Jeffrey Evans, the app creator denies that the name was derived from the famous golfer.

He claims that malicious and incriminating SMS are all the rage right now.  It's so easy to get caught on your mobile.  Did you even know that everytime you connect your iPhone, it creates a backup file to be able to restore it if needed.  Restore includes all text messages and calls made.  So delete, delete, delete before you sync.

Anyway the objective of TigerText is to delete the messages right after reading it.
Both parties must have TigerText app installed and configure the settings for auto-delete.

I'm thinking, if you have nothing to hide, why use this app?