Woody Paige gets high on Tiger Woods
Woody Paige writes that Tiger’s return to the Masters will be dramatic theater. Oh, really? I think it’s just going to be like the last four Masters Tiger won.
MITCH BLATT
Woody Paige’s column begins:
Tiger At The Masters is the Act IV continuation of the medieval morality play with a modern-day twist.
Well, no, there are lots of other examples of celebrities, politicians, and athletes in the modern day cheating on their spouse, so simply because it’s a tragedy doesn’t make it medieval. And I’m sure people have been cheating on each other since the dawn of time, so there’s no “modern-day twist” either.
Nobody knows how the play will play out…
I’m sure it won’t be hard to find someone who thinks Tiger will win.
…but regardless of what anybody believes, everybody must agree: This is great theater.
It will be great theater to the extent that every performance by Tiger Woods is great theater. Tiger makes amazing shots and comes back from improbable deficits. Yeah, that’s exciting, but the fact that he cheated on someone doesn’t make it any more exciting.
Personally, I don’t find golf exciting, and I’m not going to start watching now just because Tiger cheated on someone. If they want to make this event more exciting–if they want to turn it into “great theater”–they should get Elin Woods to chase him with a golf club. Otherwise, there’s nothing new about this event, so nothing will make it any more or less exciting than previous Masters that Woods played in.
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