Crouching Tiger, hidden Hydrant

Now that more details are emerging about the Tiger Woods car crash it’s looking likely that Tiger will be losing half his estimated 600 million pound fortune in a divorce.

The respected TMZ site has reported that Tiger was chased out of his house by an enraged wife  Elin angered at reports he had been cheating on her with Rachael Uchitel, Rachael came to prominence after the 9/11 attacks in New York when the Iconic picture of her in tears at Ground Zero holding a picture of her missing (later to be confirmed dead Fiancé) was flashed around the world.

Tiger through his attorneys has strenuously denied the allegations, though it must be said that TMZ who believe Tiger has been playing away are rarely wrong.

From piecing  together reports it appears this was the sequence of events, Woods and his wife row about Tigers alleged infidelity, his wife grabs a golf club and goes for Tiger who runs and jumps into his car possibly already taking  one blow, once tiger is in the car and attempts to drive of Elin runs down the drive attempting to cut him of,  Tiger swerves to avoid her and hits the hydrant she opens the door landing one more blow at which point Tiger accelerates away hitting a tree, as he climbs out of the car Elin attacks him again knocking him unconscious, she then tries to revive him as the police arrive.

The police report Tiger was unconscious for up to six minutes, at which point the ambulance arrives and takes Woods of to hospital.

I counted three blows, classing Tiger as a par four it looks like Elin Birdied him. The clubs she used are still to be determined but as the club did not travel that far I would put my money on a nine iron.

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Tiger Bogeyed

Tiger Woods should not  be allowed to treat the law the way he has, three times he has cancelled scheduled appointments to talk to the police and give his version of events of the crash last Friday night, the obvious reason he is doing this is to give the wounds on his face time to heal.

The police should not be giving him preferential treatment because of his status, I understand their patience is wearing thin and they are threatening to get a warrant to raid his house, Woods has further muddied the waters by hiring a local criminal lawyer to represent him.

It does look as though Tiger has had a bit  of a beating of the wife, it seems that he was struck across the face before he ran out and jumped into his car barefoot, which in Florida is in itself an offence, you may not drive barefoot in any part of Florida private estate or not.

If his wife as she claims was rescuing woods from the car, why was she when police arrived in their words “hovering over him with a golf club in her hand” also if  Woods facial injuries were sustained by hitting the steering wheel why was there no blood on the wheel but blood all over his face and clothes.

The millionaires estate that Tiger lives on is covered by CCTV not one inch is left exposed there will be footage of the whole incident somewhere, I’m sure Tiger’s own security system will have picked it up,  this story still has a lot of mileage in it and will run and run.

My opinion is that Tigers team is now working on damage limitation, bearing in mind the lucrative endorsement contracts he has Tiger should come clean and admit to a domestic problem which he can get over, after all everyone has marriage problems from time to time, but if Tiger ties to play with the law and a criminal conviction is the end result  his endorsements will quickly dry up.

Tigers clean living and ideal family life  image alongside his extraordinary skill make him the superstar he is in the marketing world, but in America they do like their hero’s clean cut, so lets have the full story and move on.

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Tiger Crash

I  listened to the recording of the 911 emergency call made by Tiger Woods neighbour in response to his accident on Friday night, and the thing that struck me , bearing in mind that this accident happened in a exclusive and very expensive part of Florida within a gated compound that even has its own security force was, how could the bloke making the call be rich enough to live there.

It must be inherited money the guy was so stupid it defied belief, I was getting frustrated listening to him trying to string a sentence together, god knows how the operator on the line did not hang up on the idiot. whatever money this moron has, he did not earn it he was given it.

Woods should be grateful his injuries were not life threatening and speed was not of the essence, Tiger could have played 9 holes in the time it took his neighbour to tell the emergency services that a car had crashed outside his house and that someone was laying on the floor.

Listen to it yourselves at the link below, and decide if I have been to harsh with his intellectually challenged neighbour.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2750619/Tiger-Woods-911-crash-tape-is-released.html

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A Paper Tiger

A massive shock at Turnberry where Tiger Woods crashed out of the open, its only the second time in 13 years that Tiger has missed a cut at a major tournament. He could be excused the last time as his father Earl had just died. But yesterday it was simply down to his wayward driving, he sprayed the ball all over the course and you cannot get away with that, especially at Turnberry with the way the wind blew yesterday.  As bad as he played a testament to Tigers brilliance came when while he was 10 shots of the lead and  needing at least 3 birdies from the last four holes to make the cut the bookies still had Tiger as an unbelievable third favourite to WIN the Claret Jug  at a measly 12/1.  As big a shock as  Tiger not making the cut was, this is just a  blip on his way to winning more majors than anyone in history, woods is only 33 and with the fitness regime he follows could easily play for another 20 years. Perfectionist that he is he will be hurt by what happened yesterday so get your money on Woods for whatever tournament he turns out for next, its the nearest thing to a certainty you will ever back.

Tiger Woods Pathetic

What is Tiger thinking, announcing a press conference right in the middle of a tournament , this is hardly likely to endear him to his fellow pro’s, why could he have not made his announcement Monday, which is normally the day for news conferences in golfing circles.

But like the control freak that Tiger is, even his “apology” is stage managed he will read a prepared statement to a hand picked audience who are not permitted to ask questions, I will be surprised if the whole thing lasts longer than 5 minutes.

This could also be a dig at the tournament sponsors who are Accenture, this company were one of  Tigers biggest sponsors, if that is the case that is childish behaviour from Woods,  Accenture were also the first to drop him when the scandal broke, quite rightly in my opinion, any standing that Tiger had has evaporated in light of what a pathetic man he is in his personal life, Tiger went beyond just having an affair and is in the realms of sleaze.

I believe if and when Tiger plays his first tournament he can be expected to be shunned by a lot of fellow pro’s, and ridiculed by large sections of the gallery’s any respect he had has gone out of the window, and the aura and mystique around the man has followed.

A few pro’s have already publicly criticised him, the latest being Ernie Els, who has been a model pro all his life and never a whiff of anything untoward about him. Ernie has earned the right to comment on Tiger bringing the game into disrepute.

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Wood’s Woes Continue

If a sign were needed that Tiger Woods’s off-course problems were affecting his game, it came in dramatic style in the first round of the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday. Tiger shot a 6  over par 74 on the first day then followed it with a 11 over par 79 on day two, an unbelievable 17 shots behind leader Billy Mayfair in just two rounds.

Needless to say Wood’s has missed the cut, that for only the sixth time in his 14 year professional career, in his heyday Tiger shooting two consecutive bogeys made news yesterday he had a run of six holes scoring bogey or worse.

On December 7th last year I suggested Tiger may not play  professional golf again because of his mental state due to his of course problems, http://durdensview.blogspot.com/2009/12/tiger-will-retire.html  Tiger being Tiger attempted to prove his critics wrong, I stand by my prediction and believe retirement cannot be far away.

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Tiger Will Retire

The stories about Tigers private life just keep coming and coming, and they are sounding worse and worse, the latest woman to come forward is a hard core porn star. Holly Sampson is the “star” of some pretty hardcore material including Bondage movies.

Friends close to the couple  say Tigers wife has packed her stuff and moved out, and who can blame her it must be humiliating beyond belief for her as each new allegation is aired, if it wasn’t enough that he has been cheating , but to find out while she was pregnant as well through two pregnancies.

Over the years Woods has cultivated this image of a focused individual with tremendous mental strength but sadly that may not be enough, a proud man like Woods being exposed like this will take it badly, from being held in almost reverence by adoring fans to suddenly become the butt of every ones jokes.

He is currently the number one article googled on the net, most of them jokes.

In America the late night talk show hosts like Letterman and Jay Leno are ripping Tiger into shreds.

And that’s where I see the problem, whenever and wherever Tiger plays from now on some sections of the crowd will shout abuse at him he will be ridiculed, even if its just one or two people shouting comments it will always bring to everybody’s mind what Tiger had been up to.

Tigers sponsors have so far stayed quiet but expect contacts to be cancelled and soon, there will be clauses in the contracts referring to of field behaviour I believe they are called “morality Clause’s”. I am sure Tiger is in breach of those.

With £600 million pounds in the bank Tiger does not need to put himself through that. I personally don’t believe he will compete again, I hope I am wrong a talent like his comes around once in  a lifetime.

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Tiger Tamed

Tigers wife has discarded her wedding ring, Pepsi-co have dropped their  Tiger brand drinks, Accenture have sacked him as their company “face”,  Tag Haur are looking at the small print to cancel their contract with him, so far only Nike have stood by Tiger but how long can that last given we don’t expect Tiger on a golf course in the foreseeable future.

The picture above was some time ago long before this scandal broke, it’s funny given what we now know how sinister Wood’s pose is, an arrogant almost dismissive look on his face aimed at his wife  that was not noticeable before.

One  final thought  about Tiger as it is getting a little boring now.

If Tiger does come back to golf, in a sick kind of way he will be an even more valuable commodity than he is now, can you imagine the interest in his comeback tournament, that would be the most watched golf tournament in history.

Advertisers would be charged astronomical fees to be associated with that tournament, Tigers appearance money would dwarf any he has received to date, television revenue would have so many nought on it you would need two calculators to count it.

And if he were to actually win it he may as well be given the keys to Fort Knox. pathetic I know but it’s true, even the most hardened anti Tiger fan now would want to see him play just to see how he plays how he copes with the crowds and the obvious flak he will get.

Me included.

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Scared of Tiger

It's unbelievable how much the bookmakers fear Tiger Woods, We know that he is by far the best player on the Planet, he is in my opinion the best golfer that has ever lived, but even the Great Tiger will struggle to come back from being 10 shots down on the first day and win the U S open, yet the best odds you can get are 5/1, this is a massive compliment to the great man though a very stingy price. Ordinarily it is suicide to oppose Tiger but I am going to stick my neck out and tip the Englishman Ian Poulter to win, at 28/1 being paid on the first 5 places make him a solid each way bet. But don't go mad with your stake after all Tiger is still Tiger and anything can happen when he is in the mood, If Woods does come back and win this never mind running scared the bookies will be petrified of him.

Tiger’s Press Conference

What a disappointment, the long awaited apology at last, it  was so fake and so staged it was almost comical, sure he used the right words, I lost count of the amount of times he used the word sorry  but  it rang hollow.

He had obviously been coached on body language as well because he kept trying to coincide the word sorry with  a straight at the camera stare, his arrogance was still there as he told the press to leave his wife and kids alone, because none of this was their fault  it was all down to him ( I hadn’t noticed anyone blaming his wife and kids).

So it looks like he is paving the way for a golfing return, he said possibly this year, he thanked at least twice his fellow golfers on the tour and expressed gratitude for all their support, I am not aware of any significant number of players backing him, in fact a few today openly criticised him.

So Tiger wants business as usual when he does grace us with his presence, sorry Tiger I don’t think that’s going to happen.

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Wood Woes Continue

Poor Tiger it looks like there is no end in sight  to his problems his daily humiliations continue with a succession of porn stars now crawling out of the woodwork to claim affairs, to date no denials to any of these women’s story’s have come from the Woods camp.

Tigers sponsors look to be turning their backs on him to with Pepsi co dropping the range of Tiger Focus energy drinks, this was worth a reported  six million dollars a year to the golfer, Pepsi Co are the first but they wont be the last, with other sponsors frantically looking at the small print esp the Morality clauses, expect more contracts cancelled sooner rather than later.

A recent poll also found an 80% negative feedback on tigers personal popularity with the public, his standing with black Americans also falls with some pointing out that all Tigers mistress’s are white, quite what the women in questions colour  has to do with anything I’m not sure but that’s one more nail in Tigers advertising coffin.

As I said in an earlier piece I think Tiger will struggle to come back from this, reports on the USA are saying that he has already attempted suicide once on the night of the crash swallowing  handfuls of prescription pills and washing them down with alcohol, the paramedic report on the night had Woods down as an OD (overdose) patient.

I will be amazed if we see Tiger playing competitive golf again.

Tiger Retires

It was reported by the New York Times  today that Tiger Woods has retired from competitive golf, as predicted by this column some 5 days ago http://durdensview.blogspot.com/2009/12/tiger-will-retire.html

Another DurdensView piece that was on the money.

Tiger Woods

Obviously not the first time he's driven into a tree.
But at 2am?! That's dedication for you.

No wonder he is the best ever.

Tiger Gags Britain

The Guardian has  reported that Woods has successfully gained an injunction preventing the British Media from printing any more revelations about his personal life.
What an earth happened to Absolute Privilege and a free press in this country?

It is absolutely outrageous that Woods would be granted this, of course a persons sex life is private but not when your image and persona is built on a clean living family man image that you “sell” to the public, then you must be accountable.

And what of  Tigers infamous crash outside his home where he drove into a tree then a hydrant he could just as easily have driven into a person,  that alone makes the story newsworthy, which then means we are entitled to the background of what happened.

I am disgusted that our courts have capitulated to him so easily and hope that our press are already preparing appeals against this pathetic decision.

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