Tiger Woods at 50: Role model and villain ... inspiration and fraud ... icon and cautionary tale

Woods has let his demons and appetites take a few rounds off him, too. The revelation of his infidelity in 2009 forever stained his pristine image, and more than a few fans have never forgiven him for his transgressions. His later run-ins with law enforcement would barely draw interest if they’d happened within an SEC program or an NFL team, but in the genteel world of golf, they made top-of-the-scroll news. His catastrophic 2021 single-car wreck remains a public mystery, even though it cost Woods...