Here's a collection of reactions to the Tiger Cheater Woods global mea culpa on Friday:

VERONICA SIWIK-DANIELS, aka porn star Joslyn James, who claims to have had a three-year affair with Woods:

“I would be open to a telephone apology from Tiger, but I really feel that I deserve to look at him in person – face to face, in his eyes – because I didn't deserve this. . . . He knows that I was very straight and honest with him, but for a long time he lied to me. I never wanted to cause Elin, Sam or Charlie any pain, but I'm not the sole cause.”

 The Dalai Lama:

The Tibetan spiritual leader also briefly addressed the Tiger Woods scandal and the golf star’s public comments Friday about straying from his Buddhist faith. Woods said he was raised Buddhist but needed to focus anew on finding balance between his faith and professional life.

The Dalai Lama said he did not know who Woods was, but said self-discipline is among Buddhism’s highest values. When it comes to adultery, he said, “all religions have the same idea.”

“I think mainly whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that’s important,” he said. “Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.”

Sports Columnist  Stephen A. Smith, has no sympathy for Tiger Woods

This is the price liars pay. Particularly those of the Tiger variety. You know: the kind who does something wrong and hides. Who convinces himself he’s the victim. Who screeches at the media to “leave my family alone,” while conveniently ignoring the fact no reporters were in attendance besides three journalists handpicked by Woods’ PR team to attend – primarily because they agreed not to ask questions.

 But let it be said right here: That is total and utter nonsense. Friday’s farce was a Woods infomercial. Whatever he was selling, I’m not buying.

While Woods’ words were predictably appropriate and contrite, everything else about his presentation, including his body language and the lack of fluidity in his words, reeked of someone desperately trying to salvage whatever was left of his stained image.

His pregnant pause while staring into the camera before saying “I’m sorry” was fake. His stuttering and stumbling over written words spoke more about his lack of familiarity with those words than his discomfort with speaking them.

The hug Woods gave his mother was made for the highlight reels. And his walking away from the podium, head bowed, puppy-dog faced, was straight out of the soap operas.

Stay tuned! General Hospital may call him soon.

Jacek, the male version of Lainey Gossip sounds the same tone as most other commentators

It’s obvious to everyone that the message was well crafted. Of course it was. Why wouldn’t it have been? He’s worth 30 kazillion dollars and they had months to plan it, probably because Tiger was too stubborn to listen to his people and do this early. Either that or they had to wait until his face healed.

His pre-conference pep talk by his publicist? “Tiger…anytime you say the words ‘I’m sorry’, make sure to pause, look deeply into the camera, and look as sincere as you can even though it looked creepy during practice. And look down and pause a few times as though you feel pain”. Unfortunately given that Tiger is about as animated and expressive as a 4-iron, it wasn’t very convincing.

I believe that Tiger is still all about Tiger. He is still stubborn. Still selfish. Still scripted. And “sex addicted”? Please. You can put me and every straight male I know into that category. Difference is, most of us choose to tug it out in the shower if we have to instead of acting on it with every waitress who ever asked what we’ll be having. That being said, the conference will probably call off the hounds as the admissions of guilt were almost over the top. But sincere it was not.

TIME editor Ratnesar was on to the false notes

There were some false notes, like the overheated, straw-man defense of Elin – she “deserves praise, not blame.” Uh, sorry, but who's blaming her? Among those who think she really did go after him with a 9-iron, most would agree with Jesper Parnevik: she should have used a driver. And there was a brief section early in the speech in which he extolled all the good works being done by the Tiger Woods Foundation – while it was nice to hear that those projects will continue, it also felt discordantly self-serving. I don't think he's done with the confessionals, though – he'll need to answer real questions, from someone.

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TIM FINCHEM, PGA Tour commissioner:

“There's some anger in quarters, but mainly it's a sense of sadness. He's an American hero and he's had these issues. But at the end of the day, he's a human being. We all make mistakes, we all have made mistakes. And when we're lucky, we learn from those mistakes and get to be better people. It seems to me that's the course he's on.”

STEWART CINK, British Open champion:

“It sounded heartfelt to me. It sounds like it was a really difficult thing for him to do. And from a guy that's done a lot of tough things in golf over the years, it was probably one of the most difficult things he's ever had to do. It was something probably that's going to help him along the way of healing.”

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC “Good Morning America” anchor: 

“One of the most remarkable public apologies ever by a public figure. . . . He left nothing on the table. This is a man who has thought a lot about what he did.”

KULTIDA WOODS, Tiger's mother:

“You know what? I'm so proud to be his mother, period. This thing, it teaches him, just like golf. When he changes a swing, he wants to get better. He will start getting better, it's just like that. Golf is just like life – when you make a mistake, you learn from your mistake and move on stronger. That's the way he is.”

DAVID FEHERTY, CBS golf analyst:

“I have never seen him appear so vulnerable. . . . I was very impressed with what he said.”

SHAUN WHITE, two-time Olympic snowboarding gold medalist:

“It's a bummer, his personal life. He's trying to pick his words very carefully and apologize. I respect that.”

BEN CRANE, three-time PGA Tour winner:

“I thought it was an amazing conference. I thought Tiger was very humble. And you know what? I think we all love him as a golfer and as a family man. We want to see what's best for him, and I think everything he did is going to help him get back soon and help him.”

JULIA MANCUSO, three-time Olympic medalist (via Twitter):

“do we think this is coming from the heart or the paper! come on Tiger! give us some reality here”

So, what did you think of Tiger Wood's apology? Did you buy it? Will it work?