'Tiger Woods’s victory was no personal redemption story. It didn’t need to be.' via PostOpinions
Tiger Woods reacts as he wins the Masters on Sunday in Augusta, Ga. By Patricia E. Gaston April 16 at 7:07 PM Patricia E. Gaston is a journalism professor at the University of Kansas and a former editor at The Post.
But Woods’s performance Sunday was no personal redemption story. Nor did it need to be. The Masters was not about him settling the score and getting Brownie points after his scandalous behavior. It was just about a man winning his 15th major and his fifth green jacket. Isn’t that enough?“We say America loves a good comeback story. We do. We also love to tear people down out of a sense of insecurity and inferiority. Tiger won. I don’t care if he’s a changed person, because I don’t need him to be.
Since his victory, sportscasters have fallen all over themselves with praise for Woods even though they eviscerated him when he was in trouble, but I guess that is more of a function of the media business. I was particularly intrigued with the take by Panama Jackson of the Root, that Tiger’s victory was a win for the black community:
But this past weekend, he was able to put all of the pieces — mind, body and soul — together for a victory. We love a comeback story even if we are ambivalent about the person and their past behavior. Let’s face it: We’re a judge-jury-executioner species. But to have a comeback or a second chance, you have to have a setback. Then grit, determination, perseverance and the belief that one can do it begin to take root.
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