The Tiger Woods ordeal... [Archive]

SF Kid

11-30-2009, 08:28 AM

Now I talked to Bear yesterday before the latest information turned up this morning and layed out this probable scenario:

Wood's wife got wind of the reports coming through the news media about a possible Woods involvement with another women. It's pretty well documented with eye witnesses etc.
A domestic argument ensued
Elin likely scratched Tiger's face during the argument
Wood's (who has a massive temper) left the house in a rage
Elin chased him out of the garage and down the driveway and smashed his back window with a golf club
Woods was startled, swerved and hit the fire hydrant
So now Wood's and Elin have refused to talk further with the police about the incident which I guess is his right. He gave them the information that he has to (DL#, Registration and proof of insurance) but states on his website that it's a private matter, it was totally his fault and it will never happen again. What will never happen again? Can he predict an auto accident will never happen again? Something is clearly fishy.

Now this morning it's reported that the police are seeking a search warrant to get medical records from the hospital to determine if the injuries are consistent with an auto accident or some sort of domestic violence. The police are asking for the search warrant to determine if any "criminal activity" is present.

Looks like my detective work might not be too far off. Now I know a lot of people might say that what happened is nobody's business. Maybe so but the police think otherwise. And when you're in the limelight like Woods is you're just held to a higher standard. Trouble city I'm afraid. Very disappointing.

Here is the whole story (http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4699907)...

McCovey

11-30-2009, 11:43 AM

So a famous, wealthy athlete cheats on his wife? I'm so surprised. ;) This is "Jose Canseco" all over again. :rolleyes:

Bear

11-30-2009, 11:48 AM

So a famous, wealthy athlete cheats on his wife? I'm so surprised. ;) This is "Jose Canseco" all over again. :rolleyes:

Some how I don't think so!:nono:

McCovey

11-30-2009, 01:12 PM

Some how I don't think so!:nono:
Canseco's former wife tried to run over Canseco with her car.

SF Kid

12-01-2009, 06:10 PM

Oh boy...here we go. Privacy? Nah...I don't think so Tiger. After dodging the car accident bullet now this douche bag women claims more infidelity -- with text and voice mail proof. Ugh. . Wonder how much loot she's getting from US Weekly to air her dirty laundry?

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December 01, 2009

New affair allegations surface against Tiger Woods

Posted at 3:19 PM by Eamon Lynch | Categories: Tiger Woods

Just when Tiger Woods thought his week couldn’t get any worse, it has.

Celebrity magazine US Weekly is reporting that Woods conducted a long-term affair with a Los Angeles cocktail waitress, and claims to have the voice mail and text messages to prove it.

According to the magazine’s website, Jaimee Grubbs, 24, says she began having a sexual relationship with Woods in Las Vegas in April 2007 and that it lasted 31 months — suggesting that the alleged relationship ended only recently.

US Weekly plans to post a voicemail on its website Wednesday morning, which the magazine claims is from a call Woods made to Grubbs on November 24, in which he suggests that his wife, Elin, might suspect he has been having an affair.

The world’s top golfer has been caught in a media storm since an early morning car crash outside his home on November 27. The fallout from that incident has led to all manner of colorful allegations against Woods, with rumor and innuendo far outpacing facts and evidence. One such allegation, published by the National Enquirer, is that Woods had been having an affair with a New York hostess, Rachel Uchitel.

Woods has not addressed any specific accusation but released a statement in which he said rumors circulating about him and his family are false and unfounded. Uchitel has furiously denied the affair and hired an attorney.

In this case, Grubbs claims to have photos and 300 explicit text messages from Woods, who married Elin Nordegren, the mother of his two children, in 2004. Grubbs recently appeared on the VH1 show Tool Academy.

Read more: http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2009/12/new-affair-allegations-surface-against-tiger-woods.html#ixzz0YUNjofFh

Bear

12-01-2009, 11:25 PM

SF Kid

12-02-2009, 08:49 AM

From Tigers website this morning...

Tiger comments on current events
By Tiger Woods

I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.

Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means. For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives. The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect.

But no matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy. I realize there are some who don't share my view on that. But for me, the virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family. Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions.

Whatever regrets I have about letting my family down have been shared with and felt by us alone. I have given this a lot of reflection and thought and I believe that there is a point at which I must stick to that principle even though it's difficult.

I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves. For all of those who have supported me over the years, I offer my profound apology.

Bear

12-02-2009, 09:07 AM

At the end of this statement he should have said there will be no further discussion of this matter, and I will not address it again in a public forum. The end.:mad:

SF Kid

12-03-2009, 05:39 PM

The is getting more bizarre by the minute. I'm starting to think both of them are scum bags...

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Report: Woods Paying Elin ‘Seven Figures’ To Stay
Posted by Brooks on Dec. 02, 2009, 3:15pm

Bill Zwecker of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES sources breaking news that Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren have entered marriage counseling and are in the process of reworking their pre-nuptial agreement.

More notable though is Zwecker reporting that Woods is paying Nordegren a “hefty seven-figure amount” to remain his wife.

Also, don’t look for Woods’ wife, Elin, to be moving out of the couple’s Windermere, FL., mansion anytime soon. The links legend’s spouse is reportedly being paid a hefty seven-figure amount — immediately transfered into an account she alone controls — to stick with her husband.

On top of that, my source indicated Elin Nordegren Woods, the mother of Tiger’s two children, has demanded — and is getting — a total rewrite on the couple’s prenuptial agreement making the incentives for her to remain Mrs. Tiger Woods even more enticing.

At this point, the couple needed to remain married for 10 years in order for Woods’ wife to collect a splitsville settlement of $20 million. I’m being told that time frame has been shortened — and the dollar amount increased “substantially.”

• Perhaps most important of all, the Woodses have already begun intense marriage counseling — at their home — with a counselor who has been conducting sessions several times daily.

For Woods, the investment is at the very least worth it financially. If Nordegren leaves him and takes the kids, it will only damage him more publicly and lead to fallout with his sponsors.

Meantime, it’ll be interesting to see if Nordegren wavers as more and more info continues to leak out about Woods’ myriad affairs.

SF Kid

12-03-2009, 05:41 PM

And this...

Presser: Uchitel’s Move To Bilk $1M Out Of Tiger?
Posted by Brooks on Dec. 03, 2009, 12:35pm

RadarOnline.com reports that Rachel Uchitel may being paid up to $1M for her silence after she threatened to go public this morning about her affair with Tiger Woods.

Look, we know a lot of these tabloids reports are questionable, but one thing sticks out in Radar’s claim.

One source claimed that Rachel was negotiating a $1 million payoff by Tiger’s people to remain silent. When asked about this, Gloria Allred told RadarOnline.com, “no comment.”

When was the last time Allred canceled a presser and gave an on-the-record “no comment” in the same day? Try never.

RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that there was extensive contact Wednesday night between Rachel’s representatives and Tiger’s people. Multiple sources have told RadarOnline.com it was that contact that caused Rachel to cancel the press conference.

What’s more, RadarOnline.com has confirmed through numerous sources that Rachel has been seeking a payday for the rights to the story of her affair with Tiger.

So Uchitel was shopping her story about her affair with Woods to the highest bidder? Lovely.

What’s the odds Uchitel took that number and informed Woods that if he didn’t beat it, she’d hold a presser and admit they had sex? And that Allred is getting a piece of the action?

Also, you think Woods’ reps right about now are going through the golfer’s phone to see if there’s any more women they might have to transact some bidness wit?

Bear

12-03-2009, 06:43 PM

At this point I no longer care. Woods is shit and so are the people involved in this soap opera. What a joke.:mad:

SF Kid

12-11-2009, 05:29 PM

Wow...breaking news:

Tiger Woods taking hiatus from golf
By Tiger Woods

I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children. I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness. It may not be possible to repair the damage I've done, but I want to do my best to try.

I would like to ask everyone, including my fans, the good people at my foundation, business partners, the PGA Tour, and my fellow competitors, for their understanding. What's most important now is that my family has the time, privacy, and safe haven we will need for personal healing.

After much soul searching, I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf. I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person.

Again, I ask for privacy for my family and I am especially grateful for all those who have offered compassion and concern during this difficult period.

SF Kid

12-11-2009, 05:33 PM

Looks like the great one finally figured out he can't grind through this mess like he's playing the back nine at Augusta.

Good for him. Hard to tell if he's really being honest but at least this time he's asking for forgiveness from his fans, PGA Tour, his Foundation and his fellow competitors. That's the first step I think. Unlike his initial statement when he denied, denied, denied.

I hope he means this shit. I hope he can over come it. Tough road to hoe (no pun intended). :D

Bear

12-11-2009, 05:59 PM

He is going to hoe another road? Oh no!:eek::pound:

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 08:00 AM

For Woods, hiatus from golf is smartest thing he could have done
By Michael Bamberger, Senior Writer, Sports IllustratedPublished: December 11, 2009

Tiger Woods said he needed a break from golf to focus on his family.

Never underestimate this Tiger Woods. He will make you look like a fool. Yes, what we've learned about him since Thanksgiving has been sordid. He's not the first famous person to be a serial philanderer. But he is the most famous person to call himself out. His announcement Friday night, that he's going to take an indefinite leave from professional golf, was the smartest thing he could possibly have done. On Friday night he said in a statement, "It may not be possible to repair the damage I've done, but I want do my best to try." The hyper-realist.

For 15 or more years now, the guy always looked so smart in public, on the course and in a hundred press tents. Look at the way he's picked his way around the Old Course, golf's great mystery chest, in his two British Open wins there. He picked his spots, picked his spots, picked his spots, taking the full four days to bury 149 other guys. It's OK to stand in awe of it: it was majestic. In front of the mikes, he was never inspiring, but he didn't want to be. His goal was to keep us out, and he did it well.

For reasons best known to him, he didn't want to be known as a black golfer. Maybe because his ancestry was so mixed. Maybe because he knew that conversation wouldn't help him win more majors. He got the conversation to change. Yes, he was terse and stingy, but he wasn't an automaton. When he was asked to summarize what his late father had given him, he said it all in a single word: "Love."

And then came Thanksgiving and everything after it, and suddenly he looked so dumb. So sloppy. So inelegant. All these women coming forward, with their tapes and their texts. If you were going to be a serial philanderer, Tiger, wouldn't you be a little smarter about it? I really didn't want to know anything about his sex life — a person's sex life is private, right? — but there it was, all over the Internet, every damn day. We had always thought his heroes were Nicklaus and Mandela and Earl, right? And suddenly it looked like he was taking his cues from Babe Ruth and Wilt Chamberlain and John Holmes and who knows who else. And the saddest part was that it was pretty obvious that his wife, Elin, was finding out about it right along with us. I don't think she attacked him with a golf club. No act of violence was going to ease her pain.

Maybe — maybe — this move will. When the news of his infidelity first broke, the cynics said he must protect the brand. Protect the brand, protect the brand, protect the brand. Screw the brand. Tiger's made his money. If he never wins again he's won enough. I'm not even sure how much he likes golf. I'm not going to venture a guess about the nature of his relationship with his wife. What business is that of ours? I can almost assure you that there's nothing more important in the world to him than the welfare and happiness of his two young children. I say that for the same reason you would, if you're a parent yourself. And I say that because you could see the intensity of the bond between Earl and Tiger — so obvious and so real. If you've had that, you'd want your kids to have it, too.

How long will he stay away? Your guess is as good as mine. He could never come back. Right now, the idea of him going to the driving range is completely unrealistic. There would be helicopters hovering over his head, and in his head, too.

His appetites, it seems, are like his athletic skill: outsized. Could he ever be happy, just he and Elin and the kids, off on a boat somewhere, or in a condo in Sweden, or in the gilded prison called Isleworth? From what we've heard, you're tempted to say no. And that question is not even half of it. Not close. Will Elin ever trust him again? Are her wounds so deep they cannot be repaired? Is the worst news already out? (Probably not.) Their children, Sam and Charlie, had no chance at a normal life, whatever that means, in the best of circumstances, and these circumstances are horrid. It's not just their father's infidelity. It's that the whole world knows.

Ambition is a strange animal. We push it in this country, we push it and push it and push it. Earl pushed it. I don't care how Zen-masterish he sounds in his books and his quotes, he pushed it hard. Be the best, be the best, be the best. And Tiger became the best, way earlier than he expected. He amassed more and more and more, more trophies, more fame, more money. Oh, Tiger, Tiger, sign my book for me! Tiger, take me to your room! Tiger, take my $100 million endorsement, Tiger! And what did it all get him? A golf bag filled with tsuris and a babe who would give up his texts for a check and some passing fame.

You and I, we have it better than we could ever know.

Tiger says he wants to be a better father and husband and person. Raise your glass to the man. So do I.

http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1947317,00.html

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 08:02 AM

Reactions to Woods' 'indefinite' break from golf
Published: December 12, 2009

"It will impact on every tournament Tiger plays, I believe. Let's hope the tabloid press finishes quickly and we get on supporting good golf. He is suddenly, I hate to say, more normal now. There is a mystique which has been lost now and let's hope that golf isn't damaged by that, and it shouldn't be. There was an aura, and that wall if you like has been split slightly, so there are cracks and I feel that it gives us more opportunity of winning these big events now." - European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie.

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"I'm in shock over it all. A lot of our players are in shock. I'm not happy with the way some of our players have responded - that's their way of getting back because they know they can't beat him at golf. They always say there is no one bigger in golf than the game itself. But Tiger is." - Two-time major winner John Daly.

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"It's tragic. I think this whole thing is tragic. I am in touch with his wife Elin Nordegren now and then. Me and my husband Mike have been out dining with Elin and Tiger on a few occasions. Perhaps it won't happen as often now." - Former top-ranked women's golfer, Annika Sorenstam.

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"I don't know anything. I have no comments to this and I don't know either." - Nordegren's father, radio talk show host Thomas Nordegren, on speculation that the couple are on their way to Sweden.

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"For years to come, he will be a figure of fun to comedians great and small. Tiger Woods will have to put up with those jokes and japes for 20 years to come. It's a very messy situation and I would advise him to go and see the people that Michael Douglas, the actor, went to see because he had addictive sex problems. He's obviously got a problem. We were told for years that his father stood by the side of the green throwing pebbles in buckets of water, shouting and blowing whistles to make him oblivious to all these noises. Now we have to see how strong his mind is." - Veteran BBC golf commentator Peter Allis.

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"To make a sacrifice like this, looking at how he has been throughout his career is a big shock. He was so one-dimensional in his quest to break golf records and to be known as the best golfer of all time. But you have to wonder about the validity and truthfulness of anything he says right now." - BBC golf commentator Jay Townsend.

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"Indefinite is a scary word. If Tiger Woods indefinitely doesn't play golf, that's not good for us." - Australian golfer Geoff Ogilvy.

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"What he did was totally wrong. And he's got no one to blame except himself. You can look at other people, but he's the one who's got to look in the mirror. It's his personal life, so that's up to him if he wants to get his family life in order. It's a hard thing to come back from." - Australian golfer and Woods' friend, Craig Parry.

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"With the scrutiny his life is under it would be nigh on impossible to turn up and concentrate on playing golf, which is what he does best. The only way he could go was to take a break, try and sort his life out and come back when he's ready. He does that well from injury and he'll be back when he's ready to do so. If he takes a hit through his sponsors that will not damage him too much. He's a wealthy man and the least of his worries are monetary. They are probably the last thing on his mind." - English player David Howell.

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"Hopefully he can go on something like Oprah, maybe even with his wife, to show that they're making a real go of it. The clever move would be for him to say, 'I'm coming back when Elin tells me the time is right."' - Veteran British publicist Max Clifford.

http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1947328,00.html

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 08:03 AM

Official: Woods' wife has bought house in Sweden
Published: December 12, 2009

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish housing official has confirmed that Tiger Woods' wife bought a house on an island off Stockholm.

Stenake Johansson, the chairman of the Faglaro Residential Association, said Saturday that Elin Nordegren became the owner of a six-bedroom house on Dec. 1 on Faglaro. The island is only reachable by boat.

He says negotiations likely started shortly after the house was put on the market in August - well before the recent reports about Woods' alleged extramarital affairs.

Johansson could not confirm the mansion's reported price of $2.2 million. He said he didn't know whether Nordegren and Woods plan to move in.

Woods announced Friday on his Web site that he was taking 'an indefinite break from professional golf.'

http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1947327,00.html

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 08:04 AM

The good news in Tiger's statement

Posted: December 11, 2009

Tiger Woods is “profoundly sorry.”

He is “deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt” that his “infidelity” caused. He asks for “forgiveness.”

Woods is turning his “focus” on being a “better husband, father and person.”

For Tiger Woods’ fans, this is all good news in the statement he just released on his Web site.

It’s good news after nothing but awful news the last 14 days.

The announcement leads us to believe Woods hasn’t lost his family yet, that he’s working “to repair the damage” he’s caused. There’s hope in the message for those who want to see him save his family. There’s hope of healing and redemption.

The downside for Woods’ fans is that he will be taking an “indefinite break” from professional golf.

There’s a potentially steep downside in that for the PGA Tour.

When Woods doesn’t play, the game’s not the same. This won’t help the Tour as it tries to secure a new TV contract and renew title sponsorships in a bad economy.

Really, though, this may be a case of short-term pain that’s well worth the long-term gain.

We don’t know how long Woods will be gone. It seems apparent he won't be back for the PGA Tour event in San Diego, where he traditionally makes his season start in late January. That wouldn’t be an indefinite break. It would be a normal break.

Whatever time Woods spends away, it’s good for Woods and the PGA Tour if he returns as “the better father, husband and person” he says he is trying to become. The downside is the likelihood that it will take longer than a couple months to do that work.

Still, this message is good news, and it would resonate so much more powerfully if he looked at us when he said it.

Woods has serious credibility problems. Statements issued on the Web alone won't change that.

As much as Woods supporters fiercely argue that he shouldn’t have to make a public appearance to confess and apologize, the act would go a long way in starting his rehabilitation in so many minds.

Sports Illustrated’s Phil Taylor said it well this week.

“Does Woods owe the public further insight into his private life?” Taylor wrote. “Of course not, but this is not about what Woods owes us; it is about what he wants from us going forward. Does he want the same thunderous reception from the gallery as he approaches the 18th hole that he has enjoyed? Does he still want to be admired as a pioneering role model, and not just appreciated as a great golfer? If he cares about those things, he will have to earn them back by being honest with us and revealing at least some of his pain. That is his public penance. The public, in a way, is like the spouse who has been cheated on. If you want to repair the relationship, you need to do more than just say you're sorry – you have to let us look you in the eyes and make our own judgments.”

Maybe that’s coming.

Maybe we’re finally nearing the bottom of this awful story, but there’s no guarantee with media outlets continuing to dig. The appetite for the scandal is staggering. The depth of the allegations is equally staggering.

The story still needs a bottom, and here’s hoping Woods moved us closer to it with his statement. Here’s hoping he’s on his way to turning this story around and leading us all out of this mess.

http://www.thegolfchannel.com/tour-insider/good-news-tigers-statement-34243/

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 08:35 AM

At long last, Tiger turns the corner

By Bob Harig
ESPN.com

Tiger Taking Break From Golf
Bob Harig on Tiger Woods taking an indefinite leave from the PGA Tour

They are simply words on a page. But these days, reading between the lines is more appropriate than reading the line of a putt.

Tiger Woods will not be doing any of the latter as he takes a leave of absence from professional golf to sort out his personal life. And that will be much easier after the statement he posted on his Web site Friday night, the fifth one since his life was turned upside down two weeks ago.

The one-car accident outside his Orlando home in the early-morning hours the day after Thanksgiving, followed by the incessant tabloid talk, has brought us to this point -- and none too soon.

Unlike Woods' Dec. 2 statement in which he apologized for "transgressions" -- without specifying what they were -- then used the opportunity to chastise others for invading his privacy, this one seemed more humane, more humble, more himself.

After the world has been subjected to repeated reports of extramarital activity, Woods used the word "infidelity" for the first time and said he needed time away from golf to "focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person."

This was the smartest thing Woods has done since plowing his Escalade into a fire hydrant, which served to ignite this firestorm.

From a late response to his accident, to little or no details about his injuries, to withdrawing from his own golf tournament -- which benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation -- to his chippy statement after a tabloid story about a 31-month affair, Woods was not faring too well in the arena of public opinion.

Various opinion polls had Woods' popularity plummeting, including one by a prominent research firm, Peter D. Hart Research Associates, which showed in a survey conducted Dec. 4-6 that 58 percent of those following the Woods story with some interest said they had become less favorable toward him. That poll was taken before numerous reports of marital infidelity surfaced.

The game of golf was taking a beating, too. The story was the elephant in the room at Woods' Chevron World Challenge last week in California, where somehow a golf tournament went on amid all the talk of scandal.

Greg Norman weighed in this week at his Shark Shootout in Florida. And John Daly in Australia. It has been the subject of late-night comedians and all manner of conjecture, including talk that Woods would take a big endorsement hit and that the PGA Tour would have trouble locking up sponsors.

The story isn't going away, but at least it is now on a path to … somewhere.

"I think this is the proper move," said PGA Tour player Steve Stricker from Naples, Fla., where he is playing in the Shark Shootout; Stricker partnered with Woods in October at the Presidents Cup. "I think it shows he wants to make things right. Golf is always going to be there. I think he's shown that he wants to make a better commitment to his family. Golf is always going to be there and waiting for him when he gets things in order."

Stricker said that he is among several of Woods' friends who tried to reach out to him since news of the accident broke Nov. 27. "I got nothing back … as well as other people who tried to get in touch with him, too."

Woods, 33, is the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world. In 2009, he ran his PGA Tour victory total to 71 with six victories, and he is at 14 major championships for his career, four behind the hallowed record held by Jack Nicklaus.

All of that can wait, Stricker said.

"I'm hoping that he can straighten things out with his family life," Stricker said. "Nobody knows the situation between him and [wife] Elin. I hope and pray that they can work it out and move on -- if that's at all possible."

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem expressed similar sentiments in a statement, saying that the tour "fully supports" Woods' decision to step away from the game for now.

Who would have ever dreamed Finchem and the PGA Tour would be in favor of Tiger skipping tournaments?

Yet that is what this Tiger tale has come to, the game's best player benching himself for his own good.

Bob Harig covers golf for ESPN.com. He can be reached at BobHarig@gmail.com.

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 12:39 PM

For Tiger, the games are over
by Robert Lusetich

After more than 20 years of covering everything from election campaigns to the Olympic Games, Robert Lusetich will focus on his first love, golf, and specifically on the much-anticipated return to the fairways of the sport's king, Tiger Woods.

Editor's note: Robert Lusetich covered Tiger Woods this season for FOXSports.com. His assignment afforded him an insider's look at the Woods phenomenon, and his observations will be further chronicled in an upcoming book to be released in April by Atria Books.
Since Tiger Woods was but a cub of a boy, golf's always meant more to him than anything else.

TIGER'S TROUBLES

Can't get enough of this scandal? We've got all the latest on Tiger's troubles.
A few weeks shy of his 34th birthday, golf's Peter Pan has finally grown up.

By announcing that he's taking an extended leave of absence from that which has meant so much and provided him with even more, Woods is acknowledging, maybe for the first time, that golf's just a game.

A wondrous and alluring one, to be sure, but in the end, coaxing a little white ball into a hole is far from the most important thing in life.

It's a lesson most of us learn in disappointment when the time comes to apply for a job and finally let go of those childhood dreams. Tiger's had to learn it in a much uglier way and I'm not sure which of us, in the end, has been luckier.

He's a proud man and I'm sure he'd be willing to trade many, many of his dollars in order to erase the ridicule and humiliation he's suffered through over the past fortnight.

Golf's going to miss him only in days ending in 'y' but he will be back, whether it be at Torrey Pines for the San Diego Open in six weeks or for the Masters in April. In the meantime, with the star on hiatus, we're going to have to content ourselves with the understudies as they try to keep the show going.

Not a particularly heartening scenario, I know — especially given the disaster that was the Tiger-less second half of 2008 — but Woods has a marriage to save, a family to try to keep together and a soul that needs healing.

In other words, his priorities are no longer those of an adolescent.

Friday's mea culpa statement on his Web site — I don't know about you but I'd still prefer to watch him speak those words, which would only amplify the humanity in them — gives great hope that the salvaging of the Woods family has begun.

It's heartening, for me, to learn that it's even possible.

I was far from convinced that Elin would be even willing to take him back. As hard as this has been on him, I can't imagine what it's been like to listen to women with very little going for them tell of not just sex but sharing intimacies with her husband.

The sex, in a sense, could be excused as a physical need, but what a betrayal it is to learn that your husband was cuddling with another woman in your matrimonial bed while watching a movie.

It's heartening, too, that Woods is no longer hiding behind cold, lawyerly words like "transgressions" but for the first time admits to "my infidelity."

Personally, I would have gone with the plural given the procession of women crawling out from beneath the sheets, but that's splitting hairs.

The overarching point is that Tiger Woods is finally taking full responsibility for his own actions, which is all any of us could ask of another human being.

And, really, it's the only way to forgiveness, which I think is what Woods ultimately seeks.

"I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father and person," Woods wrote.

That last part is for us, his public.

The Tiger Woods we've all known for the past 13 years, ever since he introduced himself with that mesmerizing, Hello, world, commercial has gone.

If he ever existed.

In that sense, the upheaval of the past two weeks may prove to be a blessing.

Woods will no longer need to project himself as perfect because we all know now in far too much detail that he's not.

And the paranoid handlers around him won't need to act like there's a Machiavellian cabal lurking around every corner to expose his imperfections.

Of course, it's not all going to be a bed of roses because at some point, Woods will make his return to competitive golf and, for the first time, we'll be watching him more than his golf ball. He'll have to deal with questions and they'll be difficult. He's also going to have to deal with the fact that he may no longer be the crowd favorite. Not everyone will be willing to forgive him his sins.

Be sure, it's going to be a long journey back for Tiger Woods, not just back to golf but back as a husband and a father.

A long road but shorter now that he's taken the first step.

Godspeed.

http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/10512578/For-Tiger,-the-games-are-over

Bear

12-12-2009, 12:43 PM

Enough!!! Let me know if he ever plays again.:thumbdown::spank::smack:

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 01:25 PM

Don't read it.

Actually it's a lot more interesting than talking about the pitiful baseball team and it's ownership in SF.

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 02:14 PM

Interesting article in GOLF magazine...The Wedge has a story of how the family got started in the golf club business...Pretty Cool!

SF Kid

12-12-2009, 03:27 PM

More fall out...Gillette to phase out ads featuring Tiger...

NEW YORK – A major sponsor of Tiger Woods' will phase the world’s most valuable athlete out of its advertisements while he takes time off to repair his personal life.

“As Tiger takes a break from the public eye, we will support his desire for privacy by limiting his role in our marketing programs,” Gillette said Saturday.

The announcement by the Procter & Gamble division marks the first major sponsor of the superstar athlete and corporate pitchman to distance itself from Woods.

The news comes a day after Woods announced an indefinite leave from golf and public life to repair his marriage. Woods has been embroiled in a public scandal for two weeks since a car accident exposed Woods’ alleged marital infidelity.

Woods is the pitchman for brands ranging from AT&T to Accenture to Nike. His array of endorsements helped him become the first sports star to earn $1 billion.

Nike, which built its $650 million golf business around Woods, said late Friday that it supports his decision. AT&T said it is evaluating its relationship with Woods.

Woods will be phased out from Gillette’s television and print advertising, and from public appearances and other efforts linking the two entities together, Gillette spokesman Damon Jones said.

“This is supporting his desire to step out of the public eye, and we’re going to support him by helping him to take a lower profile,” he said.

The company has had a contract with Woods since 2007. Jones declined to provide further details, including length and value, of the contract.

Woods hasn’t been seen in a prime-time television commercial since a Gillette spot on Nov. 29, according to the research firm Nielsen Co.

Jones said that was because golf is off-season, so the company is promoting new products such as Gillette Fusion MVP with football and baseball stars instead, because those seasons are more current.

As any ads featuring Woods expire, they will not be renewed. Jones said that did not mean the company was severing its ties with Woods. There had been no upcoming scheduled public appearances for Woods, he said.

He declined to comment on when the company would resume including Woods in its marketing, and would not say whether that would be linked with the timing of Woods' comeback, when and if he decides to resume playing golf.

http://www.golfweek.com/news/2009/dec/12/gillete-phase-out-tiger-ads/

SF Kid

12-13-2009, 05:43 PM

Accenture ends sponsorship of Tiger
Associated Press

Global consulting firm Accenture Ltd. is ending its sponsorship of Tiger Woods, saying the golfer is "no longer the right representative" after the "circumstances of the last two weeks."

Accenture's announcement Sunday marks the company's first statement since allegations of Woods' multiple infidelities surfaced in recent weeks. The move makes Accenture the first sponsor to cut ties altogether with Woods since his marital troubles came to light and since his statement Friday that the 33-year-old is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on his marriage.

The relationship between Woods and Accenture goes back six years, with the New York-based firm in 2006 crediting its "Go on, be a Tiger" campaign with boosted its image significantly. Accenture has used Woods to personify its claimed attributes of integrity and high performance.

"After careful consideration and analysis, the company has determined that he is no longer the right representative for its advertising," the company said Sunday, adding that "it wishes only the best for Tiger Woods and his family."

Accenture said it will immediately transition to a new advertising campaign, with a major effort scheduled to launch later in 2010.

On Saturday, Gillette, which uses the slogan "The best a man can get," said it won't air advertisements featuring Woods or include him in public appearances for an unspecified amount of time, but didn't say it was terminating their relationship completely. Woods was hired by Gillette in 2007 and has been in ads for Gillette Fusion Power razors with titles like "Phenom" and "Champions" with other stars including tennis great Roger Federer and soccer player Thierry Henry.

Can't get enough of this scandal? We've got all the latest on Tiger's troubles.
Woods' personal troubles also took another turn Saturday, according to a report. Officials from Florida's Department of Children and Families went to the golfer's home that afternoon, RadarOnline.com reported, citing an unnamed source.

There has been speculation that a domestic incident may have led to Woods' crash early on Nov. 27 when his SUV hit a fire hydrant and a neighbor's tree as he was leaving his home. Woods has denied those allegations and said his wife Elin was courageous in trying to aid him after he was injured.

"Child abuse, adult investigations in the state of Florida are confidential," agency spokeswoman Carrie Hoeppner told the New York Daily News. "I'm just not able by law to give confirmation about whether we visited the family and that is in the interest of protecting the child."

Orange County Sheriff Department's deputies accompanied the family agency officials, RadarOnline.com reported.

"Our deputies met with members of the Department of Children and Families," Capt. Angelo Nieves told the Web site. "But all details are being kept secret."

Despite all the turmoil, other sponsors have continued to stick with Woods for the time being.

Electronic Arts, whose EA Sports division has been selling Tiger Woods video golf games for a decade, said Sunday, "We respect that this is a very difficult, and private, situation for Tiger and his family. At this time, the strategy for our Tiger Woods PGA TOUR business remains unchanged." The game's next edition featuring Woods comes out in six months.

Nike Inc. said late Friday it supports Woods' decision to take time off. Gatorade, a unit of PepsiCo Inc., said previously it supports Woods. AT&T has said it is evaluating its relationship with the golfer. Watch maker Tag Heuer did not return a call Sunday, but its Web site continues to display photos of Woods' wearing the Link and Golf Watch models.

SF Kid

12-14-2009, 08:02 AM

Golf is just as messy-real as any other sport, and now everyone knows it

By Cameron Morfit, Senior Writer, GOLF MagazinePublished: December 13, 2009

Woods acted anything but muted or predictable on the course.

There are many reasons why the Tiger Woods saga has expanded to fill so much airspace, such a galaxy of gawking, as if his next move really makes that much difference to anyone but him and his wife.

Perhaps the best, albeit overlooked explanation: The story blows a hole in the last layer of protective cellophane around the game, vaporizes what was left of golf's pedestal that kept it somehow above the fray and beyond reproach. Other sports wallowed in cocktail waitresses, Vicodin and mysterious moonlight car accidents, but surely not golf.

Of course the premise was ridiculous long before Woods came along. A European Tour veteran once told me with a wink, "To be a professional golfer you have to travel where you please, eat and drink what you want, and sleep with whomever you like."

Okay, then.

Suffice it to say, that credo isn't exactly unheard of on the PGA Tour, too, and Woods is a far cry from the first pro golfer to foul the nest. Some of his wilder predecessors freelanced in other ways.

Jimmy Demaret was an avowed party animal. Lee Trevino showed up slightly drunk for the last round of the 1968 PGA, having tried in vain to rehydrate himself — with Gatorade that was spiked with tequila — after several beers the previous night.

Others have no doubt cheated at golf itself.

But the old media mostly swallowed the whistle on such shenanigans, maintaining the happy illusion that golf was somehow different, more gentlemanly.

In fact it was just as messy-real as any other sport, and now everyone knows it. All that's left is for Davis Love III to accidentally discharge an unregistered firearm in a crowded nightclub.

It's been happening for a while now, this mainstreaming. Golf's elitist image began to show cracks with pop-culture touchstones like "Caddyshack" (1980), but bounced back with the Shoal Creek controversy (1990). Then Tiger came along and inspired a massive Nike ad campaign (1996) and a video game in his image (EA Sports, '98), and perceptions began to change in a more lasting way.

Woods looked nothing like what we expected from a golfer (old, white), and was anything but muted or predictable on the course. These were good things. He crossed over, to use the lingo, which combined with out-of-this-world talent and new media to make him the most famous athlete in the world. All of that explains, in part, how we arrived at the current searing drama that never seems to end.

But golf's transformation was partly bureaucracy in motion, as well.

The Tour began testing players for performance-enhancing drugs last summer, and announced last month that it had nabbed its first offender.

The sport won inclusion in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games, thanks in large part to the efforts of the PGA Tour's Ty Votaw.

Golf has come down from on high because there is money in it, long term. (The Olympics could potentially kick-start worldwide participation and generate cash for most everyone in the game, not just Woods.) It has joined the rest of the world because the powers that be recognized that the rest of the world had it right.

It's why golf has followed football's lead: The Tour condensed its schedule in 2007 in part because the country's most popular league, the NFL, has an enviably finite, clearly delineated season.

And it's why golf has aped auto racing: The Tour remade its end game to resemble Nascar's.

Every shot is now on TV, making the PGA Tour less mysterious and more transparent each day. And of course those shots can now be dissected and analyzed in a variety of cool ways on the Internet.

All of the above moves have helped golf shake its insular, imperious rep. Even Tiger's embarrassing missteps have helped, in their own sad, bizarre way.

Maybe they've helped most of all.

Separatists will insist the game is still different, better, cleaner, more like life itself, and so on. They will roll out calcified old chestnuts like, "Yes, but golf is the only sport where the players call penalties on themselves." Let's see: Roberto De Vicenzo signed an incorrect card, fans rolled a boulder out of Tiger's line, Ernie Els was gifted a ruling at the U.S. Open — few of the game's most memorable rulings involved a golfer calling a penalty on himself.

It happens, but it doesn't make golf unique. Tennis players call their own service faults. And why pretend self-sacrifice is limited to the country club sports? The assist (basketball, soccer, hockey, etc.) and the pancake block (football) are made of the same stuff.

For that matter why pretend that anything is limited to golf, or excluded from it? We've got sex, drugs and the Olympics. We've got video games, tell-all memoirs and US Weekly to make sure that no salacious detail slips through the cracks.

Golf is now brought to us in high definition, and it includes the lowest improprieties. We can no longer pretend that it isn't part of every wonderful, banal and cringe-worthy facet of the human experience, and if that seems like a tough pill to swallow, hold your nose and try to remember: It's good for us.

http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1947385,00.html

SF Kid

12-15-2009, 05:36 AM

Nike boss: Woods scandal will just be 'a blip'
by FOX Sports

Tiger Woods lost one sponsor yesterday, but a couple of others are sticking with the troubled golfer.

Nike chairman and co-founder Phil Knight played down the scandal in an interview with Sports Business Journal, saying "When his career is over, you'll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, but the media is making a big deal out of it right now."

He gave no indication the apparel company would back off from its relationship with Woods, saying scandals involving athlete endorsements are "part of the risk."

Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer said Monday it will continue its association with Woods despite the golfer's alleged infidelities.

Company spokeswoman Mariam Sylla said the sponsorship is unchanged because Woods remains the world's best golfer and Tag Heuer does not care about his private life.

"We will continue," Sylla told The Associated Press. "He's the best in his domain.

"We respect his performance in the sport," she said, adding that Woods' personal life is "not our business."

Tag Heuer has been sponsoring Woods since 2002. Financial details of the agreement have not been announced.

Tag Heuer's comment came a day after global consulting firm Accenture PLC became the first major sponsor to announce it was cutting ties with Woods.

Woods announced Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on his marriage after allegations of infidelity surfaced in recent weeks.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

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Nike and Tag Hauer making light of this? Hmmmm. I'm not sure if this will be a "blip" or not. I really think it depends on what Woods does once he returns to the golf course. If he wins early and often it'll all be forgotten. If he struggles well that will be a different story.

And while Tag says ``his personal life is not our business" I say to them unfortunately it is your business because he is a spokes person for YOUR company. What part of THAT don't you understand?

Bear

12-15-2009, 09:42 AM

Now out of Canada it is reported that Tiger has been seeing a sports doctor and being treated with Steroids so if you think this will not effect his game think again. If they prove this he could be toast in all areas of his life. The Tiger may be skinned.:nono::shakehead:

SF Kid

12-15-2009, 07:14 PM

Wow. Just wow.

Report: FBI investigates doctor who treated Tiger Woods
Published: December 15, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — A Canadian doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods, swimmer Dara Torres and NFL players is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to a newspaper report.

Human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood, in Dr. Anthony Galea's bag at the U.S.-Canada border in late September, The New York Times reported. He was arrested Oct. 15 in Toronto by Canadian police.

Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States.

The FBI has opened an investigation based in part on medical records found on Galea's computer relating to several professional athletes, people briefed on the inquiry told the Times on condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation. [The New York Daily News also also reported on the story on Tuesday and said charges against Galea are expected to be filed on Friday.]

The anonymous sources did not disclose the names of the athletes, and Galea told the newspaper "it would be impossible" for investigators to have found material linking his athletes to performance-enhancing drugs.

According to the newspaper, Galea has developed a blood-spinning technique - platelet-rich plasma therapy - to help speed post-surgery recovery.

Galea visited Woods' home in Florida at least four times in February and March, the newspaper reported, to provide that platelet therapy after his agents were concerned by his slow recovery from June 2008 knee surgery.

Asked about Woods' involvement with Galea, agent Mark Steinberg told the newspaper in an e-mail: "I would really ask that you guys don't write this? If Tiger is NOT implicated, and won't be, let's please give the kid a break."

According to the report, Galea said Woods was referred to him by the golfer's agents at International Management Group.

However, Steinberg sent an e-mail to the AP on Tuesday that said: "No one at IMG has ever met or recommended Dr. Galea, nor were we worried about the progress of Tiger's recovery, as the Times falsely reported. The treatment Tiger received is a widely accepted therapy and to suggest some connection with illegality is recklessly irresponsible."

Woods announced Friday that he was taking an indefinite leave from golf to concentrate on his marriage after allegations of infidelity surfaced in recent weeks.

Torres told the newspaper Galea found a previously undiagnosed tear in her quad tendon.

"Excluding draining my knee, he has never treated me, but I did see his chiropractor who did soft-tissue work on my leg," she said in an e-mail to the Times. "That was the extent of my visit with him."

Her agent, Evan Morgenstein, told the AP that Torres was not available for comment Monday night.

Brian H. Greenspan, Galea's criminal defense attorney, said an investigation will vindicate his client.

"Dr. Galea was never engaged in any wrongdoing or any impropriety," Greenspan said. "Not only does he have a reputation that is impeccable, he is a person at the very top of his profession."

While acknowledging he used HGH himself for 10 years, Galea told the newspaper he never gave any athletes the substance, which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. And Galea told the Times he has never combined HGH or Actovegin with his platelet treatments.

"All these athletes come see me in Canada cause I fix them, and I think people just assume that I'm giving them stuff," he told the newspaper. "They don't have to come to me to get HGH and steroids. You can walk into your local gym in New York and get HGH."

Prescribing HGH is legal in Canada; it can be used in the United States but only in a few instances that don't include hastening recovery from surgery.

Galea is also being investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for smuggling, advertising and selling unapproved drugs as well as criminal conspiracy, the Times reported.

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Not sure what to make of this. Where there's smoke there's fire I'm afraid.

Bear

12-15-2009, 09:25 PM

There has to be some small chance now the the Tiger is done. This period in his life is just a damn shame and in my mind I can see there is a chance that this is it.:(

SF Kid

12-16-2009, 08:21 AM

No doubt this next year is going to be hell for Woods. This HGH story is really troubling. I can see Nike finally having to throw in the towel unless this is squelched quickly somehow. But with the tabloids involved I just don't see s story like this going away quickly. Too much money to be made with the National Enquirer scandal sheets on sale at Safeway!

SF Kid

12-17-2009, 09:07 AM

Report: Tiger's wife seeking divorce

Updated Dec 17, 2009 10:54 AM EDT
Tiger Woods is heading for a divorce, according to a report Thursday morning.

Elin Nordegren has asked for a divorce according to ABCnews.com, which cited a source close to Woods' wife as saying that a "divorce is 100 percent on." The source said Nordegren plans to move cautiously while waiting to see if there are any new allegations of infidelity on the part of Woods.

Nordegren was recently photographed without her wedding ring.

"It would not appear that Elin Nordegren is going to be standing by her man," Kate Coyne, senior editor at People Magazine, told "Good Morning America."

Coyne also claimed Nordegren is "shopping around" for a divorce attorney.

But ABCNews.com's source said Nordegren is not "rushing to divorce."

"She's going to take her sweet time. She wants all the dirty laundry to be out on the table before she signs anything."

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Not surprising. I think it's the right thing to so. That relationship is/was a mess.

SF Kid

12-19-2009, 09:14 AM

Tag Heuer to halt use of Tiger's image in U.S.

Updated Dec 18, 2009 2:37 PM EDT

Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer says it will not use Tiger Woods image in advertising campaigns in the United States for the foreseeable future.

Tag Heuer CEO Jean-Christophe Babin told Swiss daily Le Matin on Friday that the company was reacting to "recent events" surrounding the golfer.

Babin was quoted saying that "we recognize Tiger Woods as a great sportsman but we have to take account of the sensitivity of some consumers in relation to recent events."

Woods has taken an indefinite leave from Golf to work on repairing his marriage after numerous allegations of infidelities.

The newspaper said Tag Heuer will continue to support Woods' charitable foundation but will use other brand ambassadors in U.S. ads.

The watch maker could not immediately be reached for comment because the story was released on the newspaper's Web site after Tag Heuer's headquarters at La Chaux-de-Fonds closed for the holidays until Jan. 4. The full interview was to be published in Saturday's editions of Le Matin.

Tag Heuer joins other sponsors in backing away from Woods as his image has taken a beating since a Thanksgiving holiday car accident at the golfer's Florida Home was followed by an admission of extramarital "transgressions."

Consulting firm Accenture dropped him as its representative last weekend, and Gillette said it would stop airing his ads for their razors.

Tag Heuer initially said Monday it would stand by Woods, but moderated its support later that day by saying it would assess its relationship with the world's highest-earning athlete.

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The hits just keep coming for dumbass Tiger Woods.

SF Kid

12-23-2009, 08:07 AM

Report: Tiger may face fierce custody battle with Elin

Updated Dec 20, 2009 11:09 PM EDT

If Tiger Woods does get divorced, he could be in for a bitter custody battle, according to a report.

England's Daily Mirror reported Sunday that Woods' wife Elin is prepared to raise their two children alone. She has already asked for a divorce, according to ABCnews.com, which Thursday cited a source close to Woods' wife as saying that a "divorce is 100 percent on."

Woods has admitted cheating on his wife and there are allegations that he could have squeezed in extra tee times with as many as 14 other women. The Daily Mirror, citing an unnamed friend of Elin Woods, said Elin is upset that Tiger won't see sex addiction doctors and so she wants to limit his access to their children — 2-year-old Sam and 10-month-old Charlie.

“Everyone wants Tiger to get treatment and going down that road was his only real chance of delaying the divorce, but he wouldn’t even sit through therapy," the friend said. “Elin has had enough now. She’s made up her mind that she’s going for custody.”

Elin Woods was recently photographed without her wedding ring and according to the newspaper she's hired Hollywood divorce lawyer Sorrell Trope.

The Daily Mirror reported that Elin Woods wants to tear up her pre-nup, get full custody of the kids and try to get half of Tiger's money, citing unnamed friends. Woods' has earned $1 billion, according to Forbes.

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She's on the right track. No judge is going to look at the pre-nup and say that it's all good. She never signed up for this crap and deserves "half"...

Bear

12-23-2009, 09:39 AM

She's on the right track. No judge is going to look at the pre-nup and say that it's all good. She never signed up for this crap and deserves "half"...

Thank you judge Kid. Where did you get your law degree?:excuseme::oops:

SF Kid

12-23-2009, 11:31 AM

:fu:

SF Kid

12-23-2009, 11:34 AM

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3048/smilies14290.png

Bear

12-23-2009, 11:55 AM

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3048/smilies14290.png

Crude, very crude. Say five Our Fathers, and beg for the Bear to forgive you, you crude boy!:nono:

TkleMstr52

01-02-2010, 12:34 AM

Rich men shouldn't get married as they seem 2 have problems staying faithful. In NO way tho do these dumb assed GOLD DIGGERS deserve half the mans fortune, especially in this case! Half a billion+. Earn ur own $ bitch!!

SF Kid

01-02-2010, 05:32 AM

Rich men shouldn't get married as they seem 2 have problems staying faithful.No doubt. As this thing unfolds yo have to wonder why Woods ever got married. If he hadn't none of this would be an issue. A real head scratcher.

In NO way tho do these dumb assed GOLD DIGGERS deserve half the mans fortune, especially in this case! Half a billion+. Earn ur own $ bitch!!Disagree here. While they had a marital pre-nuptial agreement I'd venture to say the women's attorney will argue that infidelity of this magnitude was never a consideration of "Irreconcilable Differences". She may not get half but she's gonna settle for a chunk of change. I don't really think she's a gold digger but then I really don't know that as fact.

Bear

01-02-2010, 09:16 AM

She my not be a Gold Digger, but she sure hit pay dirt.!:rolleyes:

SF Kid

01-02-2010, 01:14 PM

She my not be a Gold Digger, but she sure hit pay dirt.!:rolleyes:You got that one right!

Rumor is she fled to Sweden. Nobody knows WTF is going on for sure. :nono:

SF Kid

01-04-2010, 08:29 AM

Mongomerie says Woods will no longer be the same threat

By Associated Press
Posted: January 3, 2010
LONDON – Colin Montgomerie believes Tiger Woods will return from his marital problems to win more majors but says he won’t be the iconic player who dominated golf for the past decade.

Woods has taken an indefinite leave from the game after admitting to infidelity.

Europe’s Ryder Cup captain told BBC Radio on Sunday that he had no doubt Woods would come back and add to his 14 majors, but said his mystique had now gone.

Boy I'd sure agree with this.

Every time you look at Woods now you think... douche bag. Liar.

Bear

01-04-2010, 08:48 AM

Boy I'd sure agree with this.

Every time you look at Woods now you think... douche bag. Liar.

Then why do you keep your avatar?:shakehead:

SF Kid

01-04-2010, 10:11 AM

Oh I like the avatar. That's a keeper for ever!

Bear

01-04-2010, 10:51 AM

Oh I like the avatar. That's a keeper for ever!

So you like a douche bag, liar avatar? Strange, very strange indeed! :bugeye::evil_grin:

TkleMstr52

01-05-2010, 03:10 PM

I can see her getn half of his earnings while they were 2gether, also subtract her "earnings" from that, the rest of HIS fortune shouldnt be touched by her greedy little paws. Haha, she got used to living off his $ so now she will get more than she should. If she loved him, she would find a way to work around it. This is Tiger fn Woods, she expects him to not falter with all the women after him? Come on now, what makes her so special.

Bear

01-05-2010, 03:15 PM

TkleMstr52

01-05-2010, 03:28 PM

Yea well as good as she looks, there is always as good and better passing him #s im sure so, why not have the hole farm over the milk and cow or what not, hehe, im just saying there is a reason he would do this. Maybe she always had a headache.

Bear

01-05-2010, 03:36 PM

TkleMstr52

01-05-2010, 04:47 PM

Kids change my outlook. I dont care about her but the kids...........SAD :(

Bear

01-05-2010, 05:42 PM

The real a-hole here is Tiger himself. What did she do?:spank::oops::^^

SF Kid

01-05-2010, 06:23 PM

If she loved him, she would find a way to work around it. Come on man. You don't really belive that do you?

This isn't a one time thing that Woods can blame on getting drunk or something like that. These are 3 year affairs and with as many as 15 different women that he was flying all over the world to fuck his brains out after a round of golf.

I really don't think any women could stomach that -- Love or no love.

I still maintain that a judge wil award her a ton of money for the infidel's sins. No prenuptial agreement has a "it's OK to cheat on me" clause. :)

Bear

01-05-2010, 08:22 PM

Come on man. You don't really belive that do you?

This isn't a one time thing that Woods can blame on getting drunk or something like that. These are 3 year affairs and with as many as 15 different women that he was flying all over the world to fuck his brains out after a round of golf.

I really don't think any women could stomach that -- Love or no love.

I still maintain that a judge wil award her a ton of money for the infidel's sins. No prenuptial agreement has a "it's OK to cheat on me" clause. :)

Very well said. You shock me with your grasp to the situation.:bugeye:

TkleMstr52

01-09-2010, 01:45 AM

hahahahaha, alrite alrite, i didnt read the article and dont listen to the news, its not something that should be in the publics mouths, I do now understand her leaving. In a hurry with a heavy wallet in her purse, fuck him like he fucked them!!

Bear

01-09-2010, 10:08 AM

It does seem that he is not a very nice guy. She will get hers however.:beerbang:

SF Kid

02-18-2010, 05:49 AM

I think it's official. Tiger Woods is a bitch. He's still got that "I'm above everybody" attitude. He's an elitist and it's a salp in the face to every Tom, Dick and Harry who has ever supported anything he pimps. Fuck him. I hope he never wins another major title.
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MARANA, Ariz. -- Tiger Woods will speak publicly Friday for the first time since his bizarre, Thanksgiving night car accident, beginning what his agent called "the process of making amends" for the sex scandal that sent him into hiding for three months.

"While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him," Mark Steinberg said in an e-mail Wednesday. "He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends and that's what he's going to discuss."

However, Steinberg said Woods will not take any questions :fu: from a small group of media. "This is not a press conference," he said.

"He wants to begin the process of making amends and that's what he's going to discuss.”

It will be Woods' first public appearance since Nov. 27, when he crashed his SUV into a tree outside his Florida home. Woods' only comments since then have been made through his Web site.

Woods is to speak at 11 a.m. ET Friday from the clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., home of the PGA Tour.

There was strict control over the appearance, typical of Woods' career.
:fu:

Steinberg described the gathering as a "small group of friends, colleagues and close associates," who will listen to Woods apologize as he talks about the past and what he plans to do next. He said three wire services have been invited -- The Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg -- and he asked the Golf Writers Association of America to recommend pool reporters.

Only one camera will be in the room to provide live coverage via satellite. Steinberg said other writers with proper credentials could watch from a hotel ballroom more than a mile away.

"The first time out, he's better controlling it," fellow player Padraig Harrington said from the Match Play Championship in Arizona. "Over time, there will be questions. At the moment, the best thing is a more controlled environment and gradually ease his way back into it." --- Bullshit.

The timing is peculiar. The appearance will take place during the third round of the Arizona tournament, sure to steal attention away from the first big event of the year. The tournament is sponsored by Accenture, the first sponsor to drop Woods when he became embroiled in the sex scandal.

"He's got to come out at some point," Irish golfer Rory McIlroy said. "I suppose he might want to get something back against the sponsor that dropped him. No, I don't know. It just went on for so long. I'm sick of hearing about it. And I'm just looking forward to when he's getting back on the golf course."

For the second year in a row, Tiger Woods stole the headlines at the WGC-Match Play. The difference? This year, Woods did it with a statement rather than his golf clubs, writes ESPN.com's Jason Sobel. Column

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said he did not think Woods' appearance was going to undermine the World Golf Championship event.

"We have tournaments every week," Finchem said. "I think it's going to be a story in and of itself. A lot of people are going to be watching golf this week to see what the world of golf says about it, my guess is. So that will be a good thing."

As far as the PGA Tour's part in the Woods event, Finchem said: "We were asked to make the facility available and to help with the logistics. That's what we're doing."

Steinberg said only that Woods' appearance during the championship was "a matter of timing." Asked if it could have waited until Monday, he said, "No." ---Sure Steinberg...keep spinning it. :mad:

Not everyone agreed.

"It's selfish," former U.S. Open and British Open champion Ernie Els told Golfweek magazine. "You can write that. I feel sorry for the sponsor. Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday. This takes a lot away from the golf tournament." --- Bravo Ernie...tellin' it like it is. Woods is a bitch. You can write THAT.

Woods had a spectacular fall from his perch atop golf. He was believed to have been the first athlete to gross $1 billion in earnings and endorsements and, at 14 majors, was closing in on golf's record of 18 majors held by Jack Nicklaus.

It all collapsed in the early morning hours after Thanksgiving.

Over the last few months, Woods has been on the cover of gossip magazines and the butt of jokes on national talk shows.

In the days before Woods' accident, a National Enquirer story alleged the world's No. 1 golfer had been seeing a New York nightclub hostess. Following the crash, a stream of women came forward to claim they had romantic relationships with him. One woman provided Us Weekly magazine with a voicemail she said Woods left her three days before the crash, asking her to take his number off her phone.

Woods admitted to "infidelity" in a statement on his Web site in mid-December and has been on an indefinite break from golf ever since.

Ian Poulter, who went extra holes to win his opening match, was among those curious to hear what Woods had to say. His only hope was to hear about it later.

"Hopefully, I'll be on the golf course and not listening to it," he said.

Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press

Bear

02-18-2010, 09:35 AM

Well Kid how do you really feel? I am sure he will win another major, but just how many only time will tell. This guy is only human, and that being said I am reluctant to judge him. I have always maintained that man is always trying to deny we are just animals with animal urges. Now many try to deny this, but it is true. Monogamy is not natural in the animal world. So the Bear will not judge the Tiger.:nono:

SF Kid

02-18-2010, 06:06 PM

My point, as I mentioned on the phone, is not about Woods being human. That's obvious. What is annoying is how he has to manipulate and control everything to be all about him. Having some sort of news conference or PC that takes no questions makes no sense to me. If that's the case what is the point? Just put the statement on this website and continue to be insensitive to everybody else. Point is he cares only about himself , his precious image and nothing else. Screw him.

Now if he comes back and wins at Augusta can you imagine? People will be saying "how good is this guy"... I doubt it will happen but with that guy you never know.

SF Kid

02-20-2010, 08:29 AM

OK I watched Mr. Woods...Time to let this go I guess.

Not sure what anybody wants from the guy now. That must have been awfully difficult for him to eat crow and admit he's just human. I was pretty down on him because of his apparent "holier than thou" attitude but now I realize he's in some sort of a 12 step program for his issues. This statement is clearly part of that. The timing had nothing to do with anything except it was now time for him to come clean to his friends, family, fans, business partners and the world publicly. So he did. Done.

Now the media needs to leave the guy alone. There is no story here now. It's a personal matter. He made it clear that while he knows some want to know all the details of his affairs and his situation with his wife that he will not be answering any questions about any of that. What do people what to know at this point? Are they looking for blow by blow explanations about what he did with each mistress? D'oh. Stop it already.

I was surprised he actually came out and admitted that he thought the rules didn't apply to him and that he knows better now. Was he sincere? No idea. I have no way of knowing that and neither do any of the talking heads who are making brain surgery out of this.

I'm not sure he will play in 2010. He said he will be back "maybe even this year"...but I think we can clearly rule out the Masters and maybe even the US Open. If I had to bet on his return I'd say the Open in June but it just may be be a complete off year for him if he's really sincere about trying to save the marriage.

Leave Tiger alone. :p

Bear

02-20-2010, 10:55 AM

The Kid is capable of compassion.:eek:

SF Kid

08-09-2010, 07:51 AM

Little did we know where this was going when the "ordeal" began.

Woods is a complete mess now in his life and on the golf course.

Wow.

Bear

08-09-2010, 09:21 AM

Little did we know where this was going when the "ordeal" began.

Woods is a complete mess now in his life and on the golf course.

Wow.

Jack your record is safe. You can take a breath again.:pound:

SF Kid

08-09-2010, 01:48 PM

Fat Jack is celebrating at the dinner table nightly. You can be sure of that. LOL

I'm pretty sure in reality Jack hates Woods and is happy he won't be breaking his records! Of course he says all the right things in public but you know it's true...Jack probably doesn't like Woods at all.

Bear

08-09-2010, 11:00 PM

SF Kid

08-23-2010, 04:43 PM

The End.

Tiger Woods, wife officially divorce

Associated Press

Tiger Woods and his Swedish-born wife officially divorced Monday, nine months after his middle-of-the night car crash outside their home set off shocking revelations that the world's most famous athlete had been cheating on her through multiple affairs.

"We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future," Woods and Elin Nordegren said in a joint statement released by their lawyers.

The divorce was granted in Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Fla., about 375 miles away from their Isleworth home outside Orlando. The couple married in October 2004 in Barbados and have a 3-year-old daughter, Sam, and a 19-month-old son, Charlie.

The marriage was described in court documents as "irretrievably broken" with no point in trying to reconcile. Terms of the divorce were not disclosed, except that they will "share parenting" of their two children.

"We love Elin, and we are so proud of the grace and strength she has shown during this difficult time," said Nordegren's father, Thomas Nordegren, a talk show host at national broadcaster Swedish Radio. "We know that she will come out of this even stronger and has a bright future in front of her."

The divorce was finalized by Bay County Circuit Judge Judy Pittman Biebel during a brief hearing in a conference room in her chambers, according to Biebel's judicial assistant Kim Gibson. The hearing lasted no more than 10 minutes. Woods and Nordegren were present, along with their lawyers, Gibson said.

"I don't comment on active cases," Thomas J. Sasser, Woods' divorce attorney, said. When asked why they chose to file in Panama City, Sasser said it was a joint decision by the lawyers.

Nordegren's attorneys -- which included her twin sister, London-based Josefin Lonnborg -- referred all questions to the statement.

Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, declined comment when asked if the couple had a prenuptial agreement or terms of the settlement. "We're not commenting beyond what was in the release," he said.

Nordegren's mother, Barbro Holmberg, also declined comment.

Nordegren, who once worked as a nanny for Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik, asked to have her maiden name restored as Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren.

The couple signed a marital settlement agreement on July 3 and July 4, the weekend of the AT&T National outside Philadelphia, where Woods failed to break par in a PGA Tour event for the first time in 11 years.

The sordid sex scandal cost Woods three major corporate sponsors -- Accenture, AT&T and Gatorade -- worth millions of dollars, and he lost his image as the gold standard in sports endorsements. A month after the scandal became public, Woods spent two months in therapy at a Mississippi clinic with hopes of saving his marriage.

"While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us," they said in the statement. ... "The weeks and months ahead will not be easy for them as we adjust to a new family situation, which is why our privacy must be a principal concern."

According to court documents, Woods completed the American Safety Institute's four-hour course on "Parent Education and Family Stablization" on July 10, the day before he left to play the British Open at St. Andrews. Woods, who had won the previous two times at St. Andrews by a combined 13 shots, tied for 23rd.

Nordegren completed her four-hour class through FloridaParentingClass.com on Aug. 16, the day after Woods tied for 28th in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

Documents also show the two children lived at their primary home at Isleworth until November 2009 -- Woods crashed his SUV over the fire hydrant and into a tree on Nov. 27 -- and that Nordegren had moved out to a nearby residence since then.

Woods is to play this week at The Barclays, where he needs a good performance to extend his PGA Tour season and try to show he is worth picking for the Ryder Cup. It will be his first tournament as a single man since he finished ninth in a World Golf Championship in Ireland in October 2004.

Since returning to golf at the Masters, Woods has not come close to winning a tournament. He tied for fourth in the Masters and in the U.S. Open, both times taking himself out of contention early in the final round.

One example of how the impending divorce has affected him came last month when he played in a charity pro-am in Ireland, which ended on Tuesday. Instead of staying overseas to practice on links courses, Woods flew home to Florida for six days to see his children, then returned to Scotland for the British Open.

Woods has won 82 times worldwide -- 36 times and six majors while married -- in his professional career. His last victory came at the Australian Masters on Nov. 15, his last trip before his serial infidelity was uncovered.