Leave The Man Alone!

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Tue, 12-01-2009 - 8:16am

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Tiger Woods has canceled plans to attend his own golf tournament in southern California because of injuries he suffered near his Florida home early Friday, the pro golfer said in a statement Monday.


"I am extremely disappointed that I will not be at my tournament this week," Woods said of the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California. "I am certain it will be an outstanding event and I'm very sorry that I can't be there."


He also canceled a Tuesday news conference for the start of the tournament, which helps raise money for Tiger Woods Foundation programs.


Woods suffered minor injuries in a vehicle accident early Friday in his luxury neighborhood near Orlando, Florida, according to a police accident report.


State police in Florida said Monday an investigation of the single-vehicle crash "is ongoing and charges are pending."


The incident has ended Woods' golf appearances until next season, according to a statement posted on his Web site.


"Woods will not participate in any other tournaments in 2009 and will return to action next year," the statement said.


The PGA Tour has ended for the year, but the first tournament of the 2010 season is just five weeks away. At least one other charity event is scheduled, but it is not clear if Woods had planned to attend.





 
The Chevron World Challenge will go on despite the absence of its host, said Greg McLaughlin, president of Woods' foundation.

"We support Tiger's decision and are confident the strong field and excellent course will provide an exciting week of competition at the Chevron World Challenge," McLaughlin said.


In a statement issued Sunday afternoon on his Web site, Woods offered no details of his wreck except to say he had cuts and bruises and was "pretty sore."


"This situation is my fault, and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and me," he said. "I'm human and I'm not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn't happen again."


According to a police report, Woods pulled out of his driveway about 2:25 a.m. Friday in a 2009 Cadillac SUV and struck a fire hydrant, then a tree.


Authorities have said they don't have details on why Woods was driving away from his home at such an early hour, but a police report said the wreck was not alcohol-related.


State troopers have unsuccessfully asked three times to question him about the wreck, police said. Woods canceled the third scheduled interview on Sunday, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes told CNN.


"We have been informed by the Florida Highway Patrol that further discussion with them is both voluntary and optional," said Woods' agent Mark Steinberg, in a written statement. "Although Tiger realizes that there is a great deal of public curiosity, it has been conveyed to FHP that he simply has nothing more to add and wishes to protect the privacy of his family."


Under Florida law, Woods must show his license, registration and proof of insurance to police, but is not obligated to give a statement on the crash. His attorney Mark NeJame handed over the required documents to the troopers Sunday at Woods' home, Montes said.


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NeJame told CNN he stood by Woods' statement and had no further comment.


"If we're unable to meet with him, we'll move on with our investigation," Montes said. But she called the delays "very unusual, because it's such a minor accident."


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Last week, a story in the National Enquirer alleged that Woods has been seeing a New York nightclub hostess. The Associated Press contacted the woman and reported she denied having an affair with Woods.


The 33-year-old golf phenomenon has won the Masters tournament and the PGA tournament each four times, as well as three U.S. Open Championships.


Investigators had sought possible surveillance tapes of the wreck from neighbors, but none were found, she said.


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In his Sunday statement, Woods praised his wife Elin Nordegren, saying she "acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble." Nordegren told police she used a golf club to break out the rear window of the vehicle, then pulled Woods from the SUV after she heard the accident from inside their home.


"This is a private matter, and I want to keep it that way." "The only person responsible for the accident is me," he said.


Woods and his wife have two children, a 2-year-old and a baby born in February.


 


Holy Cow!!!! What is it with people these days that they feel its a God-given right to invade the privacy of others? Is Tiger Woods' car accident really any business of ours? All the speculating and assumptions and accusations are like stones being thrown at the man in an attempt to anger him into 'fessing up to something that will titillate us and be tomorrow's next great TMZ story.


I applaud him for keeping his private life private.  He ran his car into a tree in front of his house. Oooops. Right now it's between him and his insurance agent.  And that's the way it should stay.

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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 8:51am

but front page news for weeks on end?

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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 9:03am

No, i can't control what the media puts on their front pages, or as their headlines.

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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 10:03am

His endorsements are between him and the companies that choose him to represent their products.

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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 10:10am

I wasn't referring to "choice", so you missed the point.


I only had your words to go by.


I also don't care about Tiger Woods.

 

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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 10:28am

"How has this become ANYONE's business?"


Well, because Tiger is a VERY popular, public figure who has ALWAYS been very private about his personal life.....electing to even be aloof and distant to his fellow golfers on tour, and even friends, yet he elected to share many, many personal things about his life with complete strangers who he elected to have affairs with. I, personally find that to be quite alarming, if not fascinating. He is now paying the price for being so blatantly stupid in his disregard for the consequences he was surely going to have to face once this was made public. I, too, feel sorry for his wife and children. That said, I don't know the state of their marriage....none of my business, nor anyone elses.


This became a public issue strictly because of Tiger's fame and fortune. Hey, not many people could get away with having a car accident at 2:30 in the morning, be unconscious laying in the road snoring and not have been at least asked to take a sobriety test at the scene. He lives by a different set of rules than you or I, so when he does something like this, he also has to be treated differently than you or I, right? People want to know now.....they could care less if it were common folk like us.....he CANNOT have it both ways.....it's quite easy for me to see why the media and the masses take great pleasure in knocking him down a peg or three....he's been arrogant and non-cooperative with the authorities and the press over all this, thinking it would "go away". Well, it ain't going away Tiger. Live with it pal. At least you weren't hauled away in a cop car and thrown in jail like I would have been....power and riches will save your arse most of the time....but allegedly "11" different women? And talking trash to some of them about your wife? You aren't worthy of receiving a free pass on what YOU caused to begin with.


John Daly......that's all

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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 10:56am
The whole thing could have been handled by saying he had an Ambien prescription. One of the side effects is "sleep driving." Would have "explained" everything. Then all these women coming out would just look like idiot gold diggers trying to ruin a "good mans" reputation. His PR people are stupid.


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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 11:00am
I'm so sorry to hear about your son Cat. It's all so misguided. I was talking to someone yesterday whose son got 18 months for 2 vicodin pills in his car. But a local


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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 11:06am
I am in complete and total agreement with you. Stonewalling and silence only causes one to appear guilty, even if they're not. His PR people blew it big time for him.....unfortunately for Tiger, it won't be THEM that suffers for it....it will be HIM, and
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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 11:38am

Thanks.

 

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Thu, 12-10-2009 - 1:47pm

It's not wrong for you to judge your father or cheating spouses. You

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