Is Tiger Woods Finally Admitting He’s Done?
- Dan Hauser
- 1 Dec, 2015
Tiger Woods held court on Tuesday ahead of his Hero World Challenge being held in the Bahamas. The Tuesday press conference has become a staple for Woods over his almost 20 years in professional golf and they usually go the same. Tiger doesn’t really say much, dances around some questions, gives the most PR rehearsed answers one could give, and then it’s a “thanks for stopping by.”
Over the last year or so though, Tiger has become a little more transparent and a lot more honest in his press conferences. He has taken us all on his journey through his struggles, whether it be with injuries or in his personal life and has opened up way more then he ever had in the past. The press conference Tiger held Tuesday though was different. It might have been the most honest, and quite frankly saddest of all the Tiger Tuesday pressers.
Before the assembled media on Tuesday ahead of his event, which he won’t be playing in, Tiger seemed like a man who was truly broken and one who finally realized what we in the media have known for some time now, that he was closer to the end than the beginning.
Not only did Tiger say he had no timetable for a return; he said he hasn’t even started the rehab process yet.
“That’s the hardest part for me,” he said. “There’s really nothing I can look forward to, nothing I can build towards. It’s literally just day by day and week by week and time by time. Where is the light at the end of the tunnel? I don’t know.”
That sounds less like one of the most dominant golfers ever to grace our sport, and more like a guy who knows he’s at the end of the line. That wasn’t even the saddest Tiger line of the day, he gave us this when asked about the possibility that he may never win again:
“Anything beyond this is gravy.”
That quote came from the same guy that was famous for saying he wouldn’t even bother showing up at a tournament unless he knew he was going to win.
Tiger said he still has drive left to compete, but everything he said today at that press conference in the Bahamas would say the contrary. Couple that with Tiger’s decision to take a role as an assistant captain at next year’s Ryder Cup and one has to wonder if he is finally starting to embrace the end of his playing career.
Whether he tees it up in a few months at the Masters, or ever again for that matter, I think we can all agree on one thing: the old Tiger Woods is gone, and he isn’t coming back.
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About Dan Hauser
As an avid golfer and sports enthusiast, Dan has had a passion for sports starting at a very young age. Dan’s other passion has always been writing. Since the time he could write, he has always enjoyed sharing information with people and telling stories through writing. In middle school he combined his two loves by joining the school newspaper in the sports department.
