Tiger Woods Book: Hank Haney Misses Mark in Bitter 'Tell-All Tale'

Hank Haney is bound to come off looking far worse than Tiger Woods in his new book The Big Miss.

Haney is sure to sell plenty of books for his efforts, but he will pay a big price. 

In the early press release excerpts of the book's content, the picture painted is of a bitter man desperately trying to release salacious details of another man the public can't seem to get enough of. 

It needs be said that I have not yet read the book.

I am going off of information released in detailed excerpts that Golf Digest published, and in excerpts and comments detailed by Nalia-Jean Meyers and Julie Bosman in The New York Times. 

Gleaning off the excerpts, there is a large part of the book that will revolve around the details on the course and the reshaping of Tiger's swing, but it is the details that don't have to do with golf that are getting all of the attention.

And those are the details where Haney comes off looking like a bitter man resorting to gossip to exact some revenge. 

And the most damning thing of all is that the gossip is not revelatory. 

The result is a bunch of details of moments that shed no new light on the character of Tiger Woods. Here are some of the topics grabbing attention. 

Haney tells of Woods obsession with the Navy SEALs.

He goes as far as saying that Woods first injured his knee while doing a SEALs training. He paints a picture of himself trying to dissuade Woods from the military training and focus on golf. 

While it is interesting to read about the depth of Tiger's interest in the SEALs, it is not particularly enlightening.

It is no shock that Woods would obsess over something—he didn't become the golfer he is without obsessing over it. 

It is only natural that at some point he would look for something else to fixate on. 

He also writes about Tiger coaching his then wife Elin Nordegren on how to act after victories. He wanted her to remain calm and reserved after wins because he was supposed to win. 

Again, this is not surprising in any way. Tiger has always been controlling of the image that is portrayed to the public. 

Haney gets into mundane and specific details of Woods' daily life, like his hesitation to ask Tiger for a Popsicle.

As if we didn't know Tiger's intimidating presence would cause hesitation in some. 

In the end, Haney appears to have painted a picture of a person that is controlling, obsessive, different than the average person and whose distractions derailed his golf career.

This is not new information. 

It is a feeble attempt to make money and exact revenge by revealing the details of a private person, while attempting to appear to be the more level-headed person.

Haney only comes off as a person desperate to be relevant.