... 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 ...

... get to work Tiger ...

... there've been ample opportunities to bla-bla-blog about the Woods-Nordegren affair recently ... I've resisted 'til now, while the pixels in the (what's wrong with this-)picture filled in ... a few are still missing but we've seen the pendulum shift from what happened ... to, what's going to happen ...

... life-lessons to recognize here are mixed in with a seductive kind of love potion number nine-iron ... (sorry) ... still, I'm betting that every one of us can remember a time in their lives when contrition was their lifeline to self-respect ... Tiger is at one such juncture ... significantly amplified by fame ...

... we listen to his public statement and judge it for emotional honesty, a quality which manifests variably among the general populace, and we come to our own conclusions ... my mind tells me he is learning some personal humility which will serve him well going forward ... aaand, why do we care?

... because we believe in a Redemption Song ... "none but ourselves can free our mind" ... barring extreme recalcitrance or rare fortune we are all ultimately humbled by higher power before we die ... sometimes immediately before ...















... emerging from the shitter is a potential beginning for the redemptive ride Tiger can take on his way towards pole-vaulting the bar Jack Nicklaus set ... you don't have to be a golf fan to get that ... in the process he can give us all a look at what it takes to overcome personal adversity in whatever guise ...

... to those who would queue all night for some-a-dat particular type of adversity ... 'memba, it ain't about the details ... adversity is a "who feels it knows it" ting ... and, self-inflicted wound or not, you are unlikely to get to choose when it confronts you ... but redemption can be earned ...