Tiger Woods follows his drive on the fourth hole during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday, August 15, 2010, at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wisconsin. (AP)

News of Tiger Woods’ divorce with his model wife Elin Nordegren has overshadowed even the news of upcoming golf events on Tuesday (Manila time). Now that the superstar golfer has finally found an end to his embattled marriage, it’s time to get down to doing what made him the name that he is — playing golf.

“Woods hasn’t won a single tournament on the PGA Tour in 2010, the worst drought of his career,” Yahoo! Sports’ Dan Wetzel writes. “He went 0 for 4 in majors and hasn’t won one in eight attempts since he underwent knee surgery in the summer of 2008.”

Aside from this, he also had his fair share of criticism from people, even within the golfing circle, which led to his world being literally turned upside down after some of his sponsors distanced away from his name. More than a dozen women from various parts of the United States also came out, publicly admitting that they have had an affair, one way or another, with Woods.

We are very much aware of how distractions of this magnitude plagued and left some of the brightest athletes black and blue. Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, for one, had his moment in the spotlight after battling a rape case in 2004.. Even Filipino celebrity sports icons Manny Pacquiao (boxing) and James Yap (basketball) also had their own rough times in their marriages, with the latter still involved in an annulment case with Presidential daughter Kris Aquino.

“We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,” Tiger and Elin said in a joint statement quoted by Wetzel. “While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us. Once we came to the decision that our marriage was at an end, the primary focus of our amicable discussions has been to ensure their future well-being. The weeks and months ahead will not be easy for them as we adjust to a new family situation, which is why our privacy must be a principal concern.”

"There is anger in some corners, but mainly it is a sense of sadness,” PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem told the Associated Press in right after Woods’ public statement last February. ”He's an American hero, and he's had his issues. At the end of the day, he's a human being. We all make mistakes. We all have made mistakes. And when we're lucky, we learn from those mistakes and we get to be better people."

Woods has been visibly bothered by the controversy that has hounded him since October last year. But we don’t know how long he will remain slumped in his corner.

All I know for sure is that, the real Tiger has yet to roar anew.