Tiger Woods is the best-known sports figure in the world

Tiger Woods is the best-known sports figure in the world

Tiger Woods is the best-known sports figure in the world. For more than a decade, he has dazzled us with his golf. He so captivated us, we had to watch him and as he won one tournament after another, we have speculated whether he might break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major championships.We were privileged to see him play and he drew us Review Of TaylorMade R9 to the tournaments and the television sets as no one ever had.And then it all crashed down when it was revealed that he was cheating on his wife. He lost his beautiful family and his career went spiraling downward. He not only couldn’t win anymore, he couldn’t play well.

When, after all of that and after going winless for more than a year, he almost wins the Masters, when for nine holes on Sunday he is his old fist-pumping self, threatening to rise all the way to the top again, that’s news, big news.Charl Schwartzel won, playing some wonderful golf on a day filled with drama, but to the general public, he’s just another guy with a good game, a sweetheart of a putter and a big heart. But he’s not an ongoing saga, a history maker. He made headlines that day but Tiger makes them every time he walks onto a course.Woods has paid dearly for his transgressions. He has done just about everything he can do to atone. He’s tried hard and he’s still trying. Now it’s time to let it go.

Some will never forgive him, but apparently the majority of people have. Tiger got long standing ovations at 18th hole at the Masters. That’s after applause and cheering and shouts of encouragement all the way around, all four days.Those people and undoubtedly millions more want him back.If you can’t set aside Tiger’s follies and just watch him as a master of his game, it’s your right, of course. To each his own.