The PGA TOUR announced today on its website: “Tiger Woods to hold news conference at PGA TOUR Headquarters, 11 a.m. ET Friday.”
CNBC’s Darren Rovell reports Woods will make a statement and that, “there will be no question and answer session.”
Wait, doesn’t ‘news conference’ imply that more than one person will be talking? Why not call it what it is: A speaking engagement. Or lecture.
Best guess: Woods will announce his golf comeback and say nothing about the state of his personal life. The “news” part of the “conference” will probably be over after his first sentence of when and where he’s coming back - which will probably come immediately after he thanks the gathered media masses, minus TMZ and Radar, from attending.
UPDATE: Statement to media from Woods agent Mark Steinberg:
Tiger Woods will be speaking to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates at [11 a.m. ET Friday] at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future and he plans to apologize for his behavior.
So it appears that the media, save Woods apologists in the press, will not be invited. That’s why it was called a “news” conference and not a “press” conference.
Tiger, do us all a favor and just slap your apology on your website.
3:01 pm on February 17th, 2010
What does this have to do with “O” football players getting arrested.
3:04 pm on February 17th, 2010
I almost hope it plays out like that. Then we are assured to hear maximum heckling once he comes back.
3:08 pm on February 17th, 2010
Anybody wanna wager that Elin IS by his side.
3:19 pm on February 17th, 2010
I think the parameters of this will be changed. He needs to get all of the questions out of the way and fully explain himself. If not, he will just get hammered forever. Which would be pretty cool though.
3:22 pm on February 17th, 2010
He got caught - now he’s apologizing…No, he didn’t cheat in the game of golf, worse, he cheated in life and now expects us to take time to forgive him and watch him play in the Masters because we know beating the record has got to be more important than fixing his life…His image blown - what can he say except what all the other cheating athletes, moviestars, politicians, rock stars, and so on, that he’s sorry he’s hurt his family and friends; that he wants his privacy respected; and that he know’s he ’s flawed but he’s human….I’ll never look at him the same - can’t take anything away from his golf brilliance - but he’s a liar and a cheat and once he gets his “freedom” from being married, he can live out all the sexual fantasies he wants…..He’s just another guy now…the stool he once sat upon is back at eye level….
4:34 pm on February 17th, 2010
Black dickhead. Arrogant, hates fans, won’t answer questions, and cheats on his wife and gets people pregnant. “ALLEGEDLY.”
You suck tiger and you will never be the same golfer again. Haha.
4:45 pm on February 17th, 2010
Using JSK’s comment as a guideline, I think we have ourselves a drinking game!
5:22 pm on February 17th, 2010
A cheat is a cheat. He would cheat at golf as well if the cameras wern’t on…….