Tiger Woods injured in crash near home

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Updated: November 27, 2009, 2:50 PM ET
Woods injured in crash near home
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Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods has been seriously injured in a car wreck in Florida, authorities said Friday.

The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods hit a fire hydrant and a tree as he pulled out of his driveway early Friday in his 2009 Cadillac sport utility vehicle.

Woods was taken to Health Central Hospital. His condition was not immediately known, though the news release said his injuries were serious.

The highway patrol says the crash is still under investigation, and charges are pending. However, the highway patrol said the crash was not alcohol-related.


Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press

[lefty]

Shit, that really sucks

Was he able to yell, "Foooooooore"?

Or maybe he was driving his golf cart.

[Thunder Dan]

When I first read "Golfer drives into trees" I thought Mickelson

[balli]

Horrible news. Hope it's not serious enough to jeopardize his life or career.

[sonic21]

His agent says he's fine

[rjv]

how does one get "seriously" injured pulling out of a driveway ?

[TheGodfather]

Preliminary reports indicate he was getting a hummer from Andy Everett, became distracted, and lost control of the vehicle.

[sonic21]

he was treated and released. :tu

[rjv]

Preliminary reports indicate he was getting a hummer from Andy Everett, became distracted, and lost control of the vehicle.


:lmao

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Something is not adding up he was going slow and hit a tree?

[dallaskd]

When I first read "Golfer drives into trees" I thought Mickelson

:lol

[Whisky Dog]

He's not seriously injured because he's already been released from the hospital. Had facial lacerations.

Let's see, Best golfer of all time with legendary focus and coordination hits 2 stationary objects at 2:30 am the night of a holiday? Dude was drunk or stoned. Had to be. This is why you need money and the status of TW - you can buy the law in the right circumstances.

[Whisky Dog]

Or he's fag and he was getting/giving a bj. Facial lacerations? Giving.

[symple19]

29 sec pointlDBBz-7PqJkkL3nZJeHIIE:toast

[symple19]

when i first read "golfer drives into trees" i thought mickelson

+99999999999999999999999999999999999999

[TheGodfather]

I guess this would be his second Tiger Slam.

[SpursFanFirst]

This story is just bizzare. I mean, why was he leaving his house at 2:25am. If he had a sick kid or wife, and he needed to get meds, that's one thing. Outside of that, it's odd.
And then he hits a hydrant and tree just outside his driveway???
Weird, weird story.
I can't wait to see the outcome.

[SpursFanFirst]

He's not seriously injured because he's already been released from the hospital. Had facial lacerations.

Let's see, Best golfer of all time with legendary focus and coordination hits 2 stationary objects at 2:30 am the night of a holiday? Dude was drunk or stoned. Had to be. This is why you need money and the status of TW - you can buy the law in the right circumstances.

They've already said alcohol wasn't a factor...but charges are pending. :huh

[Vinnie_Johnson]

They've already said alcohol wasn't a factor...but charges are pending. :huh

Must of had his pants down watching porn.

[duncan228]

Police chief: Woods' wife helped after accident (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GLF_WOODS_ACCIDENT?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-11-27-14-48-30)
By Doug Ferguson

Tiger Woods was injured early Friday when he lost control of his SUV outside his Florida mansion, and a local police chief said Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out the back window to help get him out.

The world's No. 1 golfer was treated and released from a hospital in good condition, his spokesman said. The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods' vehicle hit a fire hydrant and a tree in his neighbor's yard after he pulled out of his driveway at 2:25 a.m.

Windermere police chief Daniel Saylor told The Associated Press that officers found the 33-year-old PGA star lying in the street with his wife, Elin, hovering over him.

"She was frantic, upset," Saylor said in a briefing Friday night. "It was her husband laying on the ground."

She told officers she was in the house when she heard the accident and "came out and broke the back window with a golf club," he said, adding that the front-door windows were not broken and that "the door was probably locked."

"She supposedly got him out and laid him on the ground," he said. "He was in and out of consciousness when my guys got there."

Saylor said Woods had lacerations to his upper and lower lips, and blood in his mouth; officers treated Woods for about 10 minutes until an ambulance arrived. Woods was conscious enough to speak, he said.

"He was mumbling, but didn't say anything coherent," Saylor said.

The Florida Highway Patrol said alcohol was not involved, although the accident remains under investigation and charges could be filed.

Woods was alone in his 2009 Cadillac when he pulled out of his driveway from his mansion at Isleworth, a gated waterfront community just outside Orlando, the patrol said.

Woods' injuries were described as serious in the patrol's report, though his spokesman, Glenn Greenspan, issued a statement that Woods was treated and released.

Left unanswered was where Woods was going at that hour. Greenspan and agent Mark Steinberg said there would be no comment beyond the short statement of the accident posted on Woods' Web site.

Saylor said his responding officers did not hear anything about an alleged argument between Woods and his wife.

"Right now we believe this is a traffic crash. We don't believe it is domestic issue," patrol spokesman Sgt. Kim Montes said.

Woods, coming off a two-week trip to China and Australia earlier this month, is host of the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif., which starts Thursday. He is scheduled to have his press conference Tuesday afternoon at Sherwood Country Club. Steinberg said he did not know if Woods planned to play next week.

The Florida Highway Patrol said tapes of the 911 call won't be released until they can be reviewed, probably Monday at the earliest.

The accident report was not released until nearly 12 hours after Woods was injured. Montes said the accident did not meet the criteria of a serious crash, and the FHP only put out a press release because of inquiries from local media.

Montes said the patrol reports injuries as serious if they require more than minor medical attention. Air bags in the SUV did not deploy.

Two troopers tried to talk to Woods on Friday evening, but his wife said he was sleeping and they agreed to come back Saturday, Montes said.

She said charges could be filed if there was a clear traffic violation, although troopers still do not know what caused Woods' SUV to hit the hydrant and the tree.

Damage to the front of Woods' SUV was described as "medium" by Saylor.

"Not real extensive, but not real light," he said.

Woods rarely faces such private scrutiny, even as perhaps the most famous active athlete in the world.

He usually makes news only because of what he can do with a golf club. Few other athletes have managed to keep their private lives so guarded, or have a circle of friends so airtight when it comes to life off the course.

His wife was awarded a $183,250 settlement and an apology from an Irish magazine that published a fake nude photo of her, and Woods received a $1.6 million settlement in a lawsuit against the builder of his yacht - named Privacy - for using his name and photos of the boat as promotional material.

Woods is approaching $100 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour, and Forbes magazine reported that combined with endorsements, appearance fees and golf course design, he has become the first athlete to top $1 billion.

Woods' $2.4 million home is part of an exclusive subdivision near Orlando, a community set on an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course and a chain of small lakes. The neighborhood, which is fortified with high brick walls and has its own security force, is home to CEOs and other sports stars such as the NBA's Shaquille O'Neal.

Woods, who has won 82 times around the world and 14 majors, attended the Stanford-Cal football game last Saturday, where he tossed the coin at the start of the game and was inducted into Stanford's sports Hall of Fame at halftime.

He won six times this year after missing eight months recovering from reconstructive surgery on his left knee. Even though he failed to win a major, Woods said he considered this a successful year because he did not know how his knee would respond.

[Whisky Dog]

Of course they said alcohol wasn't involved, but it easily could have been but arrangements were made to keep that out.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

tmz saying there was no accident at all

his wife confronted him about cheating and then scratched him up, chased him with a golfclub, and beat his car after he ran into it

[lefty]

Not THAT's a story :rollin

[Vinnie_Johnson]

This is getting getting now from critical condition to never happened..

[TDMVPDPOY]

tw = pussy

shouldve went chris brown on her

[Stringer_Bell]

tmz saying there was no accident at all

his wife confronted him about cheating and then scratched him up, chased him with a golfclub, and beat his car after he ran into it

This makes a lot more sense than "Woods' wife helped after accident." This whole thing smelled fishy from the start, why would he leave his house at 2:25am? Why would his wife hit the back window out to rescue him from a low speed crash? Locked doors? My black ass...

Charges will be filed on the damaged fire hydrant.

(http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GLF_WOODS_ACCIDENT?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-11-27-14-48-30)

[symple19]

Tiger is a douchebag, and he deserves his psycho wife.

Jack Nicklaus had class, Tiger has none

Too bad Elin didn't go after that surgically repaired knee with the golf-club

[timmo]

And now they've gone two days still refusing to talk to the cops. Guess they need time to get their stories straight. My bet is Tiger will be able to buy his way out of anything that may happen. We'll never know, and be forced to make our own assumptions as to what "really" happened.

[antimvp]

why does anyone care about this guys private life so fucking much(obsessive compulsive?) did he break a law? then who cares.

you know a guy in florida shot and killed his 6 year old cousin......that needs to be talked about......woods' shit DOES NOT MEAN A DAMN THING so shut up already the incident is over.

[antimvp]

Something is not adding up he was going slow and hit a tree?


is it up to us to "ADD" things up?

[SpursFanFirst]

why does anyone care about this guys private life so fucking much(obsessive compulsive?) did he break a law? then who cares.

you know a guy in florida shot and killed his 6 year old cousin......that needs to be talked about......woods' shit DOES NOT MEAN A DAMN THING so shut up already the incident is over.

Well, he DID hit a fire hydrant. :lol

Really though, I don't know if it's his personal life that people care about.
It's more about the bizarre nature of this incident...and why is it they keep putting off the police interview?
And why can HE push the police off? Could the average Joe do that? Doubtful.

[dbreiden83080]

If he's not being charged with anything then he can push them off.

[duncan228]

Statement posted on Tiger's website:

As you all know, I had a single-car accident earlier this week, and sustained some injuries. I have some cuts, bruising and right now I'm pretty sore.

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

This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way. Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible.

The only person responsible for the accident is me. My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false.

This incident has been stressful and very difficult for Elin, our family and me. I appreciate all the concern and well wishes that we have received. But, I would also ask for some understanding that my family and I deserve some privacy no matter how intrusive some people can be.

http://web.tigerwoods.com/news/article/200911297726222/news/

[TheGodfather]

And he blows off the cops again.

What an arrogant sack of shit.

[SpursFanFirst]

If he's not being charged with anything then he can push them off.

I believe the article said charges were pending.

[duncan228]

Tiger slam on privacy: How he wins again (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/Tiger_slam_on_privacy_How_he_wins_again.html)
Buck Harvey

We keep hearing he needs to get out in front of this.

Also: He needs to define the situation before it defines him.

Yet Tiger Woods is holed up somewhere with his 7-iron swinging wife, as conversant with the American public as Y.E. Yang without a translator. He's stubborn and in hiding, and he's going against the wisdom of public-relations specialists who line up on television like so many foursomes waiting for their tee times.

But what if Tiger is being Tiger?

What if this is how he beats the field again?

He doesn't seem to be winning anything right now. Tiger backed out of his tournament on Monday with the same kind of statement that has allowed everyone else to fill in the blanks.

The blanks are juicy, with just enough police involvement to take the story from TMZ to the evening news. When his Swedish wife used a Vardon grip to smash two windows with a barefoot Tiger inside a crashed SUV at 2:30 a.m., Tiger had gone over the edge.

He'd become John Daly.

His response, in golfing terminology, was to give only club and distance. He issued a statement on his Web site.

He blamed himself. He said “I'm human,” which is news to Phil Mickelson. And he said he was embarrassed, though he didn't say what he was embarrassed about.

Tiger also said, “I will certainly make sure this doesn't happen again,” which is an odd vow. He will be a better driver from now on?

There were no details and no explanation, and he certainly took no questions. According to the public-relations experts, this was a huge mistake. Tiger needed to come clean and encourage the helicopters to fly to someone else's house.

But there's a problem with that. If all he did was drive into a fire hydrant and a tree, then retelling that story wouldn't be enough. Few would believe him.

And if there was more? Then it wouldn't do much good for Tiger to elaborate on a scandal.

No one should be shocked by the lifestyle of a billionaire sports star. Consider some of his friends: Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley.

Still, Tiger has sold himself as others haven't, and he's protected himself as the others couldn't. He's not in a team sport, where his life would be more open. He can control what is around him as he controls the flight of his golf ball.

In doing so, he's kept a tight circle. He's let go of caddies and swing teachers when they weren't loyal enough.

If Elin was the one with the busted mouth, with the same questions in place, then everything would be different. But sponsors aren't going to leave this endorsement giant, not over this.

The PGA is more nervous now than judgmental. Golf will protect the one who drives ratings and purses.

He can protect himself on the rest. Tiger won't have to talk to anyone until January, and, when he goes to that first event, he might make a few comments.

He might even joke. “I thought trees were supposed to be 90 percent air,” might ease the tension.

Then he will be done with it. When he does his usual Tuesday news conference the week of an event, he will pass on questions he doesn't like just as he's passed on so many in the past. The golf media isn't the kind to nag him, either.

So unless there's further news, or unless police find a crack, Tiger is playing a game he knows as well as golf.

“This is a private matter,” he said in his statement, “and I want to keep it that way.”

Knowing him, he will.

[TDMVPDPOY]

reported he could lose up to 300m if the couple divorces...lol

shit snap

[Galileo]

Hooray for Tiger Woods!!

I wouldn't talk to the fascist cops either, it is none of their effin' business!!!

[badfish22]

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