Tiger's Tale

Tiger talked.

Tiger Woods went before a national television audience and apologized to his wife, family, friends, and fans on Friday. The event was carefully scripted with only a certain select group of people invited to the event including Tiger's mom. Media members in attendance were not allowed to ask any questions. Woods said he would be returning to rehab and he did say he plans on returning to competitive golf although he did not say when that might happen.

In short, we don't know a whole lot more now than we did before Tiger talked. He said he was sorry, but many people responding to our 13WMAZ.com Web Poll thought the apology lacked sincerity and was more of an orchestrated event put on by his management handlers. One thing we do know is that there are no winners in this story. Tiger's reputation is severely tarnished with many of his fans and sponsors. His wife and two children were thrust awkwardly into the spotlight where they will probably remain despite Tiger's pleas to "leave them alone." The PGA tour takes a hit every time Tiger stays home as opposed to teeing it up in front of huge galleries and television cameras.

In short - Tiger's tale is a tragedy that will continue to play out over the next several months as people search for answers to questions that were not allowed to be asked on Friday.

Frank Malloy