So golf superstar Tiger Woods is sorry about those sexual liaisons.

He said so over and over again in a nationally televised appearance today.

He apologized to everyone — especially his wife— his children, his mother, the fans, his employees, his business associates, even his friends among the media.

Looking tearful, he promised he would never again engage in such behavior, which a snarky colleague of mine translated as: “I promise I’ll never get caught having an affair again.”

He said he knew he had caused all of us pain.

The thing is, Tiger, I felt no pain over the revelation that you had some sleazy affairs. We, as a society, are inured to such scandals. We expect our politicians and movie stars and sports heroes to have feet of clay because, as you put it yourself, they have this sense of entitlement. I don’t think it means we’ve become cynical, just realistic.

Your scandal didn’t affect me personally, and certainly caused me no pain. And I try not to make judgments about people’s personal behavior.

We’ve all been there. Well, not exactly there.

But, we’ve all done things that we’d do over if we had the chance.

I wish you well, Tiger, as you and your wife try to save your marriage. It won’t be easy, and you’ll be paying for your transgressions for a long time. She seemed to be giving you a hint when she said your apology to her “won’t come from words ...”

We’ll have to accept your insistence that Elin didn’t smack you with a golf club, or anything else, on the night of your car accident.

Where public perception is concerned, though, the idea that you took a whumping from the wife might have given you a healthy shove down the road to redemption.

Irv Dean is the Gazette’s city editor. Reach him by e-mail at dean@dailygazette.com.