... Tiger and Steve, Steve and Tiger ...

... a winless "twennyleven" seems destined to go down as another annus horribilis for Tiger Woods ... one of high-profile Sports' poster-children for the cause of self-examination has public relationship issues, and I'm not solely referring to the specific skill-set one needs to juggle a dumper-truck-load-a-gyal ...

... long-time caddy Steve Williams (of the Kiwi Williamses) clearly thinks Tiger's the cad, and, following a recent triumph with his new employer, took a couple of psychological swings at his languishing, wounded, former number-one boss ...

... corporate relationships and "the kid thing" are probably more important to Mr. Woods at this juncture than trash-talk ... in fact, this Mr. Williams may not have even rated a mention, had he not also - by his actions, afforded me the opportunity to use the word schadenfreude, something I've wanted to do for years ...

... while Tiger experiments with facial-hair and tries to sync his knees to the sway of a new backlift, he might also wanna stabilize the rudder of the soul ... can't hurt to read Deepak or listen to some Bob during this off-season, it could re-align that zen ...

Addendum: - Dec/2011
- Once thought extinct, there has been a confirmed sighting of the legendary Links Tiger. The Tiger showed up to win the Chevron World Challenge in California ...