Tiger's Wounded Knee

A lot of debate has arisen regarding Tiger's announcing that he needs knee surgery. Some folks say that he is using it as an excuse as to why Trevor Immelman won the Masters leaving Tiger as the runner up. While others are saying it's no big deal.

Listen, Tiger is the best golfer in the world - and everyone knows it. 90 times out of 100 he would beat Immelman on any course anywhere. While I don't think he was using it as an excuse, I do think he should have thought a little harder about when it was announced.

If he would have went off and had the surgery on the the QT, no one would have noticed right away. He was already hinting at playing a very limited schedule leading up to the U.S. Open. Eventually someone would have caught on to the fact that there hadn't been a Tiger sighting for a while and questions would of been asked. At that time, either Tiger or one of his reps could have said that he had to undergo surgery for his knee and wanted to keep it quiet so he could rehab as quickly as possible without having to worry about all of the attention it would obviously attract.

By not doing that, there is now all the hub-bub about him creating excuses and what not. Plus, now ESPN will be doing a nightly - "How's Tiger's knee surgery recovery coming along" - piece. Won't that be fun?

Let's get this straight, golf is the hardest sport to win at constantly and Tiger wins nearly 25% of the events he participates in. To say that he has to make excuses for not winning the Masters is ludicrous. There are 100+ golfers out there all trying to win. While he may be the most likely to take it all, there is no guarantee that he will week in and week out. More often than not the "field" will beat Tiger, even though it seems to not be the case.

By the way, I've also heard the theory that he should have announced the knee surgery prior to the start of the Masters. Be thankful that he didn't. Could you imagine the number of warm and fuzzy puff pieces declaring the courage and strength of Tiger Woods there would have been on CBS alone? We would all still be nauseous. Then imagine if he would of won? SI would have a commemorative issue dedicated to it and everyone would still be slobbering all over him.

I'm not a Tiger fan, but while he could of timed it better he doesn't need to make excuses.