Tiger has lost his mojo
Posted by Alex Livie on 20/02/2010
The Tiger came out of the undergrowth on Friday but it wasn’t exactly a return to the jungle – more like a tea party as he was surrounded by ‘friends, colleagues and associates’. No questions, just a well-rehearsed speech that seemed to play to the cameras quite superbly. He was certainly apologetic, I lost count of the amount of times the word sorry was uttered by the No. 1 golfer in the world, and it could well have been truly sincere – but there is that minor niggle in the back of the mind.
The 13-minute speech was followed by Woods hugging first his mother and then a band of hand-picked associates. They seemed to forgive him for his actions, but they would, wouldn’t they?
“I know people want to find out how I could be so selfish and so foolish,” he said. “How I could do these things to my wife and children. Elin and I have started the process of discussing the damage caused by my behaviour. As Elin has said, my real apology to her will not come in the form of words. It will come in the form of my behaviour over time.”
Now they are words of the utmost truth. Tiger can apologise until he is blue in the face, a face that looked far less composed than it does on a golf course, but he needs to walk the walk. That his wife, the one person that truly matters in this whole sordid affair, was not in the audience spoke plenty.
Out of all this, all I really wanted to hear was when he was going to make a return to golf. “I do plan to return to golf one day, I just don't know when that day will be. I don't rule out that it will be this year. When I do return I need to make my behaviour more respectful of the game."
The return is not on the horizon and it is clear that when he does return, that air of invincibility he had will no longer be there. It disappeared some time between November 27 and Friday, but it was confirmed as he pleaded for forgiveness. Many of his fellow pros may have words of sympathy, others not, but they will have seen a vulnerability that they will seize on.
Comments
Posted by Mark Bywater on 21/02/2010
If you think Tiger has lost his mojo he could perhaps nip down to the local tobacconist shop on his nearest street corner and pick up a quarter of midget gems...they're an ideal replacement and not as sticky and black as mojos.
On the other hand his mistresses are probably used to sticky stuff from a little black thing, aren't they?
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