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I'm in Hawaii, so I am coming to this discussion 6 hours behind.

Woods had a spectacular fall from grace; an opportunity,
a solid gold opportunity, arose to regain the integrity he had
lost. Yes, there has been a rule change since that utterly
heart wrenching sobbing of Roberto in 1968. Yes, Woods, according
to the decision of the official governing body, is within the
rules to proceed as has been decided. Were another golfer, any
golfer really, in similar straits, he could proceed without
the personal compulsion to DQ, and it would be a short national
discussion, soon forgotten. It is precisely because of
the nature of Woods' unparalleled career/celebrity, forever
welded to an equally unparalled immoral life (in the past),
the choice to DQ looms as a balm to burnish a new integrity.
He needs this tournament less, immeasurably less, than any
of the 60 opponents. In that sense, at this point in his career,
he has everything to gain, and nothing really to lose. In many
fields, rightly or wrongly, the mere appearance of favoritism
casts a long shadow. Based on this appearance, DQ is
the road to untarnished integrity, and in this case, a resurrection of lost integrity.

While I am a fan of Tiger, I was at first feeling that he should be DQed for the rules infraction and signing an incorrect card. I am an avid golfer and golf coach and feel that the integrity of the game is very important to uphold. That being said, as I read and listened to the rules explanation and was reminded of the new rule (instituted over a year ago) allowing a penalty to be added after a card is signed instead of an automatic DQ, I don’t feel that Tiger was obligated to withdraw. Again, the rules committee looked at and judged the play twice determining there was no rules infraction. It was only later after listening to Tiger’s interview that the committee decided to talk with Tiger and then penalize him.
This is a completely different scenario than the De Vincenzo incident in 1968. In that case, DeVincenzo signed a card which had a hole scored as a 4 instead of the 3 he actually shot. He signed for that score and thus lost by one stroke.
Is Tiger the most upstanding citizen and trustworthy in his personal life? No, but I respect his golfing ability and playing under the established rules as determined by the USGA and the R&A.