Can Tiger Woods Bounce Back At U.S Open For Father’s Day?

One of the most underestimated factors about Tiger Woods’ epic tumble from our graces is that it came a couple years after the death of his father. We’ve all heard the stories about how rigid and strict his father was. If anything, breaking loose from that kind of father-son relationship can cause any kid to go haywire. Tiger has yet to win a tournament in 2010 PGA betting, and a triumph at the U.S. Open on Father’s Day would be a heart warming tribute to Earl.

Tiger has struggled since returning to the public scene, mired in a divorce settlement that ranges between $200 and $750 million. I’m not trying to be a cold hearted bastard here, but Elin was a professional nanny. I think getting paid $200 million is more than enough, even though Tiger paid his primary mistress $10 million in hush money. I like the underlying tone of the $200 million: “You’re about 20x more valuable than my favorite affair.”

Anyways, I’m getting side tracked, which is the easy part when it comes to Tiger Woods these days. When his father, Earl Woods, passed away due to prostate cancer Tiger heroically performed at the 2006 U.S. Open but failed to make the cut at Winged Foot.

We really have no honest idea when Tiger’s infidelity began but the wheels completely fell of the Tiger Woods bandwagon when he ran his SUV in to a tree, causing an out pour of information about his personal life. The one question that has never been asked, or answered, is how his father would’ve felt.

Earl Woods was the driving force behind Tiger’s success. The pressure he put on his son was about a billion times more than your father did at your weekend soccer games. It’s impossible to shake the memories of Tiger and his dad embracing following his victory at the 1997 Masters. How his father would’ve reacted to Tiger’s transgressions may have deterred the fallen star from even going down that path in the first place.

Despite struggling after his father’s passing, Tiger would go on to win The Open and PGA Championships in 2006, and would return to eventually claim victory at the U.S. Open during an epic performance in the 2008 PGA betting season, but has yet to win a major since then.

It’s unsure what kind of lessons Earl taught his son about life, about being a father and a good husband. We can only assume it was the usual stuff. What we do know is that Earl is every bit as responsible for Tiger’s golf career as the player himself. That’s why a thrilling victory for Tiger on Sunday would not only put him on the right track, it would be a sentimental salute to his late father on Father’s Day.

Forget Elin. Forget the media. Forget the fans and the critics. Do this one for your dad, Tiger.