Team Tiger tries to control chaos
The Tiger Woods Redemption Tour continued Sunday night with a pair of speed interviews (five minutes only, please) with The Golf Channel and ESPN.com.
He admitted to “living a lie” and other failings.
And I couldn’t care less.
Woods step-by-step return to the golf world is a little too scripted and controlled for my tastes. You can practically see the invisible hands of his PR hacks behind his every move.
But we shouldn’t be surprised. Woods has always been _ and always will be _ a control freak. But he’s found himself in a completely chaotic situation. It’s simply beyond his _ or anyone else’s _ control. It’s taken on a life of its own.
You have to believe that most sports fans _ especially golf fans _ can see through this charade. He is not coming across as being sincere. That doesn’t mean he isn’t sincere. Only he knows if he’s really changed. But his public appearances so far, orchestrated by Team Tiger, haven’t exactly been convincing.
To be honest, he would’ve been better served by staying silent.
Maybe when he finally faces the media mob in a uncontrolled, untimed situation, we will see the real Tiger Woods. But don’t bet on it. Tiger likes to keep his real self to himself.
The rest of us get Controlled Tiger or Corporate Tiger. Always have. Probably always will.
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