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Posse Helped Tiger Woods Sneak Around

Small group of friends cautioned golfer, then circled the wagons

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 20, 2009 2:56 PM CST

(Newser) – The small group of friends who make up Tiger Woods' inner circle warned the golfer his extramarital shenanigans were going to cause trouble, but he ignored them—and they've stuck with him through the explosive revelations that are threatening to sink his career. "We said, 'You've got to be careful. It's really getting too raggedy,'" a longtime friend tells the New York Daily News. "He was under a lot of pressure. He thought he was just letting off steam."

Meanwhile, Frank Rich argues in the New York Times that Woods, not Ben Bernanke, is the person of the year. True, "Woods will surely be back on the links once the next celebrity scandal drowns his out." But Tiger is a symbol of Americans' "bipartisan credulousness," a quality that let fans fall into "the exceptional, Enron-sized gap between this golfer’s public image as a paragon of businesslike discipline and focus and the maniacally reckless life we now know he led."

Tiger Woods shares a laugh with friend and caddy Byron Bell on the second day of the Funai Classic on October 21, 2005, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Tiger Woods shares a laugh with friend and caddy Byron Bell on the second day of the Funai Classic on October 21, 2005, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.   (Getty Images)
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t0ak
Dec 27, 2009 6:46 AM CST
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NxBigmouthery
Dec 26, 2009 1:51 AM CST
Very hard to take your political opinion seriously at the best of times, but when you don't even know the name of the WH CoS, you reveal yourself to be punching well and truly above your capabilities.
jfcd
Dec 24, 2009 11:51 AM CST
well, reader's coment was seriously retarded, but DLY, who posts this: "To the Goldmans: Fly out of that shit hole country as fast as you can." (referring to Brazil) he is a stupid HYPOCRITE to think he can talk about racism. Dumbass

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