Tiger Woods Feeding Frenzy

3 thoughts on “Tiger Woods Feeding Frenzy”

1. Good Morning from Omaha,

   The pga needs tiger more than tiger needs the pga. They should really be secretly celebrating his victory of the players championship. I remember hearing that when tiger was in contention for the win at a tournament the television rating were much higher than otherwise.

   Tiger uses the PGA to add to his already astounding wealth. His endorsement deals almost guarantee tigers future even without golfing.Needless to say Tigers ability to play a game like golf was the vehicle that brought him to significance in the public’s mind.

   His father carefully crafted his image. When his father died Tiger seemed to lose his guard rails and his indiscretions have been written of by the book load. Maybe tiger is back. Maybe he is going to win an occasional tournament. There are now a bunch of really good golfers in the PGA. Much like tiger was in his early years. Its going to get tougher for Tiger to win anymore because of the higher level of competition across the board.

   It tends to make golf tolerable on television as a form of entertainment on a rainy sunday afternoon in Omaha.

   Strive for excellence, nothing but your best.

   Gene

2. Tiger is just proof of something that my teacher once told me (and that I also tell my students in turn): Great People are rarely Good People.

   For all of the scandals and disappointments following athletes (and politicians and preachers and businessmen), they are just humans, like us, who have had very skewed experiences during their lives.

   Athletes have put in an inordinate amount of hours in refining their craft, often sacrificing a large chunk of their teen years. They usually receive early adoration and attention, all the while competing at a high-stress level while not yet able to come to terms with what it means to be an adult. They are then put into the orbit of many undesirables (regardless the sport). As a result they – like cops and dancers – have a warped view of other people.

   We can moralize as “average joes,” and as people who have made similar mistakes on a smaller scale and are wiser for the experience. But how would we have done as a 15-year-old rising high school star, juggling practice, school and teen angst? As a 20-year-old getting national attention, but with none of the pay? As a 24-year-old, with family and friends cheering your first big bonus check? As a 28-year-old, in the midst of playing a game that has morphed into a high pressure job? As a 34-year-old, with the reality of your career winding down, a body that will continue to pay the price for decades, and the prospect of doing something completely different with your life than you have ever done to that point?

   Tiger went through that. Fortunately for him, this is turning out better than it could have. As many mistakes and wrong moves as he’s made, I’m in no position to judge him. I would certainly trade paychecks with him any day, but I’m not sure I would want to trade lives.

3. Fantastic comments you guys!!!!!