Hold That Tiger

Tiger Woods's apology was neither particularly credible or creditable. He was certainly the greatest active golfer in the world prior to his downfall and was even characterized as still being a "hero" by a PGA official after yesterday's performance- a gross mockery of the true heroism displayed by our forces on the battlefields, of the work of firemen and honest law enforcers, or even someone who volunteers to an organ donation such as a kidney while they are still alive. Tiger was someone filled with enormous hubris who hit a little white ball along a super-sized manicured and configured yard but did it well, probably as well as anyone who played the sedate gentleman's game before. His rhetorical effort to shield his wife and children from the paparazzi was commendable as they are only public figures through osmosis as it were, and I would hope and suppose that a phalanx of security provided by Tiger accompanies them everywhere. That is the least that should be expected of a father and husband, even if marital fidelity is not assured, a man must protect his family.