Tiger Woods, so talented at the game of golf, seems to know nothing about the game of PR: He’s hopelessly bungled this whole infidelity scandal—or has he? Though his strategy might not be obvious to all, Simon Dumenco sees a method to the madness, and outlines Tiger’s four-point plan in New York:
- Let the mistresses run amok: Why didn’t Tiger take control of the scandal from the start, like Letterman? Because unlike Dave, “Tiger's entanglements involved a sprawling, worldwide network of obviously indiscreet and deeply unpredictable characters”—characters who, fortunately for Tiger, “are essentially beginning to cancel each other out.”