Mar 03 2010
Tiger Wood is one who errs, and to err is simply human.
Being an athlete of Tiger Wood’s standings, it is inevitable for infidelity to go unnoticed. But why should he have to stand before the world and apologise? Any other ordinary guy on the streets would not have to, so why Tiger Wood?
He is a billionaire thanks to the many sponsors he had in the course of his golfing career, not forgetting the throngs of fans who followed him on the course as well as on the couch behind a television. They believed in him and in one way or another would have provided an invisible support propelling him back after a bad day on the golf course.
I don’t think a public apology is aimed at winning his family back, and even if it is, it will probably never work. I believe, him making a public apology and admitting to the mistakes he made, is the only way of apologizing to his sponsors and fans.
He said “sorry” for letting them down, for creating a character that every young golfer aspired to be, and now tarnishing it with his infidelities, apologising for the embarrassment he has caused his sponsors and the loss of faith to the fans.
I guess the price to pay for a mistake like that is exponential compared to the guy on the street. But he definitely needed to apologise. Not just to his family, but also to the millions out there who worshipped him as the golfing legend he was and still is. Tiger Wood is one who errs, and to err is simply human.
Benjamin Tan once represented the Republic of Singapore as a sailor in many international events. He is currently an undergraduate at the Nanyang Technological University.
One response so far
Being an athlete of Tiger Woods’s standing, I would think you’d know that his name is Tiger Woods, s included.