Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago

Honestly, we dont care about Tigers marriage 
After 3 months of rumors and apologies, fans want Woods back on course

OPINION
By Mike Celizic
NBCSports.com contributor
updated 4:33 p.m. CT, Tues., March. 2, 2010

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Tiger Woods has run out of rehab centers. He went through the sex addiction clinic in Mississippi and now hes gotten out of a family counseling clinic in Arizona.

Im sure I speak for all sports fans when I say were just happy as clams for him, and if theres anything happier than a clam, well, were that, too. But this whole rehabilitation process has gone on long enough. Its time to get back on the golf course.

What scares me is that we dont know if Tiger has gotten back together with his aggrieved wife, Elin. He has said he left the game to heal the wounds he inflicted on his family. And thats not happened.

Now, back when all the dirt started to fly, we all went on record as believing that a marriage is more important than a golf tournament. And we sort of meant it. At least we thought we did.

But that was three months ago, and our belief that marriage is more important than golf has been stretched to the limit. Actually, its beyond the limit, especially since we only said that to start with because our wifes were listening.

I mean, theres a limit on this stuff. Well all miss a round of golf for something important in our family, but not every week. So, if Tiger cant repair his marriage in three months and who knows how many thousands of dollars in therapy bills, he cant expect us to keep caring.

Lets be honest about this. Tiger doesnt give a flying foot wedge about the state of our marriages and relationships. And the longer this goes, the more we realize we dont really care about his.

Oh, were more than willing to pay lip service to our desire that he and Mrs. Tiger and their cubbies will be perfectly happy forever and a shining beacon of monogamous bliss, but not if its going to be a major inconvenience, not if its going to continue to cut into his golf.

If it comes down to a choice of the health of his marriage and seeing him play the Masters, most of us are going with the golf tournament. Its more entertaining. Plus, we can watch it live instead of waiting for the National Enquirer to catch wind of a rumor and pass it on to us.

Id apologize for being so crass, but I wouldnt mean it. And the more I think about it, the more I wonder why I was ever worried about his marriage to begin with.

Its the same with his much-lamented endorsements, which are a lot like marriages, except to corporations instead of people. As soon as the titillating news broke that Tiger was having affairs, analysts started speculating about how it would affect his endorsements. This was considered to be important, and its been major news every time a sponsor has dumped him.

I have no idea why. Whether he shills for a company will not in any way influence whether I buy a product. How much money he makes in endorsements does not affect my life, and if it affects yours, you need to get a new hobby.

The only thing that affects my life is whether he plays golf. When he plays, watching golf is more enjoyable and Im a happier person. Im also more likely to play golf and go to the driving range and buy new equipment.

Its that way with the country as a whole. When he plays and does well, more people watch and more kids want to play. To do that, they have to buy equipment and ugly pants and pay for time at driving ranges and golf courses and buy beers and burgers at the 19th hole.

This is exactly what the economy needs people spending money they dont need to be spending on things they dont need to own. Get enough people doing that and companies will have to hire workers to meet the new demand. That will bring more tax dollars into drained public coffers and create even more jobs.

So its not just selfish sports fans who need Tiger to come back to the PGA Tour now and not in another three or four months. His country also needs him to come back. To stay on the sidelines and obsess about that marriage becomes unpatriotic.

So get your butt back on the course, Tiger. But dont do it for me. Do it for America.


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djcubez
15 years ago
I'm not a big golf fan and I didn't read this article, mainly because I completely agree with it's title. I don't really care and never really cared. The main is good at golf and he's paid to do that, unless he kills a person or is found with 200 kilos of crack I don't care about anything else.
Cheesey
15 years ago
I don't really care about him. Yes, he is the best at hitting a ball with a stick. But he's a classless jerk in my view. He is so full of himself, it's rediculous.
I hope this "getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar" changes the way he acts on and off the golf course.
Kids look up to pro atheletes. I hope he makes a better example for them now.
I know.....it's not his "problem" that kids look up to him. That doesn't change his responsibility in my opinion.
To those that much is given, much is expected.
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Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
I agree, Cheesemeister. I've never understood the idolization of Tiger Woods, frankly. To me he's the Peyton Manning of golf: an incredible player but not very fun to watch. I grew weary of his tirades on the links years ago.
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Cheesey
15 years ago
That's what bugged me too. Seeing his "temper tantrums". I can understand being upset with yourself for messing up a shot, but act like a MAN for crying out loud. Show some CLASS.
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zombieslayer
15 years ago
I didn't bother reading the article because I could care less about golf. It's a dumb game. Not even a real sport. I know Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, and that's about it. Oh, that guy who died in the plane crash. He seemed like he was cool. Forgot his name.

OK, Earth to women who marry super-stud athletes - THEY WILL CHEAT ON YOU. IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
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TheEngineer
15 years ago

OK, Earth to women who marry super-stud athletes - THEY WILL CHEAT ON YOU. IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER WHO YOU ARE.

"zombieslayer" wrote:



Ah but Zombie, that's the point! It's at that precise point in time that the divorce lawyer is supposited into the marriage.
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Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
I've said this before, but I'll say it again. You cannot for a moment make me believe these women don't know about their husbands' sexual proclivities. After all, it's not like they're meeting these men at tea parties or chamber orchestra recitals! I think a lot of women marry these men knowing full well they're going to cheat but put up with it for their own private reasons as long as they're able to maintain the image. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of women marry these men hoping they'll cheat, so that they can make a killing when it eventually happens.
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Cheesey
15 years ago
Payne Stewart......i think he's the guy who died.
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Trippster
15 years ago
wow, you guys are brutal. There are MANY professional athletes that do NOT cheat on their wives. You just don't hear about what doesn't happen.

Golf IS a sport. It is not even a point worth arguing.

Tiger is NOT a classless Jerk. I find it humorous that many of you feel it is ok to showboat after doing what you are expected to do (make a freaking tackle) but to show dissapointment with yourself when you fail is classless?

Tiger had a perfectley unblemished record as a person up until the point. Please don't discount everything else he has done because of this scandal. that then makes you judgemental, which in my eyes, is part of the definition of a class less jerk.
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