HUH?!

So apparently Sir Eldrick Woods, Esq, has been spotted at a sexual addiction clinic in Hattiesburg, MS. You mean THAT guy in the photo on the left might like sex too much?! C'mon! Apparently, until reports emerge otherwise, this is the real deal. Some other interesting aspects of this treatment, is that Elin would have to participate in the recovery process at the facility, and Tiger at one point might actually be hooked up to a polygraph. Ummmmm.....OK?

Is Tiger's problem really sex addiction? Doctor Drew Pinsky certainly isn't 100% sold that it is, and The Beard isn't either*. Sex is just one component of Tiger's problem, but it's not THE problem he has. Tiger's main problem, and source of all this turmoil in his personal life, is an out of control Ego, plain and simple. For most of his life, Eldrick has been surrounded by the bulletproof image of invincibility and perfection. He's also been surrounded by people, fans, media, enablers, smooching his posterior, stroking his ego (and occasionally more than just his ego), and telling him how awesome he is for the better part of two decades.

While in NO way is that an excuse for Tiger, it's more than plausible to suggest that all of that constant praise would start to get to any person's head after a while. They might actually start to believe that they can do anything they want, (i.e. Perkins Waitresses, and Porn Stars) despite being married to a former Swedish model. Couple that with the notion that Tiger more than likely didn't want to get married in the first place, and only did so to further enhance his image, and the picture of what his problem might be, starts to become clearer. That picture being his Ego, and overall arrogance in general, reached out of control levels long ago, and now it's finally time to pay the tab for all the emotional damage he's done.

So while Tiger's handlers may have come up with this idea to put him in Sex Addiction Rehab in order to make it seem like he's getting help, I'm not buying it. Unless the Rehab is called "Ego Rehab", or more appropriately, "Intensive Psychoanalysis Rehab", The Beard refuses to believe this is something Tiger wants to do, let alone needs to do.

We'll see if Elin feels the same down the road...


*I am not going to claim to be an expert on sex-addiction. I'm also not going to pretend I know the guy, or that I've even met him, or have ever been in the same zip code as him once upon a time ago. All that is known about Woods has been formulated from what I've seen, read, and heard about him, so take it with a grain of salt.