Tiger Woods speaks

Well that was about as long as I expected it to be. 15 minutes and it's over.

So we now know that Tiger is a Buddhist (if not a flawed one), that he has been in sex rehab and is going back tomorrow. We know he is not taking performance enhancing drugs (that's baseball's claim to fame). And we know that things are still rocky with his wife (no surprise there).

Nice to know, but who cares? Honestly, the world didn't know that before November - or even half an hour ago - and it didn't matter then. It doesn't matter now. The big question was will Tiger come back to golf any time soon. And the answer was a big fat maybe.

My guess is that Woods will be in at least 1 or 2 of the last events this year. Too much more and some fans will take his apology (which was very well written, and pretty obvious that he did not write it himself) as just a PR move - which it was at least in part. But if he does not go back this year the PGA (and all of it's players) loses huge money. As do the advertisers that know he is the greatest golfer of this generation, and still has decades of playing in front of him.

The one thing I didn't know and I do care about is his kids and the media, or more accurately the paparazzi. They should be off-limits. Not just for Tiger Woods, but for every entertainer, celebrity, any and everyone. Adults make choices and must deal with the consequences of their actions, their kids don't.

Will Tiger Woods be lauded as much as he was in the past? Kobe Bryant is. Former President Clinton is. Roughly half the A-list of Hollywood going back 4 decades or more have been. So why not Woods too?

Hopefully this will be the end of this. It won't be fully, but I can dream. Because until I know Woods personally, I just want to watch him play golf. The rest of his life is private, and it should be.