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MikeWaters · 12-03-2009, 04:16 AM

http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/...945114,00.html

I was reading this article....one thing that comes out is this: does anyone actually truly know Tiger Woods? Beyond the Nike and shaving commercials? Beyond the intense looks on the golf course, the hyper-competitiveness, the swearing and juvenile angry behavior? Beyond the story of his father and his grooming to be a golf phenom? Sure he is articulate as far as sports icons go......but what is behind that mask?

Does it matter? The guy can hit a small ball with more power and accuracy than anyone else on the face of the earth. You might think, who gives a rat's ass. Just maybe, Tiger is not as smart, not as cool, not as interesting as we thought. Just maybe he lives a shallow, vapid life--yes full of money, a beautiful wife, 2 children, and perhaps pretty but bimbo-esque mistresses. And what else?

When you get down to it--do you know anyone really well? It's possible that people you thought you knew well can stab you in the back, and then ask, what's wrong, why are you acting all glum? Some of my friends could be having affairs, I wouldn't know. One of my best friends got divorced over his wife having affairs. Shocked me.

It's hard to find interesting people. Sure, almost everyone is interesting in their own way. But I'm talking about people who are intellectually alive, who are curious and open, who think and live deeply. Some of them might be right under my nose, friends even, and I don't know it. Surely we've had the experience of happening to get to know a friend or acquaintance better, and found that we had vastly understimated that person.

So who is Tiger? And next, who are you?

12-03-2009, 04:16 AM	#11
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/...945114,00.html I was reading this article....one thing that comes out is this: does anyone actually truly know Tiger Woods? Beyond the Nike and shaving commercials? Beyond the intense looks on the golf course, the hyper-competitiveness, the swearing and juvenile angry behavior? Beyond the story of his father and his grooming to be a golf phenom? Sure he is articulate as far as sports icons go......but what is behind that mask? Does it matter? The guy can hit a small ball with more power and accuracy than anyone else on the face of the earth. You might think, who gives a rat's ass. Just maybe, Tiger is not as smart, not as cool, not as interesting as we thought. Just maybe he lives a shallow, vapid life--yes full of money, a beautiful wife, 2 children, and perhaps pretty but bimbo-esque mistresses. And what else? When you get down to it--do you know anyone really well? It's possible that people you thought you knew well can stab you in the back, and then ask, what's wrong, why are you acting all glum? Some of my friends could be having affairs, I wouldn't know. One of my best friends got divorced over his wife having affairs. Shocked me. It's hard to find interesting people. Sure, almost everyone is interesting in their own way. But I'm talking about people who are intellectually alive, who are curious and open, who think and live deeply. Some of them might be right under my nose, friends even, and I don't know it. Surely we've had the experience of happening to get to know a friend or acquaintance better, and found that we had vastly understimated that person. So who is Tiger? And next, who are you?