Tiger Woods and golf’s moral dilemma
It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t disapprove of his antics away from the office. Women, in general, can’t stand him. Despite all this, we can’t take our eyes off him.
Donald Trump? Maybe. But the description could also apply to Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer ever, who has made one of the more improbable comebacks in the past month. Last weekend renewed the public’s crush on golf’s bad boy.
Woods’ behaviour away from the course since his fall from grace in 2009 has been, shall we say, dubious. From the moment his wife Elin Nordegren brought down a golf club on Tiger’s ride, he has suffered through a biblical plague of problems.
The problems included injuries that ended in spinal fusion (one of four surgeries since 2014), failed romantic relationships and an arrest for drugs last year. Plus numerous comebacks all ended in humiliation. Until last weekend’s tournament outside Tampa, he hadn’t broken par in the opening round of a PGA Tour event since his 64 in the Wyndham Championship in August 2015.