Yes, with close to six million hits on Google he’s bigger than Richard Gere, more popular even than the Dalai Lama. Maybe even God. But then one prophet did foretell, “Tiger will do more than any other man in history to change the course of humanity … He is the Chosen One.” (That was Earl, Tiger’s dad). And another seer spake thus: “He can hold everyone together. He is the Universal Child.” (Yes, that was Koltida, his mom).
And in case you think that quasi-religious adoration of Tiger is limited to his doting parents, here’s Michael Jordan’s take: “I really do believe he was put here for a bigger reason than just to play golf. I don’t think that he is a god, but I do believe that he was sent by one.”
As the article reports, Tiger does not claim to be a strict adherent of the religion. His practice is at his whim, not according to book standard, by his own confession. If that’s the case, he really shouldn’t be called a Buddhist at all, but a Buddhist wannabe. The article was written before his marriage, so no information is given about how his marriage effects his religious adherence.
