Here’s what we know about Tiger Woods‘ apparent car crash - set against other important events currently taking place in his life.
The crash is reported to have happened at 2:30am ET. The Florida Highway Patrol did not release any info on the incident or Woods’ condition until 2pm ET, 11 1/2 hours later. By that time, Woods had already been released from the hospital in “good” condition.
Woods suffered the accident “pulling out of his driveway“. The airbags in his vehicle never deployed, so he was going under 33 mph. From the “crash” he reportedly suffered “facial lacerations”.
Woods is scheduled to make public appearances all next week at his personal golf tournament in the Los Angeles-area, the Tiger Woods Chevron Golf Challenge. His first public appearance at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, CA. is scheduled to take place Monday.
Earlier this week, before the accident, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER broke the story that Woods was cheating on his wife with 34-year-old Rachel Uchitel (photos).
When the initial bogus report from the ORLANDO SENTINEL broke that Woods had been “seriously injured” in a car accident today, everyone feared the worst.
Now that it turns out Woods is already out of the hospital and is “fine”, and we now know the FHP stonewalled the public on his “crash” late last night and his hospital stay, the public’s mood has changed considerably.
By public I mean those of you who think that the National Enquirer would’ve only published its story about Woods’ alleged affair if it was legally airtight.
Since the Enquirer story hit newsstands 48 hours ago, Woods’ has yet to acknowledge the story. An unnamed Woods’ attorney was quoted in the Enquirer piece making a “vehement” denial of the affair - but also an admission that Woods could’ve been in the same nightclub as Uchitel at some point.
Of course, that doesn’t mean Woods won’t acknowledge the story at some point. But it naturally leaves people to wonder if his “crash” was related at all to the alleged affair report. At least as it pertains to his relationship to his wife, Elin Nordegren.
I’m in no way saying the affair allegation and Woods’ “accident” last night are connected. But if you knew of the Enquirer story and then observed the way Woods’ “crash” report played out today, you wouldn’t be human if you didn’t think the two could possibly be somehow related.
Stay tuned, I’ve got more on the story that you haven’t seen coming later today.
5:33 pm on November 27th, 2009
Facial lacerations as in Elin tried to scratch his eff-ing eyes out for so much as “looking” at another woman?
I’m not sayin’…I’m just sayin’.
6:15 pm on November 27th, 2009
I’m sure the Orlando PD is working OT to keep the divorce lawyers from swarming the house. Elin is going to score big.
6:18 pm on November 27th, 2009
No she is not going to score big, Tiger definitely has a tight ass pre-nup.
6:20 pm on November 27th, 2009
Dateline Florida per DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer:
A local police chief in Florida says Tiger Woods’ wife used a golf club to smash out the back window…
Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor says officers found Woods laying in the street with his wife hovering over him. Saylor says Woods had cuts on his lips and blood in his mouth.
Yeah, yeah, no need to sensationalize this more than it will be — and it WILL be.
Allegedly, she “helped” get Tiger out of the car.
Man this smells to high holy, though!
Why would she need to break out the BACK window if he hit the tree — highest probability being straight on rather than broadside which COULD keep the driver door from opening. And facial lacerations? With no airbag? And it WASN’T a head on incident.
C’mon!!
Really???
Lots of non-golf questions coming up for his tourney. Elin just got the BBQ going…the grilling is going to continue!
The Harder They Come…
6:23 pm on November 27th, 2009
Hey Mom, Stanford band is going to have fun with this one, too.
6:28 pm on November 27th, 2009
Um yeah she going to score big. Especially with kids involved, and throw in adultery? The prenuptial is only paper. You don’t think her attorneys won’t score a huge settlement are out of your minds.
12:38 pm on November 28th, 2009
OK. I think we shouldn’t hang Tiger by his tail just yet. Also, I don’t think his wife is going to divorce him. If he dipped his dong where it don’t belong, then she did what most wives would do - cracked him on the head with a golf club. That usually gets the blood flowing to the secondary brain and most men re-group and the marriage survives. Tiger’s problem is that he’s a celeb. That means the media will keep it in the news till the cows come home. That will piss his wife off even more and the saga continues. It’s tough being Tiger.
8:24 pm on November 29th, 2009
Why are the Florida Hwy Patrol involved in anaccident
on a city street.
I’m almost 100% sure that their Jurisdiction is
limited to the Interstate highways, state roads,
county roadsand Farm to market roads.
THEY HAVE NO EFFING BUSINESS ON CITY
STREETS!!!!!
BUTT out You George Orwell 1984 Freaks!!!