Posted on 12/18/2009 4:01:13 PM PST by ejdrapes
By Andrew Malone and David Gardner Relaxing with a glass of rum in one hand and a cigarette in the other, Earl Woods liked to tell how his son was named after a Vietnamese colonel called Tiger Phong. While on patrol in a paddy field, Woods and Phong were pinned down by enemy fire. Woods was convinced he was about to die. But Tiger remained calm and pulled the stricken American to safety - moments before sniper bullets raked the very spot where he had lain. Years later, Earl called his baby son ‘Tiger’ - though he had been christened Eldrick - in honour of the man who had saved his life. He loved to describe how his son was named, but he was less keen to talk about what happened during his second tour of Vietnam in 1967, when he was in charge of R&R - rest and relaxation - in Thailand. Bangkok was a favoured destination for troops for one simple reason: girls. And as he had done throughout his military career, Earl made a point of being close to the action. U.S. Defence Secretary Robert McNamara had decided that U.S. soldiers should have limitless access to sex in order to ease the horrors of war. Brothels were established in Bangkok with Thai entrepreneurs paid by U.S. officials. Dubbed ‘I & I’ breaks - intercourse and intoxication - Woods’ job was to ensure the soldiers had a good time. Despite his officer status, he found it difficult to resist temptation. Indeed, he found a Thai girl of his own - despite the fact he had a wife, Barbara, back home. Did his father's tangled sex life make Tiger Woods a love cheat?
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Its for the children don't ya know......
Of course it did! People are NEVER responsible for their own behavior! Sheesh!
Here’s a thought: Leave the “father” out of this? I mean geezus, Tiger is a grown man and HE, and HE alone, made decisions and those decisions come with repercussions.
Stop blaming others for mistakes HE made!
Like what the hell is this frakin’ society coming to when it can not even take responsibility for its own unhinging.
Nothing more than piss poor journalism.
Seems there sex drive is completely different. Earl liked Asians and Tiger likes blonds.
This is spin to make Steroids/HGH Tiger a victim.
Sometimes combat changes people. Tiger does not have that excuse.
Gotta love the way these media parasites pile on with information they hide for years. They build up their false gods and then when they are found to be flawed they tear at their carcass like mangy hyena’s.
That's possibly part of the picture.I once read a book that told,in some detail,of what a filthy scumbag pig (sexually speaking) Old Man Kennedy was.If Tiger's old man was a (sexual) scumbag then Tiger might reasonably have concluded that that was the way things were and "if Dad did it,it must be OK".
I,like some,am lucky enough to have had an imperfect but basically decent Dad who feared God's judgment and tried his best to live accordingly...with a reasonable degree of success (in the opinion of those who knew him).
No pressure.
excuses, excuses
Tiger’s role model was a womanizer. It stands to reason that he would be, too. Doesn’t mean he’s not responsible for his own behavior, but only an idiot would think that his beloved dad’s behavior would not influence him. His dad’s special forces discipline helped him become who he is. So did his infidelity. Simple, actually.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/golf/article6961995.ece
Corey Pavin, the captain of the United States Ryder Cup team at Celtic Manor next year, spoke on Friday night of his “shock and surprise” at the behaviour of Tiger Woods, the world No 1.
Pavin, a born-again Christian, said that he was in Iraq visiting American troops when he heard news of Woods’s misdemeanours. “My view of Tiger Woods as a human being has not changed,” Pavin said in London, where he was accepting the PGA Recognition Award, the first non-European to receive it. “Everyone makes mistakes. I am not going to sit here and judge him. I hope things work out for the best for him, for Elin [his wife] and for their family. But I must say I was very shocked and very surprised.”
Of course Tiger is responsible for his own behavior. But parents are role models (whether they want to be or not) and apparently Tiger’s dad wasn’t a great one.
Why was he hand holding GI’s, being a cruise director....when he was SF?
It would seem either a waste of talent, or nobody wanted him around, i.e., get him the hell out of the AO.
Tiger looked up to his dad. His dad was a philanderer. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Also his dad was 100% involved in building up the myth of Tiger as some god-like figure on earth. His dad was the one saying Tiger would do more than any other human being to change the course of humanity.
Thailand?
Tru dat. I bear that in mind all the time with my little sponges. (8, 6, 3)
money and opportunity.
The sins of the fathers......
Of course his father was an influence. We all need to be the kind of people we want our children to become. Having said that, Tiger is a man and bears full responsibility before God and man for his own actions.
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