For the first time, there will be more focus on Tiger Woods’s partner than Tiger Woods. And his partner is only 11 years old
Sawgrass, 17 March 2019. The latest snapshot of lives less ordinary arrived in an eight-word answer from Tiger Woods. “I don’t let them go on social media,” said Woods in respect of his children, Sam and Charlie, when whether or not they may have witnessed an amusing mid-round incident at the Players Championship was contemplated.
Keeping those aged 11 and 10, as was the case last spring, away from the all-consuming world of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter may seem sensible. There is a broader dynamic in this specific case: Woods’s global stardom status is one thing, the abuse that can still be thrown his – or his family’s – way on account of an infamous infidelity scandal quite another. For every strand of adulation towards Tiger Woods the golfer, there is a barb about cocktail waitresses.
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