We must all be careful here. There is much at stake.
Golf is just a game.
But Tiger Woods is already bigger than that game to millions and millions and millions of people who are just now discovering him. At 21, Woods is more than the newly minted Masters champion. He is a global icon. The dignitaries that attended the awards ceremony here represented 28 countries. We mustn't crush him under the stampede that just redoubled its momentum because he won by 12 shots with a style, a grace and a certain something else that nobody has yet been able to define completely.