Was Tiger Woods sincere in his apology video?

Tiger Woods’ apology statement briefly referred to his Buddhist religion and in his apology video he also touched on his future plans, although at that time he did not say when he might return to golf.

We now know that he does plan to make a return to the public eye for the Augusta Masters in April 2010 and it will be a very intense time for Tiger and his famiy as the eyes of the world will be on him. We don’t know yet what the public reaction will be of course but we do know that emotions will be at an all time high.

Adopting a serious and somber tone, a contrite Tiger Woods apologized for his “irresponsible and selfish behavior” . There are people who feel that his body language showed that he was not sincere about his apology and that it was completely stage managed.

But there seems to be many MORE people who feel that his apology did come from his heart and that is took an immense amount of courage to come out and speak publicly about his behaviour over the past few years. He stated that he previously felt that he his rules were different to everyone else and that he was ‘entitled’ to behave in the way he did.

It was quite apparent that after the passing of his father Earl he certainly did lose his moral compass and with his promised intention to get back to his Buddhist roots one can only hope that he will get himself back on the right track for the sake of his family.

Being treated for sex addiction is not uncommon amongst celebrities who are so much in the public eye, Michael Douglas once had a similar problem, as did David Duchovny and surely with the strength of mind and character that Tiger Woods has, he will learn the necessary lessons and once more be the world class sportsmen that we admired so much.

There is an ongoing discussion on Tiger Woods apology video on The Apology Video.