The car you see, what's left of it, belongs to Tiger Woods, the troubled golfer. It got bent up that way when, like so many luxury SUVs in his past, he drove it when he was no in condition to do so.
PEOPLE magazine is out with an article saying Tiger is "embarrassed and ashamed" following his most recent arrest for alleged DUI. We all saw it, like so many times before. Google "Tiger Woods car" some time and see the junkyards' worth of demolished steel he's left behind.
And the article goes on to say that “Tiger can be defensive at times but he was embarrassed and ashamed at the latest accident. He wants to fix his problems. There is nobody more interested in seeing Tiger come out a winner again than Tiger," the friend went on. "He doesn’t do well with defeat and embarrassing public situations.”
Tiger is no longer 50 and it's sort of a wonder he's made it that far. What bothers me about his behavior is that it's so......continuous. It's mistake to drive while unable to do so, it's a sin to do it twice, and this is, what, the third time for him? Unforgivable.
Most of us would be in the hoosegow for quite some time with a record like this, but Woods only was at the police station for several hours at the jail before bonding out. He stands charged with DUI with property damage, refusal to submit to a lawful urine test and careless driving.
His breath-alcohol test came up negative. He's not drinking, he seems to be gassed on hydrocodone pills, and the pain he is in is said to be the aftermath of multiple spinal injuries and numerous surgeries. And some say the intensity of how hard he swings a golf club has worn and torn his spine, resulting in a spinal fusion and a lumbar disc replacement.
Not to mention the toll that his various car crashes has taken on him.
So now he is "stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on (his) health."
And his friends and family are behind him, everyone wishes him the best, and it's just a good thing that he only seems to drive on deserted road where he doesn't have a chance to smash up other people's cars and bodies.
A friend tells the magazine, “People are quick to judge Tiger but he’s living through a lot of pain and has been for enough years where it has taken a toll on his quality of life in addition to his golf game."
He's been a menace on the roads for years. Let's see how a judge judges Tiger. That's enough second chances.
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