Colin Sheridan: Tiger Woods and the sad story of a genius who can't stop crashing
This photo provided by the Martin County Sheriff's Office shows the overturned vehicle in a rollover crash which involved Tiger Woods in Jupiter Island, Florida. Pic: Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP
The most depressing thing about Tiger Woods is not that bad things keep happening. It’s that, by now, each crash - metaphorical and literal - feels inevitable. Late on a Friday afternoon, Woods attempted to overtake a truck at speed, clipped a trailer and rolled his SUV onto its side. He crawled out. There were no serious injuries. Police reported signs of impairment. He blew zero on the breathalyser, refused further testing and was charged with DUI.
And with that, the latest chapter in one of the most frustrating careers in modern sport wrote itself. Because the tragedy of Tiger Woods is not that he fell; it’s that he kept choosing to fall the same way.
