They do call him Tiger

I was all prepared last weekend to poke a little fun at Tiger Woods. I’m glad I held off.

According to this article on Yahoo Sports, Tiger took out a $54.5 million mortgage on a mansion he’s building on Jupiter Island, Fla. Not only that, but his loan repayment is structured over just more than 60 months – a monthly mortgage payment of about $1 million.

If you’ve not been paying attention, Tiger had embarrassing personal information come out about him last year and has gone through a divorce. He took time off from playing golf and has not done very well since returning.

So ... and this is where I almost jumped the gun ... I noticed last week that the first round of the first golf tournament following the release of this information found Tiger in ... drum roll, please ... 95th place among 99 players in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.

However, there is a reason Tiger’s a legend in his own time. He followed his opening round 72 with a 65 to make the cut and then a 69 and a 68. He did not make his mortgage payment, but his 11th place finish (remember 95th?) netted a check for $148,929.

Yeah, I’m willing to bet he’ll come up with the house payment somewhere.