It started with an accident.  Golf pro Tiger Woods’ car hit a fire hydrant and a tree.  Sketchy details on the cause ignited hunger for the truth; and the truth revealed that Tiger is a cheater.  The public, not to mention his wife, was outraged.  But his adultrous affairs are only the half of it.  The public image he deceived us with is the other part. 

It’s no secret that men have a reputation for cheating.  So we are not necessarily surprised when a new name joins the ranks.  Yet, women still have high hopes that there are men who don’t, and secretly root for the ones who are unblemished.  We were led to believe Tiger was one of them.  It was a blow to discover he was not.  Furthermore, his affairs imply more than bad judgment.  The smack of intent is what has people (particularly his endorsers and women) offended. 

You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t deceive everyone forever.  Sooner or later your sins will find you out.  And when they do there will be hell to pay, as he is realizing.  Whatever kind of life we have or whatever we’re blessed to accomplish, at the end of the day it’s our character, not the things, that will define us.  Either Tiger didn’t know or failed to properly consider it.  Now he must deal with the consequences.