Tiger Woods Personal Life: Is It All Relevant to the Game Of Golf?

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Published: September 4, 2010

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Tiger Woods—the man everyone had always known as loyal, committed, and determined.

If someone was to use those words to describe Tiger now, they would be laughed at as if they were a stand-up comedian. After the adultery incident occurred, almost everyone around the world, who didn't know about Tiger Woods, knew all they could ask for about Tiger's personal life. 

That was 10 months ago. I know how big of an issue this topic is with golf fans and Tiger (which arguably are the same people), but how long before we let him get back to what he has always done best? For those of you whose imaginations are floating, I was implying his "golf game." 

I have been a long-time, dedicated fan of golf, watching as many tournaments as I possibly can every single year, but this year was a little bit different.

With all the "Tiger drama," I have become more and more interested in the "off" days of the week (Monday-Wednesday). These days are when golf analysts, average Joe's, professional golfers, and TV announcers can weigh in with their opinions. Also on these days there are tournament previews, player profiles, and my favorite of all, press conferences. Press conferences in the past have been golf time, tournament time, and now for Tiger, personal time. 

The amount of hassling that has occurred, even now, with Tiger's personal life, is in my opinion, ridiculous. If you watch any other player's press conference before a tournament, you don't see questions being asked like, "Can you give us some insight on your wife and kids? How is your sex life going? If your kids love you?" All those questions are irrelevant to all the players—except one. 



 

But the question is, is all of this relevant to fans of the golf game, or fans of golf players' personal lives?

Tiger Woods is arguably the reason that golf has even become remotely popular—not...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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