Sporting Life

Enough, already: How much more can Tiger bear?

Ex-No. 1 always pushes boundaries in quest for greatness but he needs to know his limits

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Life took another swing at Tiger Woods on Tuesday and all you could think was: Stop, enough already. Enough with the hospitals again, the pins and screws, the cutting and suturing. Enough with the prising open of this man and putting him back together. Tiger Woods is more badly dented than his car but not as easily repaired.

Sure, he made mistakes, many, ugly, entitled ones, but enough already, give the guy a break. Every time he gets upright, renews himself, recasts his life, something knocks him down. A hurt back, a bum knee, a troublesome neck, a wounded Achilles tendon. To the point where he once got arrested because he had too many painkillers in his system. Even a Tiger can bear only so much.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 25, 2021, with the headline Enough, already: How much more can Tiger bear?. Subscribe