Honest Hank

"You are who you hang with." An old axiom it is, though grammatically incorrect, brims with the truth.

Hank Haney, Tiger Woods swing coach for the last 6 years, realized that he was hanging with the wrong crowd. He looked in the mirror and asked himself, what am I doing with this crowd? On this past Monday, Hank resigned from the weird world of Tiger, as quoted in the media, "I have informed Tiger Woods that I will no longer be his coach."

Hank like most of us golfers adored Tiger, that is, before Thanksgiving of 2009. After the Elin late evening clubbing of Tiger's face in the front yard and the revelations that followed, lots of us left the Tiger fold.

I suspect Hank felt betrayed by Tiger's life as a lie. You see, Hank is a decent man. Quiet, unassuming, humble, principled, regular, faithful. Everything Tiger isn't. Hank felt the rub.

Sure, there will be those who said Tiger fired Hank because he lost his swing. Put the blame on Hank for I am Tiger. But for whatever reason is spouted in the press or by Tiger himself regarding Hank's exit, Hank left on his own terms with his head up and dignity in check.

Frankly, I think Hank is relieved. He is free from this burden called Tiger Woods. He is free from all the enablers, sycophants, whores, agents, phonies and chaos that surround Tiger. Most importantly, he is free from Tiger.

At the end of the day, Hank wins. In fact, now that he is free to help others with their golf swing, he'll have more fun, less tension and make more money. Make more money? Yes. Tiger is not only a demanding control freak but a tight one as well!