He's Tired?

I re-read an article this morning and kept asking myself if I was missing something.  Is there some secret injury or some other personal item at play here?  There's got to be something.  But no, after reading the article it came down to one thing - Tiger's sucky play this week at the Tour Championship is simply due to the fact he's "tired".

http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/tiger-woods-admits-hes-tired-after-dismal-round-2-of-tour-championship-at-east-lake-092013

Most of you that know me know I'm as big a Tiger supporter as there is in the world.  He can pull off shots, he can sink putts, and he can out-psych you in ways that mere mortals have no chance of pulling off.  Add to it the scandal of his fire-hydrant incident from a few years ago and suddenly you have a personna of WWF- proportions.  An evil caricature that just can't be beat and and one people love to hate or maybe a flawed superstar that has incredible game but just can't resist the dark side of his fame but keeps fighting anyway to regain the adoration he once had.

I guess I fall somewhere between.  Tiger's personal life is his personal life.  If he wants to bang waitresses while his drop-dead gorgeous wife and move-star kids wait patiently at his story-book home, well then so be it.  History is filled with philandering superstars - Tiger's not the first and he sure as hell won't be the last.

But to blame his poor play on being "tired", well I'm sorry, but I really have to call bullshit on that one.  Tiger lives in a fishbowl - a life you and I will never truly understand.  But even in the fishbowl he sometimes makes his own pergutory. 

Hey Tiger, maybe, just maybe, quit being such a dick when you talk to people (not the media but the fans).  Maybe smile a little more and look your fans in the eyes when they call your name.  Get in front of all the crap being written about you and show your human side.  You might be astonished at how people would react.  J say that your game isn't very good right now and congratulate all those golfers that are probably just as tired for sucking it up and putting on a good show for the golf playing public.  Say you plan to work really hard this off-season and with a little luck, you still might make a run for Jack's record.

Being tired is OK if you work multiple jobs and support a family and worry about where the next rent check is coming from.  Being tired is NOT OK when you get paid oodles of money to play a game for a living and good week or bad week, you get to jump in your private jet to fly off to your exclusive ocean side home to begin figuring out your next multi-million dollar endoresment deal.  I get tired and even I don't have a right to.

The only thing tired here is to continue hearing how tired you are.  C'mon Tiger, suck it up and get back to reality.  The planet you currently live on is a long way from real-ville the rest of us live on.