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Published: September 18, 2009
The Hoff looks at the greatest golfer of our generation and unfortunately only sees a foul mouthed baby that still has a lot of growing up to do to capture HIS history.
Part One. History.
History is the study of the past, with special attention to the written record of the activities of human beings over time.
When I first heard about Tiger Woods I thought to myself, I’ve heard this all before. A young phenom the so-called experts are deeming the next great one. Kobe. LeBron. Sid the Kid. Ronaldo. Honestly, all I saw was a firery young kid with enormous marketing potential. I know the second thought from that line may get hit with racism, but like I always say I don’t hate you because of your skin color…well I just hate everyone. Its not because Tiger is black. It’s because its golf. I mean, golf.
Do you even remember golf without Tiger? Do you?
He changed the golf world and the world as a whole. He’s made it popular for inner city kids to wear red on Sundays and for kids to pick up a golf club instead of a football or basketball. Now yes, the main focus of that statement was about black children. I don’t sugar coat things, you should know that.
He’s endorsed by every major label out there and brings in over 100 million just by being him. No club, just his image. Ratings with and without Tiger at Tour events are night and day so I wasn’t wrong about my raciest comment earlier. But with that money, image and publicity comes responsibility. Responsibility that only a select few understand. Jordan, Beckham, LeBron and so on. But not exactly like Tiger. I’ll explain shortly.
Everything Tiger says and does is global. Everywhere.
Every word. Every action. Every breathe. Even every fart.
After watching the last 6 months since he’s been back on tour he’s definitely stepped his profanity up a notch, his sulking is mind-blowing and his attitude mimics that of a 2 year old. Maybe the old adage of the “terrible two’s” relates to the parents attitude when they have 2 children? Isn’t he winning most of these tourneys as well?
Now I’m not saying Tiger is a bad father, I leave that up to my wife to give me the 10 minute rundown on the celebrity happenings when I get home from work, I think he’s a fine guy off the course. But that’s not for me to judge since I don’t know anything about his personal life but you would think children would change a man. I’ve heard story after story about how seeing your child changes you profoundly.
I think Tiger needs a to get tagged from that stick or more so a downright knockout.
For me the main turning point was watching fathers have to hold their hands over their kids ears on the course just in case Tiger hits a bad shot. This was one mark on my “holy crap what is happening” list. It’s golf, a gentleman’s game right?
Now I could only identify one person that can truly understand Tiger Woods, but he’s dead.
Not Michael Jordan and not Jim Brown since they’re still alive.
Not Michael Jackson. Not even his father the late Earl Woods.
Before I mention this person I just want to make sure that you understand that I like Tiger Woods. This isn’t a ripping because he’s in the limelight all the time or he’s the best at what he does, it’s needed BECAUSE of those things. If you have accepted the role of being the face of anything, you need to live up to it. Comes with the terms of the agreement, not in small writing either. You need to respect it, respect the sport and those that watch it and you. The sport is greater than anyone man, but those great men leave their legacy as it being “their” sport.
A little over 40 years ago a black athlete broke into a “white-man’s” sport and lived up to all those expectations and understood all these attributes I listed. Unfortunately that’s where the relationship ends with Tiger.
I hope Tiger can learn a few things from history.
Not just athletic history, or black history or white history, but HIS history.
He should try to pick up where Authur Ashe left off.
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