Tiger Woods Topless

Remember the old saying “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.”  In January 2010, that adage does not apply to Tiger Woods.  This week Vanity Fair features a shirtless Tiger Woods on its cover.  The golfer with the impeccable sense of timing on the golf course couldn’t have picked a worse time to pose for a magazine with his shirt off.  Amid the stories of marital infidelity, this is the type of exposure Tiger is trying to avoid.

The photo was taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz before Tiger had his car crash that started the media onslaught.  Vanity Fair released the cover photo this week, along with promises of a full photo spread inside the magazine when it hits newsstands in the coming days.

I don’t think this photo spread is going to win Tiger any support.  New Yorkers were given a sneak peek of the cover photo featuring a muscular Woods without his shirt, holding barbells in his hands. One of the sound bites we ran on Monday’s Action News at Eleven featured a man saying “it shows Tiger has a huge ego.  He pumps a lot of iron.  I’m surprised. I didn’t think golfers looked like that.”

Just when I thought the Tiger story was going away, it’s back.  What do you think of the photo and Tiger in 2010?

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