It's going to get worse for Tiger Woods before it gets better

Woods admitted to some dirty little “transgressions” Wednesday, pulling a page out of Jason Giambi's book of apologies. The World's Greatest Golfer didn't exactly say what he had done, using Giambi's “I'm really sorry” routine.

But will Woods also follow Giambi in the way the public deals with his tainted image?

The shamed slugger came out in 2005, admitted his wrong and survived a few weeks of jeers from spring training crowds and Fenway f#ck heads. And then like a trailer in a tornado – it blew over. Giambi went on to rough it out during his remaining years in the bigs, with barely a whisper of his steroid use.

Or maybe Tiger will follow in the footsteps of Kobe Bryant, who went from NBA Golden Boy to Most Hated Athlete overnight when he went slumming at a Colorado resort. Kobe, who dodged rape charges from an apparent gold digger, was stripped of his endorsements and had the curtain to his private life pulled back like the Great and Power Oz.

Both of those athletes mentioned had their performance suffer from their shame. Giambi, of course, went from rocking over 30 home runs a year to a serial whiffer without the juice picking up the slack and keeping injuries at bay.

Bryant spent all his free time between games traveling back and forth from Los Angeles and Colorado during the 2003-04 season. He played in only 65 games due to injuries, shot 43 percent (lowest field goal percentage since his second year in the league) and looked drained and frustrated in the postseason, shooting 41 percent and averaging only 24 points while the Lakers lost to the Pistons in the NBA Finals.

Woods is used to using this down time to refocus and relax for the upcoming PGA Tour schedule. The media attention, car crash, lack of practice time and adjustments will hurt his performance when the Tour starts up again in the New Year.

Things will eventually go back to normal for Tiger but it won't be anytime soon.

Tiger, Tiger Woods Ya'll.