Tiger Woods' Robot Speaks

Tiger Woods just finished speaking to the media today and as previously reported, took no questions from the media present. My general reaction to this "press conference" is unimpressed. Listen, he had to go in front of a camera sooner or later because for some reason people felt like Woods owed them an apology. He didn't owe anyone with the exception of his and Elin's families an apology. I thought that Woods' statement was from the heart but seemed a little rehearsed and robotic, he probably should not have written it down.

Woods did say a few things that I did enjoy hearing from him and they mostly have to deal with the media's handling of this whole situation. He scolded the media for following his family and even his daughter to her school. He was 100% right in saying that the media has no purpose following his family around because this is about him and not them.

I'm also glad he addressed what his actions mean in relation to the school that has his name on it. He recognized that he is a role model to many kids and I'm glad he knows that and that he knows he has to clean up his act to be a better role model in the future.

The last thing Tiger said that I agreed with that I originally was against was telling the media why he wasn't accepting questions. He is 100% right that the questions the media would likely ask (details of the affairs, whether Elin and him are staying together) should not be public knowledge. They're problems that will be and should be handled between those two and not the general public.

Tiger did say he doesn't know when he is coming back to the game of golf but he hopes to return before the end of the year. When he said that I started to believe we could see a Tiger-free year of PGA Golf, and you know what? I think that might be the best choice to keep his family together if that is what he wants to do.

Listen, this little bone he threw to the media by going in front of a camera isn't the end-all, be-all to this situation. This is going to loom over Tiger until he addresses it and allows the media to ask him questions. I'm somewhat comparing this to Mark McGwire's admission to steroids. He addressed it over the winter and took questions to put this thing to rest so that when he came to be the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals the heat would have died down significantly so he could get to work. Tiger needs to take some sort of questions from the media before he goes back to golf to prevent the circus that will certainly come when he plays in his first tournament.