As all the controversy swirls around the front gates of Ilseworth Tiger sneaks out the back and climbs aboard his yacht The Privacy and escapes to the Caribbean and can you blame him

Tiger joins a long list of athletes,politicians and celebrities that have been outed publicly for infidelity.The smoking voice mail tape aired last night on entertainment tonight appeared to be the straw that broke the camels back and forced the every silent Tiger to confess to his human frailty and plead for understanding while he attempts damage control.  Elin's Escalade is still in the drive at his home and no one seems to know if she is there or with him on the yacht.

 If we take a look at what other bad boy friends that have had problems with the press have advised, we see Barkley and John Daley advising him to come clean and admit to it all. Daley even went as far to suggest that he take his wife and family west to support his tournament even though he has withdrawn for supposed "injuries sustained in the crash.

 Would Tigers presence at the tournament really have been a good idea I think not.He would have been at the center of the swirl of media frenzy and the players surely would have found the media hub bub a great distraction. Tiger would have constantly been saying No comment and that it is a private matter but would the Press have let up and gone on to cover purely golf, I think not. He did the players and the tournament a favor by removing himself from the equation.

 What does all this prove that Tiger is a true dog and a selfish spoiled hypocrite and that he does not deserve the lavish praises that are lumped on him.Maybe or maybe it just shows that  this modern world we live in builds heroes out of paper and plastic not flesh and blood. We don't forgive our heroes we hold them responsible for maintaining what we ourselves can not and we demand squeaky clean images worthy of  white hat cowboys in old westerns.

Tiger has never been a white hat but he has always made great efforts to present the image expected of him and now should we really be all that surprised to discover he is just as personally needy as all the rest of us and capable of risking his family and his image for a little piece of strange, after all the presidency wasn't enough to keep Bill Clinton from the the doghood club and now Tiger just takes his place as a new member.

Tiger will come back and life will go on in 5 years no one will remember but Tiger and Elin hopefully they can come to terms and repair their relationship for their children's sake.

Tiger haters are loving this and crowing," I told you so"' while his supporters are stunned and speechless,but life goes on  and so will Tiger.