Readers Respond: Tiger Woods, One Year Later

Responses: 26

By Brent Kelley, About.com Guide

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for all what people think, Tiger will be Tiger again! The burden that came over him has came and will disappear! He'll be back...
—Guest Rheal Paul

Tiger is on the wrong track with his new swing. It will not regain his form of ten years ago, because he had two swings going at the same time then, his old one, developed as a child, he used with his driver and a new one for his irons that he got from Butch Harmon. What he is doing now, needlessly limits his ability to optimize both swing methods.
—Guest RayCayse

I am not surprised at what happened. I think that he has joined the ranks of mortals. It will be interesting to see if he can come back and how far. Look at what Hogan did. He will never achieve the greatness of a Nicklaus or Palmer because his image has been permanently tarnished. It will be interesting to watch.
—zarcillo51

The title says it all. He allowed the public to form an opinion of him as the all American family man with a great golf game.
—Guest E.L.Irwin

I, like the rest of the world was shocked. But we as humans, have our closet life that we don't want the world to know about. His running around on his wife would eventually have came out somewhere down the road, but I'm sure he wished it had not came out the way it did. I feel for his children more than his wife. They all will survive this year, and grow from their failures. Tiger Woods made me wish I had the chance to play golf, years ago, but the color of my skin, said no. There are a lot of people who hate the guy because he doesn't look like them, and it's a lot of people who hate him because they want Jack's records to stand for all time. Jack would be the first to tell them all golf records were made to be broken. I'm hoping the golfer Tiger Woods comes back in 2011, plays decent golf, and gets on with his life. 2010 broke a lot of TW fans' hearts. Get over it and wish him well for the coming years he has left. Go Tiger!
—Guest Clyde D'Antignac

Tiger now needs to live in the present and future, forget the past. It is done, gone. 2011 will be Tiger's re-birth. All the best to Tiger.
—Guest solana

The golden age of golf and the big money is over. Tiger brought about both the beginning and the end.
—Guest billweem

Apparently, the media can only talk about Tiger, since the rest of the PGA is Blah. It is like watching paint dry.
—Guest ghinhee

I believe this will be the beginning of real growth in his character. It's a real opportunity for him to grow inside and outside the ropes. It will take courage and humility but I believe this will be his future.
—Guest rosemarryan

I'll never look at Tiger the same again. I bear him no ill will, in fact I am really hoping he gets it together again, becomes the better person he says he wants to be. I care more about his public life than his private life, but I can't help but think less of him. That doesn't mean I want his to fail or wish bad things for him, I don't. It's just reality.
—Guest duffer dave

I think the old Tiger Woods will be back soon. I mean the old Tiger Woods the golfer :) 2010 was a lost year, and the sooner he gets it in the rearview mirror, the better his game will be. Remember, he was dominating in 2009 as always. He experience, at his own causing, a lot of emotional pain this year. As that fades, his golf game will come back and he'll have several more years of greatness.
—Guest Barb Sassman

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