"Suppose Bad Tiger was the key to it all?"

Martin Samuel tackles a subject few have wanted to touch.

Genius needs to take the edge off. Genius needs to escape. Even after another lacerating public address, there remain many unanswered questions about Tiger Woods. The greatest even he cannot satisfy, because it cuts to the heart of his professional existence.

Suppose Bad Tiger was the key to it all? Suppose the waitresses and party girls were serving a purpose, fulfilling a need every bit as necessary as a good caddie or a swing coach? Suppose the hookers, the strippers, the porn actresses, the girls in the diners, the clubs, the casinos, suppose the whole coterie of casual sexual acquaintances were what helped make Woods the best golfer in the world?