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In August of 2010 I posted a short article on this site titled Tiger\u2019s Fall and Rise<\/em> (Click here to read my original post<\/a>). It addressed with the public\u2019s fascination with high profile sex scandals, specifically that of Tiger Woods. After winning last weekend’s PGA tournament, Tiger appears to be back on top of his game and I too feel the same.<\/p>\n

To my amazement, my initial article was picked up by the Tennessean<\/em> and run as an editorial in their Sunday paper. They characterized it as my taking up for Woods since I too had an affair publically exposed after a failed extortion attempt. Some of my other \u201cdetractors\u201d at the time also commented, criticizing my reference to Woods infidelity, saying I was defending his actions. Apparently didn\u2019t read or fully comprehend the article.<\/p>\n

The rhetorical question I asked in the original post is why are we so infatuated with someone\u2019s downfall or the details of their personal lives? The reality is because we are all broken people and want to relish in the fact that someone else\u2019s brokenness may be worst than our own.<\/p>\n

When The Christian Post covered Amy Winehouse\u2019s death from a drug overdose, it was one of the most highly read stories on our site. I found that amazing, especially since I had no idea who she was until her death. The same was true when former Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned over inappropriate tweets and text messages he sent to other women (btw, I wrote most of the Weiner stories including one today on Andrew Breitbart\u2019s latest chapter on how he uncovered the scandal).<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s not the details of the story or even of the affairs themselves, but rather the fall from Mount Everest that holds our fascination for such long periods of time,\u201d I wrote in my original column.<\/p>\n

A year and seven months has passed since I penned that post and last weekend Tiger won his first tournament since 2009 by capturing the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Before Tiger stumbled by succumbing to sexual temptation, he was considered the best golfer in the world \u2013 maybe of all time. He\u2019s been through a difficult period, losing his marriage and several major sponsorships. But through the peaks and valley\u2019s he has pulled his game back together and is now poised to compete in next week\u2019s Master\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In an Associated Press article on Monday, former champion golfer turned commentator Johnny Miller described what he called the \u201ctwo careers\u201d each golfer experiences. I believe the same can be said for other careers.<\/p>\n

“Every golfer has two careers,” Miller said at the end of NBC’s telecast on Sunday. “You have the first burst, and then sometimes you have a lull, and then you have a second career. Some guys have a pretty darn good second career. If I was coaching him, I’d say, ‘OK, you made the mistakes you made. Let’s just start over. This is the second career. You’ve got a new swing. Let’s see what you can do with this one.’ “It wouldn’t totally surprise me if he were to win 35 to 40 times from now,” he said. “He could do it. The way he is playing right now, he is going to kick butt.”<\/p>\n

Is Tiger back on top for good? Only time will tell. But no one can argue that he is once again a force to be reckoned with. I ended my original Tiger post with this last paragraph.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remind my eleven-year old son that it\u2019s not what happens to you, but more importantly, how you handle what happens to you.\u00a0 At such a young age he\u2019s watched his Dad achieve success and fall flat on his face.\u00a0 He\u2019s made the cut on a competitive baseball team only to log onto the team website the next season to discover his name missing from the roster.\u00a0 I think that had more to do with me than my son\u2019s athletic ability. Falling is not fun and it leaves us cut and bruised and sometimes broken.\u00a0 But getting up and dusting ourselves off sure does feel better than wallowing in the mud.\u00a0 After all, a sponge can only take on so much water. Let\u2019s all pull for Tiger to reach the top once more in both his professional and personal life.\u00a0 That would be a story worth reading about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last night my son and I were dining at a local pizza restaurant before his baseball practice. As we ate our supper we watched an ESPN story on Tiger\u2019s latest victory. When the story ended, my now 12 year-old son looked up and said, \u201cI\u2019m glad Tiger won last week.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy,\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause like you, he\u2019s had a rough couple of years,\u201d he said, smiling as he looked up at me. \u201cNow you\u2019re both back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike Tiger, I haven\u2019t won a major golf tournament but I have more than I can say grace over. Two great kids, a challenging job as a journalist and a two-book deal in the works. And my son is right. Tiger I are both back and it feels good.<\/p>\n

Paul Stanley is a freelance writer who lives in Tennessee.\u00a0He is writing a memoir about his own life in business and politics.\u00a0 He can be reached at paul@paulstanley.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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