He had an enormous self to gratify. Everything he’s doing now is damage control. None of it appears real or heartfelt (though none of us can really know ~~his~~ her heart) and I certainly don’t expect him to stop diddling pretty girls, just be more circumspect in the effort. And I’m not condoning it. Just accepting that he is fatally flawed in this regard and if his wife stays with him, she must know what to expect in return for that lavish lifestyle he provides. What does that make her? SKYFOX on December 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM

What does that make her?

By: yubley

yubley — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:48:06 +0000

“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

Really, what a bitch! :-\

By: chalons

chalons — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:41:29 +0000

I do find it clever and funny that many have re-labeled ‘Tiger’ as ‘Lion Cheetah’.

By: AnninCA

AnninCA — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:45:12 +0000

I’m just amazed by how immature he sounded in those e-mails and texts.

Lordy, I guess it proves that athletic excellence is just that and only that.

By: SKYFOX

SKYFOX — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:28:00 +0000

When people begin to believe their own PR, principles, promises and committments just don’t matter. It is the self that matters and feeding that growing monster of an ego is a 24/7 job. Of course his marital vows meant nothing to Woods. He had an enormous self to gratify. Everything he’s doing now is damage control. None of it appears real or heartfelt (though none of us can really know his heart) and I certainly don’t expect him to stop diddling pretty girls, just be more circumspect in the effort. And I’m not condoning it. Just accepting that he is fatally flawed in this regard and if his wife stays with him, she must know what to expect in return for that lavish lifestyle he provides. What does that make her?

By: WyoMike

WyoMike — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:02:46 +0000

I do not approve of Tiger’s lifestyle, and there is a lot of heartache and pain now in that family, BUT, I wish the media would leave him and his family alone so they can deal with this in private. Why do we need to know all the details?

By: BuckeyeSam

BuckeyeSam — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:31:55 +0000

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He’s becoming a lewd joke, and that ain’t good. Can’t walk through an airport with those ubiquitous Accenture ads and not laugh at them these days.
It’s when his contracts begin running out that you’ll see companies deciding to “go in another direction.”

Sugar Land on December 12, 2009 at 9:12 AM

Case in point. Last night on Fox News’s Special Report, the panel consisted of Juan Williams, Nina Easton, and Charles K. Baier interrupted the panel to report on Woods’s most recent statement. Either just before or just after, Easton made passing reference to the serial affairs including one with a porn star famous for threesomes. That prompted Charles K. to mention that “this used to be a family show” to which they all laughed.

I have to tell you that if I’m a corporate executive whose primary pitchman is now renown for serial infidelity during the course of a three- or four-year marriage–including two pornstars–I’m definitely “going in a different direction.”

By: Sugar Land

Sugar Land — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:12:37 +0000

He won’t lose endorsement deals immediately, only because his sponsors don’t quite know what to do. They’re contractually obligated to paying him a fortune, and yet are having to pull his commercials and ads out of circulation.
He’s becoming a lewd joke, and that ain’t good. Can’t walk through an airport with those ubiquitous Accenture ads and not laugh at them these days.
It’s when his contracts begin running out that you’ll see companies deciding to “go in another direction.”

By: bradley11

bradley11 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:04:54 +0000

A woman friend of mine once told me the main difference between men and women was simple: Men talk about it, women do it.

By: bradley11

bradley11 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:02:29 +0000

GREAT! This’ll give him more time to go looking for more trashy blondes to fool around with. Having that pesky golf thing out of the way for a while will be a blessing.

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:39:54 +0000

Ya might wanna quit sex temporarily too dude. Thats your friggin problem.

By: drjohn

drjohn — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:22:20 +0000

Can you actually take a break from serial infidelity?

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:19:36 +0000

Takin the little woman out on the boat there Tiger? You’d think it was Bush Sr. and Gorby going on a Chesapeake Bay secure talk.

Too bad Tiger couldn’t donate heavily to a nice charity for needy kids instead of blowing it on orgies. I have lost some respect for the kid.

By: chalons

chalons — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:44:37 +0000

Unfortunately, humiliation is typically the driving force behind this sort of contrition. As the sting of that humiliation and shame diminishes, so will the contrition, similar to ‘foxhole religion’.

This will probably end in a hostile divorce.

By: Cylor

Cylor — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:02:59 +0000

Men are pigs. This is the only truth.

The Race Card on December 11, 2009 at 10:51 PM

And yet somehow women keep falling for us.

Anyone see tonight’s Red Eye? Ann Coulter had the greatest line of this whole sordid affair in response to a clip from the latest self-proclaimed mistress’s interview — “I didn’t know Meghan McCain had an affair with Tiger Woods.”

Heart-ache?

By: Blake

Blake — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:42:02 +0000

Tiger was paid $3 million as an appearance fee at one tourney this year. He does not need endorsement money. In fact, without playing the endorsements will dry up quickly.

GnuBreed on December 11, 2009 at 11:00 PM

What makes you think he is still going to get the kind of money for appearances? Or for speaking engagements? While what he makes would be more than enough for you and I, it’s no longer for him.

By: Mallard T. Drake

Mallard T. Drake — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:53:57 +0000

Tiger’s hiatus sounds, at least in part, as part of the public image spin control. What a guy, he is giving up that which he does so well for his lady.

I’ll be impressed if he is nowhere to be seen come Masters weekend, and even more so if he bypasses the US Open.

To take a hiatus now is not that hard for him. Yearly, Tiger plays one or two tournaments in the opening West Coast swing, the Buick in San Diego and the world cup match play. He plays a few in Florida in February and March to get ready for the Masters. So he is giving up maybe 5 or 6 tournaments in the first three months of the season.

By: Speakup

Speakup — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:46:58 +0000

Men are pigs. This is the only truth.

The Race Card on December 11, 2009 at 10:51 PM

Who are you kidding? Women cheat at least as much as men do, they’re just usually a little more discrete and maybe not as much but they cheat for ego reasons too.

By: Speakup

Speakup — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:38:58 +0000

Key West Reader on December 11, 2009 at 10:10 PM

Jeezus, I’m just fed up with the adoring public making up all kinds speculative scenarios, Tiger’s a traveling gambler, his liars dice game came up snake eyes, it had to happen.

He’s human, he failed, that simple.

The President is human too, he puts his pants on from the feet up just like any other man does and he’s at least as arrogant as Tiger is.

Said it before, ego is the enemy.

By: Hog Wild

Hog Wild — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:11:48 +0000

Men are pigs. This is the only truth.

The Race Card on December 11, 2009 at 10:51 PM

Hey! I resent the implication…. oh wait, nevermind.