If ever we had a shot at bringing Tiger Woods to the PGA event at Turningstone, this should be the year. He still has a ways to go to rehabilitate his image with the fans even though he is credited with increasing television ratings for the Masters this year by 50 percent..
It’s no coincidence that golf’s premiere American event was book-ended by Tiger in the beginning and Phil Mickelson at the end; the philanderer with the lovely blonde wife losing to the family man with the lovely blonde wife. In fact, there is a strange physical resemblence between the two women. A year ago, the tabloids might have focused on who is prettier? This year none of that matters. It’s all about life and death, love and fidelity, admiration and humiliation.
Elin didn’t walk the course with her husband this year because Tiger didn’t deserve her. Amy Mickelson didn’t walk the course because she’s too weak from fighting breast cancer. Going into the Masters we wondered if Tiger would rise or falter and indeed, the early press focused on his strongest start yet at the venerable course. How fitting that by today, we were all so over Tiger. Phil Mickelson offered up the better story, the one we can all respect, a man so in love with his strickened wife he goes out and plays the best game of his life. Love does conquer all, even a tawdry tabloid tale.
On this final day at Augusta Tiger was little more than a footnote. No green jacket this year. Just more hard work on and off the golf course. Much was made of his comfort level at Augusta, yet how comfortable could he be without his family?
That’s why I think this year we have our best chance at bringing Tiger Woods to the PGA event at Turningstone August 2nd through the 8th. The resort is famously family-friendly with activities for wives and children. Not that everyone here would even care about Tiger Woods. He let a lot of people down since his last appearance at the Notah Begay Benefit event last summer, an event where his involvement with an attractive young lady was reported in the New York Post.
Tiger has a good relationship with Oneida Nation President and CEO Ray Halbritter, and fellow PGA golfer Notah Begay. He would do well to return some of the goodwill and invest in the smaller events on the tour as he continues to repair his image.
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Interesting proposition. I will go to the tournament, and my first impression is that Tiger being there or not would not inflence that decision…I’ll go anyway. But for some I’m sure it will be a draw for a lot of people. Right now, the thought of seeing him would be plain curiosity. I felt oddly detached from him watching the Masters….it simply wasn’t the same. And I wonder if it ever will be. Time.
I visit the golf dome there regularly. There were 4 big picture/posters of the participants in the last skins game….Weir, Villegas, Begay, and Tiger proudly displayed on the right of the range…big photos. I say were because recently, Tiger’s was removed, for whatever reason. I don’t know if that signals a change in heart by TS, but I’ll bet if he wanted to come here, there would be a healing.
There is such a thing as kismet. I think, especially given Phil’s family situation played against Tiger’s, that Phil was destined to win this week…it was right that he won, it was justice…golf needed him to win. We needed him to win.
Don
Good Mornin Maureen, Tiger needed a lot more practice in several areas. My golf widow wife, even watched golf this weekend and commented that Tiger’s actions the whole event was like a spoiled kid. The comments he made after the final round turned off the Swamp fans he had at the start. Maybe he did not know that anyone else played, and beat his butt, but he should at least of mentioned the fact. I feel that alot more practice and humility is needed in this youngman. I guess the old saying ( Nobody cheats on anything until they get caught) is what Tiger needs to practice most on now !
Denny, I agree with the fans in the swamp. What gains Tiger made going into the tournament evaporated pretty quickly, didn’t it?
YUP!! Tiger who?