Posted on 03/08/2007 4:04:21 AM PST by ajolympian2004
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Tiger Woods smiles at a news conference March 7, 2007 in Washington while announcing the new PGA tournament that he will host and play in the week of July 2-8. AT&T will be the title sponsor of the AT&T National, with a purse of six million dollars, that will benefit the Tiger Woods Foundation. The tournament is scheduled to be played at Congressional Country Club in suburban Maryland.
11:56 PM
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After dominating the golf world for the last decade, is Tiger Woods considering a foray into politics?
The professional golfer, who was in Washington on Wednesday to officially announce that his foundation will host a golf tournament in the Washington area next summer, did not dismiss the possibility he might one day have political aspirations.
Asked at a National Press Club event if a political future was in the cards, the 31 year-old did not rule it out, saying he has had experience "meeting influential people in the political arena" but does not know where his "future lies."
And best of all: I hear he's a Republican.
In a Townhall column last month, Herman Cain suggested 2016 as the date for a Tiger run. I respectfully disagree. As a fan of the game, I want to give him plenty of time to rack up his 25 or 30 majors, which he'll be doing well into his 40s. And as a political junkie, I want eight more years to speculate about Tigermania.
Here's the plan: Woods wins the 2023 Masters at 47 (Nicklaus was 46 when he last won at Augusta) which is just the lead-in he needs to launch his exploratory committee. It'll be a late start -- but look at it this way: raising money won't be a problem for him.
I hear he's a golfer with the highest paying sponsors in almost all of sports. For the sake of his sponsors, he can't afford to belong to either party. By the time Tiger is 47, he will only be playing the 4 Majors and spending the rest of his time hiding from the public and reporters. The last thing he will ever consider is running for any public office.
It's another case of "who cares what he stands for, he's got star power".
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