Actually, professional golf is kind of an individual thing. His career can last as long as he stays in the money. A new advertiser would need to have his head examined to hire him, unless he is Larry Flint.
I bet the PGA is likely a little disappointed that they built so much around his image.
I don't wish the big sleep on most folks. In this case God was merciful taking Wood's dad before all this came to light.
Can Woods recover from this? Does he want to?
He'll recover. He'll remain rich (well, half as rich for awhile, maybe.) His crime is pretending to be a faithful husband even more than the disgusting cheating. If he were single, like many other athletes, nobody would really care how many holes he conquered.
He lost credibility among decent people. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean much commercially these days.
If Woods were to right his ship, and was able to give a cogent and believable reason for his change of heart, I think people would respect him, and he would recover.
People love to see a sinner healed. Anybody can make a mistake. It is what you do after you have made the mistake that is important.
It is my hope that Tiger Woods finds forgiveness through repentance and dedicates his life to Christ. Of course, that is pretty much my hope for anybody, myself not excluded.
Who is to say his dad didn't know about any of this? After all, he was the one who built 'Tiger' the name from three years old. That is kind of whoring out your son & riding the gravy train if you ask me. And the color of his skin certainly gave him a place to start.
There are some fantastic black golfers in this area but they don't have the PR machine & money backing that Tiger's dad created for him.
True dat. However, Woods brought people into the game that previously didn't pay any attention to it. At the worst, it's popularity will fall back to pre-Tiger levels.
Robin Williams said, "You don't know surreal until you're driving down the strip in Las Vegas and see a poster of yourself 60 feet high." There's the image, and there's the person underneath. The person cannot live up to the image.
Performers like Woods are often emotional basket cases underneath; as there is an incredible amount of pressure on them. Instances of it have been popping up for a while, such as the cursing on the golf course and stuff. The shattering of his carefully crafted image will take him lower than most of us can imagine, because he's been more successful than most of us can imagine.
Vegas odds that he doesn't.
One can only imagine the outrage that the PGA audience feels about this, as well as the backbone of US consumer spending: mothers.
Steroid boy is toast.