New
York
(ANI):
Tiger
Woods" popularity
is
on
a
downward
spiral,
and
a
new
poll
has
shown
how
golf"s
one-time
king
of
the
hill
is
languishing
under
a
mountain
of
bad
publicity.
According
to
a
USA
TODAY/Gallup
Poll,
Woods"
"favourable"
rating
dropped
to
33
percent,
which
is
significantly
down
from
the
85
percent
favourable
rating
he
got
in
June
2005,
when
he
bordered
on
beloved.
His
'unfavourable'
rating
surged
to
57
percent
from
only
8
percent
four
years
ago.
The
new
numbers
come
after
a
horrendous
three-week
public
unravelling,
which
involved
news
of
another
adulterous
affair
involving
the
image-conscious
golf
great
everyday.
Woods
opened
the
decade
with
the
highest
popularity
rating
in
Gallop
history—a
humongous
88
percent—which
helped
him
become
one
of
corporate
America"s
premier
pitchmen.
But
his
popularity
came
crashing
down
after
a
quirky
car
accident
lifted
the
lid
on
Tiger"s
string
of
mistresses.
"For
many
years,
Woods
was
the
most
positively
rated
person
we
rated.
Now
he
ranks
worse
than
a
lot
of
the
politicians
we
measure.
The
drop
is
definitely
unprecedented," the
New
York
Post
quoted
Jeffrey
Jones,
the
Gallup
Poll"s
managing
editor
as
saying.
The
national
poll
of
1,025
U.S.
adults
was
done
from
Friday
through
Sunday
and
respondents
were
asked
their
opinion
after
Woods" admitted
to
"infidelity."
Woods"
popularity
suffered
most
with
women—his
unfavourable
rating
is
8
points
higher
among
women,
61
percent,
than
men,
53
percent.