Tiger Woods ran into the tree on November 27, then scurried off into hiding.
Eighty-four days later he is coming out of hiding at a press conference scheduled for Friday at 11am at PGA Tour headquarters. It will be telecast on the Golf Channel.
Over the next couple of days you’ll be reading and hearing endless speculation about what he’s going to say. The questions we can’t wait to hear answered include:
- Is he returning to competitive golf this year?
- If so, when?
- Is he going to play a regular schedule?
- Has he been working on his game?
- Are he and Elin really going to try to remain together?
- How are the kids?
- Is he worried about the fan’s behavior towards him?
- Does he still care as much about his quest to become the best?
- What epiphanies has he had during his time off?
- Is his family now his top priority?
- Will he apologize to his fans and sponsors?
- Will he appear as the same old Woods, or will there be signs that the most stubborn man in golf has changed his stripes?
The Match Play is all well and good, but, in a bit of irony, Woods will be upstaging the event that’s sponsored by Accenture, the first company that officially cut ties with him. A coincidence? At any rate, I’m counting the hours to Friday morning as I’m sure you are as well.
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1 BD // Feb 20, 2010 at 8:25 am
I thought his statement was effective, in the main. The delivery was a little weird in places, such as when he was talking about his foundation.
On the substance, seems like his strategy was to preempt any criticism along the lines of, “He still doesn’t get it.” Obviously, nothing he could say would prevent someone from questioning the depth of his sincerity, but at least he could make sure to say all of the things that ought to have been said, and I think he succeeded in doing that.
At some point, this WILL all settle down. Let’s not forget that his only real “crime” is having a lot of sex partners outside of marriage. He didn’t, for example, kill anybody. Had he simply had never gotten married, this wouldn’t even be a scandal.
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