Why We Admire Tiger Woods

Posted on 12.14.09 | Comments

California v Stanford

In yesterday’s Sunday Times (the news broke on 11 December) it was reported that Tiger Woods is ready to quit golf in order to save his marriage to Elin Nordegren.

Unless you’ve been under a rock the last two weeks you’d know Woods crashed his car outside his Florida mansion after a fight with his wife, sparked by the revelation that Woods had been having a 31-month affair with Jaime Grubbs, a cocktail waitress in Los Angeles. Since Grubbs, a whole string of women have been named in affairs with the world Number One golf champion.

What makes it all the worse is that Nordegren had been pregnant and nursing their two children while he was reportedly “transgressing”.

The world is divided into two camps: the “Tiger Woods is only human” camp vs “Skin him alive! How dare he! How many more women have there been?”

At Nanz Inc, we admire Woods’ latest stand — if he is good to his word that he will quit golf if that’s what it takes to rescue his marriage. It takes a 180-degree change in behaviour to start to turn a marriage around. It takes a declaration that he will make a change — a public promise. It takes a concerted effort and a big gesture to his spouse to show his sincerity. It can’t be easy coming out to say this in the face of so much public outrage, cruel animated videos and media headlines.
 
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Will Tiger Woods stick to his promise that he will not travel for golf unless his wife is by his side? Will he really stay clean? Nobody knows. But what we do know is that he’s making the right first step. It would take counseling and a number of years before the trust can be rebuilt between husband and wife, but personally, we want to see them make it.

Sadly, it’s not just superstars like Woods who fall prey to adultery. Regular humans face this dilemma too — it doesn’t take a famous person to go astray. In Singapore, divorce rates are growing unhealthily (looks like 1 in 4 marriages end in divorce now), and doesn’t it seem like every other day, a friend is telling you about someone’s marriage on the rocks because of a third party?

We hope Tiger Woods lives up to his word. We hope he will come out of this scandal shining like he does on the green. He’s taken the first step — he should, must walk the path he has chosen. May he prove himself to be a man of honour.
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May he reduce this handicap, and stay faithful to that hole in one*. Till he becomes a Master of Marriage, as long as we don’t see him at a tournament, it’s a good thing.

The Nanz Inc Team

* It appears our usage of the term “hole in one” has caused some confusion. What we mean by “hole in one” in this case is, just as a hole in one in golf is an ace and a rare score, Woods’ marriage to this beautiful model is a rare and beautiful thing that should not be squandered or made light of. It doesn’t come along every day. Their marriage is the equivalent of a hole in one, and they should both should stay faithful to it.

This is the prelude to Nanz Inc’s special series on Protecting Your Marriage, which starts tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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  • I admire Woods as he earns lots while pursuing his hobby. There is no work for him, it is only passion. The adage: "Do the things you do best and money will come to you" really rings true.
  • ridiculous
    I think perhaps you may want to re-think your admiration of Tiger Woods.
    http://sports.sg.msn.com/photogallery.aspx?cp-d...
    Newspaper reports that he spent nights with his lover while trying to 'work out' his marital problems. That's how he shows his 'sincerity' to his spouse. And he didn't have 1 lover, but 14 and counting.... And it's not a short period or one-off occasion but 5 years - as long as his marriage. If he wasn't found out now, he would likely continue cheating until he runs out of his $1billion, since he's also paying off his string of lovers to keep quiet about his affairs. And you admire him for taking a break from golf to 'work out' his marital problems???!!!!! Geez
  • SugarLin
    I enjoyed the Tiger article & the related posts seems interesting, will find time to read them. Great work!
  • cheetah woods
    what do you mean by hole in one?
  • Tertius
    An intention to change is a wonderful first step but carries no guarantee, it is unsecured.
    A will to change lasts no more that three months. (Yes I am talking about your last year's New Year's resolutions.) It takes superhuman effort so only an appeal to greater powers will work.
    A broken trust never fully heals but that does mean that it cannot be fixed.
    Life will never be the same for Tiger, but lets hope it changes for the better perhaps he will discover the joy of true fatherhood.
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    Glad you are in the business of forgiveness Threez it makes the world a better place. There is always space for a comeback kid!
  • ganchau
    This is why my pastor said that a great man is one who can control his temper and his lust!
  • Annie
    I think it's more of a PR, sponser thing to apologise to the public than anything. When a crisis happens, what is the first thing you deal with? Not the problem but the media. I disgreed
    with the article and prefer to stay neutral. My reservation is, if you aren't a faithful person then don't pretend to be one because no one asks you to be. If you and your team are out to give people that impression, you and your team have the intention to cheat the public. Is that what a role model should behave? About the marriage, it's his business and personal life, as said, divorce is so common these days. Temptation everywhere, stress and lonely, it's understandable that he cheats. If he doesn't, maybe people will start wonder if he is gay.
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