Got Woods?…or…Trouble with Tiger’s Putter

I will readily admit that Tiger Woods has been a hero of mine for a long, long time. I have been in awe of his talent from his first ventures into the arena … on to the golf course.

Now I will have to diminish his title to “Mere Mortal.” His indiscretional use of wedge, driver and putter is all too human in the celebrity wheel of fortune these days and in that regard, unfortunate. It doesn’t diminish his talent, unless it effects his mind set while lining up a shot, but it does diminish some of the Magic.

None of us, of course, have been flies on the wall in the Woods home life and the reasons why people do certain things in their lives are known only to them. It is just an unfortunate aspect of  life to have landed on the green of this couple and their kids who seemed by all accounts, to have had it made.

I guess it fits the old adage that “Rich People have as many problems as Poor People, it’s just paying the bills isn’t one of them.”

My empathy goes out to the Mrs in that here is a beautiful and accomplished woman who likely put her own career on hold to raise kids and maintain the family household to find dad’s been out “screwin’ the pooch.”

"Screwed the pooch," meaning "made a terrible mistake," is a
cleaned-up paraphrase that author Tom Wolfe popularized. Wolfe's book
"The Right Stuff," which dealt with the early years of America's
manned space program, used the phrase "screwed the pooch" in
describing a calamitous error made by Mercury Astronaut Gus Grissom. (pinkfreud-ga)

I am reminded of a story my older brother told me our grandfather told him when he was 12 or so. Gramps apparently said, “Bobby, you know what the most expensive thing in your life will be?… pussy.” I guess Tiger is “bearing” the thought out. Somewhere in the news it was suggested a divorce would cost Tiger around 300 million dollars. Pretty expensive for a “side-order.” The same older brother enjoyed expressing this gem also, “It’s been so long since I got some on the side, I didn’t know they’d moved it.”

And what about the old phrase, “You don’t go out for hamburger, if you’ve got steak at home.”

Hard to comprehend, but we’re not in it. The only ones who know the truth are they. And I hope somehow the situation will provide something positive in its outcome. Yes, I am ever the optimist.

JimmieNew

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