Yes, Tiger Woods swore on the golf course during the third round of the Masters. No, this doesn't qualify as a major scandal, a monumental disappointment or shockingly bad news. This isn't Justin Timberlake ripping off Janet Jackson's top on national TV.

Which of course, you'd never know from watching TV right now or reading any Masters analysis. Because almost everyone is outraged that Woods supposedly broke his promise to be a New Tiger in his return.

Look, if you want to think that Tiger is a creep because he cheated around on his wife with every two-bit porn star, Perkins waitress and college-aged neighbor he could find, you're spot on. If it makes you feel good to wish ill on the world's greatest golfer, that's your right. But to try and turn a few minor bad words spoken in the anger of intense athletic competition into some type of capital character flaw is akin to Tasering someone for jaywalking.

Blowhards like the University of Houston's own Jim Nantz aren't upset that Tiger swore. They overlooked his outbursts for years and years and years. No, they're mad at Tiger because he got caught cheating and created a tabloid story that they don't want any part of. So, they scold him for his language behavior.

Please. The whole thing is faker than your average Mike Krzyzewski press conference.

Tiger didn't prove anything Saturday — except that he still cares an awful lot about what he does for a living. His big sin (on the golf course) Saturday consisted of blaring out, "Tiger, you suck" after a poor shot (for him) on the sixth hole and following that up with a "God dammit" that the CBS microphones pickled up. He also shouted out "God" in disgust on another hole.

Guess, Woods needs to apologize to all the Catechism teachers in the world too now.

This is what had Nantz and Nick Faldo — who should be ashamed of himself, because unlike Nantz he's way too with it not to know how fake this came across — shaking their heads so solemnly in reproach. How absurd is this as a scandal? What's next, Tiger's chastised for not being a better recycler.

Woods didn't even break his New Tiger promise. The most offensive thing about Tiger's behavior in recent years wasn't the swearing or even the club slams (and there they have been a few of those as well at Augusta National). No, the real issue was the childish way he'd try to intimidate his professional peers. The low point for Tiger as a competitor came at last summer's PGA Championship when he leaned into Y.E. Yang's view as Yang was putting, trying to distract a guy that he couldn't beat fair and square on that day.

Nantz didn't utter three words about that at the time. Neither did most of the other sudden Tiger swear police members.

These fools only found their voice after Woods had been humiliated in his personal life.

So no, Tiger didn't let down your kids, himself or America with that shockingly mild profanity. But if you don't like him, you can still look forward to the fact that his personal nemesis (the Houston friendly) Phil Mickelson is probably going to steal all the storylines in Tiger's return tournament.

If that happens, you can bet that Tiger will take Lefty's name in vain too.