Tiger Woods Updates His Injury Status via Twitter
Five years ago, the only sound more deafening than the cries of fans and media for Tiger Woods to be more accessible was the silence of Tiger Woods himself, but after the messy details of an unsavory personal life hit the tabloids, Tiger has tried to oblige in an effort to rebuild his image. So much so, in fact, that Tiger took to Twitter earlier today to update the world on the status of the Achilles injury that forced him to withdraw from the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship.
As a golf fan, I’m happy to hear that Tiger hopes to be back on the course soon, but I’m not sure I like fan-friendly Tiger. However, I don’t have much use for pleasantries.
Not sure what that says about me, but I can appreciate that “Old Tiger” was about the voracious appetite for victory. “New Tiger” is more personable; he has a better course demeanor; he curses less; he smiles more; and apparently he tweets. That’s great, but he also doesn’t win (don’t hurt yourself racing to my email/Twitter to remind me of Chevron, it was the equivalent of an All-Star MVP.)
It is almost as incredibly harsh as it is incredibly true.
Yet, we hold out hope against all hopes that he’ll round this seemingly infinite corner because we’ve seen the flashes. He flagged a five-iron eight days ago at the Honda Classic that had the golf world buzzing. I get more excited to see him drop a club or an “F” bomb, not because I think it’s suitable or that I’d want my nonexistent children to follow that example, but because it’s reminiscent of a time when he dominated– so much so that it made watching golf fun.
Right or wrong, that sort of behavior was part of what made Tiger, not just great, but the greatest. Anyone claiming that the intimidation factor of Tiger Woods at the turn of the century was overstated, wasn’t watching the same broadcast as I was.
In 2001 at Augusta, Tiger Woods murdered Phil Mickelson with his glare.
I watched. Jim Nantz narrated. Tiger killed.
Phil froze up on that back nine, in large part because he was paired with Tiger. David Duval had the benefit of playing in front of Woods and mounted somewhat of a charge, but when Tiger only needed par on 18 to win, he made birdie. He might as well have been twisting the knife.
I hadn’t even turned 12 years old yet, but I watched shot after shot as Tiger showed the world how to win. That was over a decade ago.
I guess things change. They certainly did for Tiger Woods. There have been a few more majors since then. Then there was a torn up knee, and a smashed up Escalade.
After that, there was a microphone in a room with walls covered in what I assume was velvet. Eventually there would be recovery facilities in the farthest reaches of the country, a couple of flashes, and then a couple more injuries before eventually you wind up back at today– a tweet.
Frankly, the fact that Tiger is tweeting doesn’t bother me, but I think I can say unequivocally that if Twitter was around in 2001 Tiger Woods wouldn’t have used it– at least not for this. But, then again, I suppose there are a lot of things that Tiger Woods at 36 would do differently then he would have at 25.
Things have changed.
Smashed up Escalade, velvet room, rehab facility– these weren’t things that Tiger Woods saw in his future. Twitter– that wasn’t something I saw in his future.
We were wrong.
Now it’s time to make another change. It’s time for Tiger to win again.
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