If you watch any pro golf tournaments with Tiger Woods you would have seen the on-air sports reporters discussing the birth of Tiger's first child at every opportunity.
Yes the world's #1 golfer became a dad for the first time. I guess that would merit a mention or two. I don't recall it being mentioned at every opportunity, but then. neither do you. Especially since he took two weeks off (one was one he never played, and the Buick Open,)
I heard it mentioned that fatherhood seemed to improve his already great game.
Why would they say that? In the first two tournaments he played after the birth of the child he was never in contention, tying for for 6th at the AT&T (his own tournament) and then dove to tied for 12th in the Brit Open. Heck, if this is what fatherhood does to his game, a couple more kids and he'll be playing in the club championship at Ponkapoag. Luckily, the two don't seem to be connected.
Woods himself gives credit to laser eye surgery he had in May. Until then, he was legally blind without his glasses or contacts. It helped him at Southern Hills when he played soaked in sweat for 72 holes in 105 degree heat.
And when Tiger left the tournament tour for a few weeks because of the birth of his first child the press praised him.
Ahhh...Woods plays fewer events than any other major name golfer, and is famous for never playing more than two or three weeks in a row at the time. The only surprise was that he blew off the Buick Open, and Buick is one of his sponsors. But he had already played in the Buick Invitational at the beginning of the year so he got a pass. The event immediately after the birth of the child was one he wasn't scheduled to play in.
Didn't hear or read anyone say or write that getting off the tour was the wrong thing.
Because it is SOP for Woods. He skipped one tournament he was scheduled to play in after the birth. I'm surprised someone who follows professional golf so closely thought that Woods skipping an event was unusual. He skips more than he plays.
He took one week off and then Again, they praised him.
I don't recall anyone praising him for blowing off a tournament. You must read different golf magazines and watch different television golf broadcasts than the rest of us. Let me explain this to you...one of the benefits of making $100 mil a year in endorsements is that you can pick and choose where and when you play, and Woods these days usually just plays in the Majors and tournaments where his charities or sponsors are involved (the Deutsche Bank, for one.) He was doing the same before the birth, and has for years. His scufflin' days are well behind him.
You know, before you decided to try to bluff your way through this topic, pro golf and Woods, you should have made the effort to at least become acquainted with the subject.
Regards,
TSB
