Tiger's Top 10 List

In another of my blog posts is a list of things I'll never say; one of these things should be, "Well now that you've asked me what I think Tiger should do to fix his career, here goes." But let's just assume for a moment that I have been asked the question and that I provide my answer in the form of...

The Top 10 Things Tiger Needs to Do

1. Acknowledge your family publicly: if you're serious about improving your marriage and fixing what you broke, start with the occasional mention of your wife. Phil won for Amy and his mom and said so unabashedly; maybe you could dedicate a tournament to someone...?
2. Improve your on-course interactions with the fans: enough of the "I'm at work" thing; reaching out and signing autographs will help you.
   
3. Develop a better attitude toward golf-related questions: sure, many questions are stupid, but it's their job to ask them and part of your job to answer them.
4. Show a little more humanity: stop acting like a robot and start acting like a person.
5. Pitch fits after bad shots or don't pitch fits: pick one way; don't say you're not going to do something then do it anyway, and then get pissy when someone calls you on it.
   
6. Play more during the year: you came in fourth by just practicing; how good would you be by actually playing? Duh.
   
7. Smile more: really... would it kill you?
8. Realize that cockiness is not endearing: it's what got you into trouble in the first place!
9. Lose the sunglasses: this one speaks for itself.
10. Seek better advice: if the release of the Nike commercial is exemplary of the advice you receive, you need new advisers now.