Did the lies make Tiger unbeatable?

Cheating made Tiger Woods the best golf player of his time. He was the great, the record breaking, cup taking, perfect on the outside golfer yet no one knew who he was on the inside. He had a blossoming career, wife and children and not a hair out of place while doing it all. The picture of perfection until...

His flawless golf career had taken a dramatic turn in 2009 with a car crash near his Florida home. Reports like the Orlando Sentinal said his wife Elin had used a golf club to smash a window to free her husband from the SUV after he struck a fire hydrant and tree at 2 in the morning near their home in Orlando. That's when the flood gates opened. 

Turns out the perfect Tiger had a double life which included a number of different women. From a waitress in the city he lived, to girls on the tour, he did it all. The scandal was so shocking that even big names like ABC were reporting on the matter talking about all the different women and random places he met them. ABC said at one point there were 9 different alleged women he had been cheating with. With everyone coming forward and everything coming out his reputation and family life had taken a plunge. 

Was Tigers wife really trying to get him out of the SUV, or was she learning of all the adultery and lying? In a position like that it is more likely she came running after him after finding out about all the cheating and lies. I am surprised all she did was break a window with a golf club. With two children and her life in the media the scrutiny was just starting. 

Once the scandals came out it was mom to the rescue. Of course Tiger made a public apology that sounded like his mother wrote it. And of course he admitted his wrong doing once everyone had learned of it. And what was next for a celeb that had done something wrong? Rehab. 

After everything said and done Tiger is no longer the Tiger Woods we knew before. He is an average player in the PGA and can't win to save his life. Tallawah in his article said it best when he talked about Tigers loss of confidence after his secret was out for the world to judge, 

This trick invigorated him, engulfed him with the sentiment that he was smarter than everyone else, and this confidence fueled his game. Of course he would win; he was Tiger Woods, the most clever guy on the course. How it must have tickled him for conservatives and family folk to elevate him to icon, when he knew he had the morals of the rapper his followers would cross the street to avoid. Once the image was shattered and people were looking at him as they would someone who slept in the gutter, he lost his nerve. And he lost his confidence.

Once he lost that confidence and edge he lost his game. He was no longer fooling anyone with his squeaky clean image and he could no longer win like he did before. Even after years since the scandal has passed it is still affecting him as a golfer and he can’t seem to find that edge he once had. Even with all his records and trophies most people, including me, will only remember his personal trash that was aired for the world to see back in 2009.