The best thing about hanging out about three miles from Tiger Woods’ house, is listening to the rumours.
“Oh yeah, Tiger banged his neighbor’s 21-year-old daughter while his wife watched from the window.”
Friendly, huh?.
“Oh yeah, and did you see those texts he sent to the stripper/hooker/porn star? He wanted to tie her up.”
Kinky.
“Did you know that Tiger’s a sex addict who has to bang women even when he doesn’t want to?”
No, didn’t know that.
Friday night, I had both the opportunity and joy to watch Jesse Ventura guest host the Larry King Show. Forget the fact that he essentially called the hot Republican strategist/guest/talking head a lying bee-yotch (which she was), he also declared the American media to be at the saddest and most disgustingly low ebb in its history. As an example, he used all the time and resources that have been wasted creating a gossip-mongering campaign on Tiger Woods’ sex life.
He’s right, of course. The fastest way for me to hit the mute button or turn the station is for some radio or TV donkey to mention “another Tiger Woods mistress.” This thing is so out of hand, it’s reached the point where clearly 90 per cent of the crap we hear is NOT true. It’s made-up mainstream media clap-trap, just like WMDs in Iraq, the Duke lacrosse story and now, apparently, the Ben Roethlisberger sexual abuse scandal. If Tiger Woods got the action the media claims he got, he couldn’t walk, let alone head into the third round of the Masters in contention.
Which is why this weekend’s Masters Championship will be as compelling as golf can be. And the ratings will match the excitement and drama. If Tiger can pull this off, it will be one of the greatest stories in sport.
After the international media failed to have any idea about Tiger’s private, personal sex life and then, when it found out, did everything humanly possible to destroy the rest of its life over its own ignorance, it appeared as if Tiger’s place in golf history was tainted forever. This weekend, however, as he enters the third round of the Masters at 6-under, just two shots back, there is a chance he can become the comeback of the athlete of the year in just four days of work.
Somewhere between the truth and the media’s fabrications, lies a real human being who could still be the greatest golfer in the world. The next two days at the Masters will be the most compelling in decades.
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