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OlafTheBent  
2010-02-19 12:37:33 PM  
Who cares? I don't pay money to watch him f*ck.

Get back to playing golf.

/Couldn't give a sh*t about his personal life.
 
jwa007  
2010-02-19 12:41:26 PM  
Tiger owed an apology to no one. Too bad/so sad he felt the need to do this.
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
2010-02-19 12:49:23 PM  

jwa007: Tiger owed an apology to no one. Too bad/so sad he felt the need to do this.


I think his wife might have been due one and maybe his kids. After that you are correct.
 
jwa007  
2010-02-19 12:52:47 PM  

EvilEgg: I think his wife might have been due one and maybe his kids. After that you are correct.


I didn't do that right. I should have said he owes no one a public apology. You are right about the wife and kids.
 
paulodumb  
2010-02-19 12:56:40 PM  

jwa007: Tiger owed an apology to no one. Too bad/so sad he felt the need to do this.


This. I almost feel sorry for famous people who feel they have to apologize to people they don't know for their own private lives. But then I remember, shiat, they're rich and can have sex with whoever they want. That's not a person to pity.
 
mrexcess  
2010-02-19 1:12:50 PM  
If you care more about Tiger Woods' love life than you do about what's happening in Afghanistan and Pakistan right now, I'm going to take this opportunity to officially call you a bad person.
 
Walker [TotalFark]  
2010-02-19 1:13:39 PM  
"There is one issue I really want to discuss. Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night. It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. Elin never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage. Ever."

Still lying huh Tiger?

I don't care either way. Go f*ck 1000 whores if you want to.
 
BigGrrr  
2010-02-19 1:15:11 PM  
What a wuss. Man up already, you're a billionaire! Tell them you live your life as you see it, and that you can do what you want.

/Obviously he's groveling for the little lady.
 
Dean Franz  
2010-02-19 1:15:44 PM  
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money fight!
 
4NSpy  
2010-02-19 1:16:16 PM  
We got less answers from tiger than in an episode of Lost.
 
you have pee hands  
2010-02-19 1:16:36 PM  
If I were rich and famous I'm sure I'd have more... indiscretions.


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2CountyFairs  
2010-02-19 1:17:23 PM  

jwa007: EvilEgg: I think his wife might have been due one and maybe his kids. After that you are correct.

I didn't do that right. I should have said he owes no one a public apology. You are right about the wife and kids.


Maybe, just maybe, a public apology to the wife and kids, but definitely no one else. Or, at least on that subject. Possibly a public apology for not being out there swinging a club, but he owes no one outside of his family an apology for things going on in his personal life.
 
bmfderek  
2010-02-19 1:17:52 PM  
That's funny. I blame my indiscretions on obscurity and poverty.
 
ChuckNorrisSays  
2010-02-19 1:18:21 PM  
I hope he aplogized to Roger Maris's family.
 
hugram [TotalFark]  
2010-02-19 1:21:21 PM  
If Brad Pitt (or whoever is the latest male hunk these days) was just Brad Pitt, he would not be able to have a wife and 20 other women at his disposal.
 
aquigley  
2010-02-19 1:21:37 PM  
Actually, subby, he didn't (new window).
 
006andahalf  
2010-02-19 1:22:17 PM  
I blame Obama for my indiscretions.
 
obzerver  
2010-02-19 1:22:24 PM  
He should have blamed Obama
 
Peaceboy [TotalFark]  
2010-02-19 1:23:47 PM  
If his wife were really creative in publicly humiliating him, she'd make him come out dressed like Brenda Lee and sing "I'm Sorry".
 
Hiro's Protagonist  
2010-02-19 1:25:41 PM  

OlafTheBent: Who cares? I don't pay money to watch him f*ck.

Get back to playing golf.

/Couldn't give a sh*t about his personal life.


Media people who are pissed off that he withheld a story from them
 
Eddie Adams from Torrance  
2010-02-19 1:26:17 PM  

mrexcess: If you care more about Tiger Woods' love life than you do about what's happening in Afghanistan and Pakistan right now, I'm going to take this opportunity to officially call you a bad person.


Wait, are Afghanistan and Pakistan boning hot models behind their wives' backs?
 
Vinz_Clortho  
2010-02-19 1:26:20 PM  

OlafTheBent: Who cares? I don't pay money to watch him f*ck.

Get back to playing golf.

/Couldn't give a sh*t about his personal life.


I don't pay money to watch do anything.

/Couldn't give a sh&t about any part of his life. (that's his wife's problem.)
 
tuffsnake  
2010-02-19 1:26:33 PM  
He did too much
much too young
and ended up married when he could've been having fun with many
 
beerrun [TotalFark]  
2010-02-19 1:26:51 PM  

hugram: If Brad Pitt (or whoever is the latest male hunk these days) was just Brad Pitt, he would not be able to have a wife and 20 other women at his disposal.


I don't know about that. If you looked like Brad Pitt, I'd imagine you'd be getting your share of the strange pretty much whenever you wanted.
 
brandied  
2010-02-19 1:27:48 PM  
4NSpy We got less answers from tiger than in an episode of Lost.

Fewer answers, less information.

/Pet peeve...
 
jayhawk88  
2010-02-19 1:28:00 PM  
What's interesting/hilarious to me is that he's taking such heat for staging and carefully planning this first foray back into the public. In this day and age, when media is omnipresent, and has an insatiable hunger for any and every detail about the life of a public figure.

No word - literally, no word - is going to go un-analyzed and scrutinized. Every look, ever gesture, every twitch of his mouth is up for debate. Somewhere on some channel/magazine/blog, body language experts will break down every half smile, every sidelong glance, and attempt to tell us what it means. The entire transcript of this will be repeated verbatim across the planet a thousand times, one sound bite at a time.

And yet, the media wonders why Tiger Woods is so controlling about the image he projects.
 
RevLovejoy  
2010-02-19 1:29:02 PM  
I for one was hoping for him to sit there and solemnly begin to apologize, then get up, hit Ernie Els over the head with a chair and scream "LINE UP BIATCHES, I'M A FREE MAN NOW! LET'S PLAY 36!"

EvilTiger, with strippers for caddies, would be the best golfer ever.
 
Hiro's Protagonist  
2010-02-19 1:29:19 PM  
is there an annotated picture showing where she hit him with a golf club yet?
 
Tosoto  
2010-02-19 1:33:08 PM  
He's only sorry that he got caught.
 
Bees are livestock  
2010-02-19 1:33:13 PM  
Puto
 
HAMMERTOE  
2010-02-19 1:33:16 PM  
Smitty, you could have done waaaaaay better on the headline.

Tiger: Ah. Me so sorry. Me rehab long time.
 
DoBeDoBeDo [TotalFark]  
2010-02-19 1:33:48 PM  
You know if you got that much cash, you know any chick is marrying you 90% for the good life and 10% for you.

Get a 3-some clause in the pre-nup!

3 3-somes per month or she gets no more money.

Done!
 
ChrisPC  
2010-02-19 1:34:23 PM  

mrexcess: If you care more about Tiger Woods' love life than you do about what's happening in Afghanistan and Pakistan right now, I'm going to take this opportunity to officially call you a bad person.


CNN does, they've already rerun his complete statement several times...
 
OldsmoBuick  
2010-02-19 1:38:29 PM  
Guys, let's see this for what it is. A public plea to keep half of his already accumulated assets, and a public dance to get more endorsement deals in the future. If all he cared about was golf and family, there is no reason for him to utter a word. If wifey wants a public apology to make him squirm and think twice about doing it again, or for her not to leave and take half (HALF! Eddie!) then so be it.

Tiger: "Hey sponsor guys, here I am being contrite and a good guy again. In about 6 months, when this dies down and I win on the tour again, pay me goobs of money to appear in your ads and sew your logo on my bag. Thanks!"
 
Brostorm  
2010-02-19 1:41:08 PM  
He should be sorry he got married in the first place.
 
Geotpf [TotalFark]  
2010-02-19 1:41:56 PM  

RevLovejoy: I for one was hoping for him to sit there and solemnly begin to apologize, then get up, hit Ernie Els over the head with a chair and scream "LINE UP BIATCHES, I'M A FREE MAN NOW! LET'S PLAY 36!"

EvilTiger, with strippers for caddies, would be the best golfer ever.


This would be very cool, and there's basically no reason for him not to do this if he wanted to. Look, at this point, he doesn't need any more money. If every sponsor dropped him permanently today, and his wife divorced him, he would still be a multi-billionaire.

The reason he didn't do this is because he didn't want to. It's that simple.
 
Hiro's Protagonist  
2010-02-19 1:42:25 PM  
Interesting that he played the faith card, but it was the Buddhist one. Wonder how many Americans know there is no God in Buddhism, and how that affects his future sponsorship deals
 
bigbadideasinaction  
2010-02-19 1:42:37 PM  

RevLovejoy:
Evil Tiger, with strippers for caddies, would be the best golfer ever.


This. Golf could use a better heel.
 
NightOwl2255  
2010-02-19 1:45:06 PM  

Geotpf: he would still be a multi-billionaire.


So, you are saying Tiger Woods has more than $2 billion in assets?
If that is what you are saying, you are wrong.
 
NightOwl2255  
2010-02-19 1:47:29 PM  

bigbadideasinaction: This. Golf could use a better heel.


The PGA doesn't allow heels. Or anything resembling personality.
 
tuffsnake  
2010-02-19 1:48:14 PM  

NightOwl2255: Geotpf: he would still be a multi-billionaire.

So, you are saying Tiger Woods has more than $2 billion in assets?
If that is what you are saying, you are wrong.


he didn't say what denomiation the billion was in

/maybe he's a multi-billionaire in dimes
 
The_Pink_Pimp  
2010-02-19 1:50:13 PM  

jwa007: Tiger owed an apology to no one. Too bad/so sad he felt the need to do this.


I award you one FAIL.

Eldrick did not just play golf and screw waitresses on the side. Even if that was all he did he would still at least owe an apology to his wife and his kids.

Instead of just being an "athlete" and having a private life, Eldrick deliberately shaped his private life to create a marketable personna. Few would give a rat's ass about V.J. Singh or Rocco Mediate if they turned out to have a few mistresses.

But this is because those "athletes" did not lie to everyone around them. Eldrick tried to script his life to solidify his already burgeoning endorsement value. Ethnicity? He already had Asia, and America in his pocket so he decided to mary a blonde from Europe to extend his brand. Kids and dogs and family photos? Check. Showing up at his old college to see a game vs. their rival? Check. Go down the list and you will see that nearly everything Eldrick has done publicly has had the dual purpose of advancing his image.

He then sold this image to various companies such as Accenture to use in their corporate branding. In return he accepted sums of money that are astronomical by common standards. However, he knowingly sold a lie. And to say that he does not owe an apology to his sponsors is a glaring oversight. He committed fraud against them. He offered himself as a paragon of desirability from a marketing standpoint knowing full well that the image he projected was false.

His indiscretions were not limited, they were legion. There is no way for Eldrick to explain them away as one time dalliances or mistakes. His callous disregard for the feelings of his family and his repeated failure to correct behavior he surely knew was wrong, give us more insight into his true character than any scripted press conference ever could.

He is a self-centered, arrogant, narcissist and nothing he does now or in the future can erase that.

The Classical Greek narrative concept of the tragic flaw has found new purchase in modern life, and its form is Eldrick Woods.
 
carrion_luggage  
2010-02-19 1:50:55 PM  
Look, the guy's got a huge sack with lots of iron in his wood. He sees a hole, he feels compelled to fill it in as few strokes as possible. He just can't help himself -- it's his handicap. Let's give him a mulligan, m'kay?
 
KernLead  
2010-02-19 1:52:44 PM  
The price one pays for fame and fortune.
 
Contrabulous Flabtraption  
2010-02-19 1:53:11 PM  

The_Pink_Pimp: jwa007: Tiger owed an apology to no one. Too bad/so sad he felt the need to do this.

I award you one FAIL.

Eldrick did not just play golf and screw waitresses on the side. Even if that was all he did he would still at least owe an apology to his wife and his kids.

Instead of just being an "athlete" and having a private life, Eldrick deliberately shaped his private life to create a marketable personna. Few would give a rat's ass about V.J. Singh or Rocco Mediate if they turned out to have a few mistresses.

But this is because those "athletes" did not lie to everyone around them. Eldrick tried to script his life to solidify his already burgeoning endorsement value. Ethnicity? He already had Asia, and America in his pocket so he decided to mary a blonde from Europe to extend his brand. Kids and dogs and family photos? Check. Showing up at his old college to see a game vs. their rival? Check. Go down the list and you will see that nearly everything Eldrick has done publicly has had the dual purpose of advancing his image.

He then sold this image to various companies such as Accenture to use in their corporate branding. In return he accepted sums of money that are astronomical by common standards. However, he knowingly sold a lie. And to say that he does not owe an apology to his sponsors is a glaring oversight. He committed fraud against them. He offered himself as a paragon of desirability from a marketing standpoint knowing full well that the image he projected was false.

His indiscretions were not limited, they were legion. There is no way for Eldrick to explain them away as one time dalliances or mistakes. His callous disregard for the feelings of his family and his repeated failure to correct behavior he surely knew was wrong, give us more insight into his true character than any scripted press conference ever could.

He is a self-centered, arrogant, narcissist and nothing he does now or in the future can erase that.

The Classical Greek narrative concept of the tragic flaw has found new purchase in modern life, and its form is Eldrick Woods.


Yeah, but why do you care about all that? What possible effect does it have on your life?
 
lunchinlewis  
2010-02-19 1:53:45 PM  
I had a conversation with some bar-friends of mine about Tiger, and here's my opinion, which nobody liked.

He should stop living for everybody else that wants to ride his coat tails for dollars. Screw being appropriate for some sponsor obligations. If he's a vag-hound, that's probably not going to ever go away. He should move to Vegas, live at The Wynn and hustle golf there. Imagine the fat cats who would fly to Vegas for a chance to beat Tiger in a round. He'd make enough to live comfortably and get to bang all the cocktailers he wants.
 
paulodumb  
2010-02-19 1:54:26 PM  

The_Pink_Pimp: jwa007: Tiger owed an apology to no one. Too bad/so sad he felt the need to do this.

I award you one FAIL.
(snip)


You're not really a pimp, are you?
 
Green Discharge  
2010-02-19 1:55:03 PM  
Who f*cking cares what whoar his sticks his peenor into.
Dude knew what he was doing.
 
perdu  
2010-02-19 1:56:18 PM  

jwa007: Tiger owed an apology to no one. Too bad/so sad he felt the need to do this.


My wife and I are both children of AA members. When they were talking about this on TV she said "Oh, it's one of those 12 step things." and I said "Oh, you're right!"
 
ElwoodCuse  
2010-02-19 1:56:56 PM  
"I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don't know when that day will be."

Thanks, Tiger, we really needed a press conference for that!
 
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