Money or Mommy?

The one thing that really affected me more than anything in this whole apology is the image of his mother, barely keeping it together, sitting in the front row. Her face expressed the most damning parental emotion ever — not mad, just disappointed. And how. She was pressed lipped, teary eyed. She couldn’t look at him directly. When Tiger talked about Buddhism, he made sure to mention that his mother taught him that faith from an early age. I think his long diversion into a discusson of his faith and how he betrayed was also an admission that he betrayed his mother, too.

Tiger has tons of money. Even if he never plays golf again, here’s betting that his portfolio can keep him rolling in pancake breakfasts for the next 50 years. But winning back the respect of your mother? That’s much harder, and more essential.