These pictures are a few weeks premature but in light of today’s announcement, it makes sense to unveil them now.
Regular followers of this blog have likely noticed what hasn’t been featured here within the last 4 months. The personal life of Tiger Woods is none of my business — I didn’t know much about it before November 27th and I sure didn’t desire to know about it after November 27th. What does matter is how the game’s best player has single-handedly brought shame to the sport through his admitted lack of respect towards it.
It is going to take a long time for Tiger to win me back. Not win me back in the sense of if I’ll be happy or not if he wins at Augusta — sure, I’ll be happy for him. But, to win me back where I reflect on him as a true legend of the sport; that will take much time. Jaime Diaz ended his first piece after the incident that exposed Tiger referring it to as a “Shakespearean tragedy.”
To end this brief writing, I’ll reference to a meaningful quote from The Sandlot. Although no Academy Award winner, the quote has never made more sense than now:
“There’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die.”
With the official return of Tiger announced, this is what he’ll need to respect:
Photos courtesy of PocketWiley‘s Flickr Stream of the 2007 Masters
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Great post. I held on until the press statement and could no longer justify my position to myself.
It will be interesting at this time next year to review twelve months of public rehabilitation.
Thanks…