While watching The Masters, Phil Mickelson was walking off the 18th hole after winning and went over to his wife and gave her a hug. This may not seem like a big deal, but both her and Phil's mother are battling breast cancer. The announcers were saying how Phil had won for his family. They then went on to talk about how this was a great for the family and I felt this was a not so subtle message towards Tiger Woods.

I found it interesting in the wake of Tiger's family falling apart the announcers would go that route when talking about Phil. The reason I am surprised is because we don't know. We don't know what happens behind closed doors with the Mickelson family. For all we know they could be going through some of the same problems. Tiger was caught cheating on his wife with numerous women. I'm not saying Mickelson is doing the same thing by any means, but we just can't say he isn't. To make him seem like a great family man and husband only makes it more difficult on him to be perfect and that isn't fair to him or anyone.

When you paint someone to be this all mighty figure who can do no wrong you set yourself up for disappointment. After everything that happened with Woods people should not immediately jump to the next person to be their role model or be the face of marriage and family in professional golf. Although it was nice to see Mickelson win considering what him and family have been going through let's be real and know that it was just a golf tournament.

No matter what happens while playing golf he still has to go home and deal with the real life situations facing his wife and mother. For the CBS announcers to try and make it seem like winning this golf tournament will somehow make it easier to deal with everything else and making him seem like this great family man is unfair to themselves, the golfer and the people watching.