The initial media reports that instantly spread around the globe sounded dire: Tiger Woods had been “seriously” hurt in a car accident early Friday and was hospitalized.

It turned out the superstar golfer’s injuries, first reported by the Orlando Sentinel, weren’t as dreadful as the word “serious” implied in the police report. But as additional details emerged, it appeared Woods certainly suffered more than a fender bender.

Woods, 33, was backing out of his driveway in the Isleworth community near Orlando, Fla., at 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant and then hit a neighbor’s tree, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

It was almost 12 hours before the police issued an accident report, and it is still unknown why Woods was out driving at that hour and much about the incident remains unclear.

After the first news reports about the accident, Woods’ website in the afternoon issued a terse statement saying he was in “good condition,” after being treated and released from Health Central Hospital in nearby Ocoee, Fla.

The Associated Press later Friday quoted a local police chief as saying Woods’ wife, Elin, used a golf club to smash the back window to get Woods out of his 2009 Cadillac sports utility vehicle after she heard the accident and came outside.

Woods had cuts to his lips, blood in his mouth and was lying in the street, with his wife nearby, and was in and out of consciousness when officers arrived, Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor said. At one point Woods woke up and tried to get up but lost consciousness.

FHP Sgt. Kim Montes said troopers arrived at the Woods’ home early Friday evening to talk to the golfer, and that his wife told them Woods was resting and asked them to return this morning, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The troopers agreed to do so.

The FHP’s news release said alcohol was not considered a factor in the accident, and that the crash remained under investigation.

The airbags in Woods’ SUV did not deploy, according to the FHP, and it was unknown whether Woods was wearing a seat belt.

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

“Right now we believe this is a traffic crash. We don’t believe it is a domestic issue,” Montes said.

But owing to the authorities’ technical language in the case of accidents, the world was stunned with headlines of Woods’ “serious” injury that appeared on media websites from Los Angeles to London, aired on television and arrived on fans’ Blackberrys and mobile phones.

The news release listed the injuries as “serious” because patients’ conditions are always classified that way if they are transported to a hospital, FHP spokesman Jorge Delahoz told the Orlando Sentinel.

The media frenzy the word “serious” ignited was “illustrative not only of Woods’ global fame, but of the rapidity with which the media can spread news whether it is entirely accurate or not,” said David Carter, executive director of USC’s Sports Business Institute.

Woods, of course, is the world’s No. 1 golfer. He has won 82 times worldwide and captured 14 major tournaments, and this year he also became the first athlete to reach the $1-billion mark in career earnings through prize money, endorsements and other income, Forbes magazine estimated.

Woods can make or break TV ratings simply by choosing to play in a tournament. He has a net worth of $600 million, according to Forbes.

While authorities “may characterize [the injuries] very technically,” today’s instant media communication “leads to banner headlines, which makes everybody wonder what the impact could be if, for any reason, he was to miss a series of tournaments,” Carter said.

In fact, the accident occurred leading to next week’s Chevron World Challenge, an 18-player tournament hosted by Woods at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.

The four-day tournament starts Thursday, and Woods is scheduled to hold a news conference there Tuesday.

Wood missed last year’s tournament, which supports the Tiger Woods Foundation, because he was recovering from surgery on his left knee.

He was scheduled to rejoin the field this year, but Mark Steinberg, Woods’ agent, told the Associated Press on Friday that he did not know if Woods still planned to play.

Woods won six times this season. Although he did not win a major tournament, he said he considered the year successful because he wasn’t sure how his knee would respond after months of rehabilitation.

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The initial media reports that instantly spread around the globe sounded dire: Tiger Woods had been “seriously” hurt in a car accident early Friday and was hospitalized.

It turned out the superstar golfer’s injuries, first reported by the Orlando Sentinel, weren’t as dreadful as the word “serious” implied in the police report. But as additional details emerged, it appeared Woods certainly suffered more than a fender bender.

Woods, 33, was backing out of his driveway in the Isleworth community near Orlando, Fla., at 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant and then hit a neighbor’s tree, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

It was almost 12 hours before the police issued an accident report, and it is still unknown why Woods was out driving at that hour and much about the incident remains unclear.

After the first news reports about the accident, Woods’ website in the afternoon issued a terse statement saying he was in “good condition,” after being treated and released from Health Central Hospital in nearby Ocoee, Fla.

The Associated Press later Friday quoted a local police chief as saying Woods’ wife, Elin, used a golf club to smash the back window to get Woods out of his 2009 Cadillac sports utility vehicle after she heard the accident and came outside.

Woods had cuts to his lips, blood in his mouth and was lying in the street, with his wife nearby, and was in and out of consciousness when officers arrived, Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor said. At one point Woods woke up and tried to get up but lost consciousness.

FHP Sgt. Kim Montes said troopers arrived at the Woods’ home early Friday evening to talk to the golfer, and that his wife told them Woods was resting and asked them to return this morning, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The troopers agreed to do so.

The FHP’s news release said alcohol was not considered a factor in the accident, and that the crash remained under investigation.

The airbags in Woods’ SUV did not deploy, according to the FHP, and it was unknown whether Woods was wearing a seat belt.

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

“Right now we believe this is a traffic crash. We don’t believe it is a domestic issue,” Montes said.

But owing to the authorities’ technical language in the case of accidents, the world was stunned with headlines of Woods’ “serious” injury that appeared on media websites from Los Angeles to London, aired on television and arrived on fans’ Blackberrys and mobile phones.

The news release listed the injuries as “serious” because patients’ conditions are always classified that way if they are transported to a hospital, FHP spokesman Jorge Delahoz told the Orlando Sentinel.

The media frenzy the word “serious” ignited was “illustrative not only of Woods’ global fame, but of the rapidity with which the media can spread news whether it is entirely accurate or not,” said David Carter, executive director of USC’s Sports Business Institute.

Woods, of course, is the world’s No. 1 golfer. He has won 82 times worldwide and captured 14 major tournaments, and this year he also became the first athlete to reach the $1-billion mark in career earnings through prize money, endorsements and other income, Forbes magazine estimated.

Woods can make or break TV ratings simply by choosing to play in a tournament. He has a net worth of $600 million, according to Forbes.

While authorities “may characterize [the injuries] very technically,” today’s instant media communication “leads to banner headlines, which makes everybody wonder what the impact could be if, for any reason, he was to miss a series of tournaments,” Carter said.

In fact, the accident occurred leading to next week’s Chevron World Challenge, an 18-player tournament hosted by Woods at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.

The four-day tournament starts Thursday, and Woods is scheduled to hold a news conference there Tuesday.

Wood missed last year’s tournament, which supports the Tiger Woods Foundation, because he was recovering from surgery on his left knee.

He was scheduled to rejoin the field this year, but Mark Steinberg, Woods’ agent, told the Associated Press on Friday that he did not know if Woods still planned to play.

Woods won six times this season. Although he did not win a major tournament, he said he considered the year successful because he wasn’t sure how his knee would respond after months of rehabilitation.

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The initial media reports that instantly spread around the globe sounded dire: Tiger Woods had been “seriously” hurt in a car accident early Friday and was hospitalized.

It turned out the superstar golfer’s injuries, first reported by the Orlando Sentinel, weren’t as dreadful as the word “serious” implied in the police report. But as additional details emerged, it appeared Woods certainly suffered more than a fender bender.

Woods, 33, was backing out of his driveway in the Isleworth community near Orlando, Fla., at 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant and then hit a neighbor’s tree, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

It was almost 12 hours before the police issued an accident report, and it is still unknown why Woods was out driving at that hour and much about the incident remains unclear.

After the first news reports about the accident, Woods’ website in the afternoon issued a terse statement saying he was in “good condition,” after being treated and released from Health Central Hospital in nearby Ocoee, Fla.

The Associated Press later Friday quoted a local police chief as saying Woods’ wife, Elin, used a golf club to smash the back window to get Woods out of his 2009 Cadillac sports utility vehicle after she heard the accident and came outside.

Woods had cuts to his lips, blood in his mouth and was lying in the street, with his wife nearby, and was in and out of consciousness when officers arrived, Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor said. At one point Woods woke up and tried to get up but lost consciousness.

FHP Sgt. Kim Montes said troopers arrived at the Woods’ home early Friday evening to talk to the golfer, and that his wife told them Woods was resting and asked them to return this morning, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The troopers agreed to do so.

The FHP’s news release said alcohol was not considered a factor in the accident, and that the crash remained under investigation.

The airbags in Woods’ SUV did not deploy, according to the FHP, and it was unknown whether Woods was wearing a seat belt.

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

“Right now we believe this is a traffic crash. We don’t believe it is a domestic issue,” Montes said.

But owing to the authorities’ technical language in the case of accidents, the world was stunned with headlines of Woods’ “serious” injury that appeared on media websites from Los Angeles to London, aired on television and arrived on fans’ Blackberrys and mobile phones.

The news release listed the injuries as “serious” because patients’ conditions are always classified that way if they are transported to a hospital, FHP spokesman Jorge Delahoz told the Orlando Sentinel.

The media frenzy the word “serious” ignited was “illustrative not only of Woods’ global fame, but of the rapidity with which the media can spread news whether it is entirely accurate or not,” said David Carter, executive director of USC’s Sports Business Institute.

Woods, of course, is the world’s No. 1 golfer. He has won 82 times worldwide and captured 14 major tournaments, and this year he also became the first athlete to reach the $1-billion mark in career earnings through prize money, endorsements and other income, Forbes magazine estimated.

Woods can make or break TV ratings simply by choosing to play in a tournament. He has a net worth of $600 million, according to Forbes.

While authorities “may characterize [the injuries] very technically,” today’s instant media communication “leads to banner headlines, which makes everybody wonder what the impact could be if, for any reason, he was to miss a series of tournaments,” Carter said.

In fact, the accident occurred leading to next week’s Chevron World Challenge, an 18-player tournament hosted by Woods at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.

The four-day tournament starts Thursday, and Woods is scheduled to hold a news conference there Tuesday.

Wood missed last year’s tournament, which supports the Tiger Woods Foundation, because he was recovering from surgery on his left knee.

He was scheduled to rejoin the field this year, but Mark Steinberg, Woods’ agent, told the Associated Press on Friday that he did not know if Woods still planned to play.

Woods won six times this season. Although he did not win a major tournament, he said he considered the year successful because he wasn’t sure how his knee would respond after months of rehabilitation.

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The superstar golfer has also reportedly reneged on a promise he made to his wife to go into rehabilitation to wean himself off the prescription drugs Ambien and Vicodin.

A close friend of Ms Nordegren told the News of the World: “Tiger was supposed to be working on getting better and he hasn’t done anything. Instead he just went to stay with a friend and says he’s ‘trying to get better on his own’.

“Elin is livid he hasn’t checked into rehab and gotten himself off his drugs. He’s acting like a big baby,” the source said.

“Now she wants 100 per cent divorce, 100 per cent custody of the children and half of everything. And she won’t be changing her mind.”

Ms Nordegren is reported to have engaged the services of renowned Californian divorce lawyer Sorrell Trope, who represented Britney Spears in her court battles with Kevin Federline.

Woods has vowed to quit golf for at least the next 12 months, according to the newspaper, with the devastated star telling aides he feels “helpless” and is “not in control” of his life.

The aides also say the star is fighting deep-seated “personal issues”, including his use of pain medication like Vicodin and sleeping tablets Ambien.

A source told News of the World: “Tiger is a broken man, on the edge and unable to come to terms with what’s happening in his life.

“He has made it clear that he doesn’t want to do anything on the golf course in the next year.

“He has realised that his golf tour life has become a no-holds-barred non-stop party. But he reckons things will blow over.”

The pair’s children, Sam, two, and 10-month-old Charlie will be Ms Nordegren’s top priority.

“She’s like a mama bear protecting her young,” said the source.

“She’s prepared to give him visitation – but she wants the visits to be monitored.

“This may seem a little extreme but it shows her anger. Elin firmly believes she’ll win custody as well as half everything Tiger has. He’s in for a fight.”

According to the friend, the Swedish former model isn’t even bothered whether Woods, 33, is still in contact with his mistresses.

“She couldn’t give a hoot,” said the friend. “She couldn’t care less if he wants to ruin his life some more. ‘Let him see them if he wants’ is her attitude.

“Tiger is his own worst enemy because at the start, Elin was sympathetic towards him ( Elin Woods’ Life ). He was so physically and emotionally ill, she was thinking of giving him a second chance. But Tiger’s refusal to go into therapy is the last straw.”

The Up and Down in 2009 Golf

Well, after the holiday, Tiger Woods scandal refreshed with full of renewed vigor. I’d say it is far more than Tiger thought. Plastic surgery, rehab clinics, well-aimed 9 irons and more large blonde ladies of a certain stamp bubbled up.

So far, only one piece of verifiable information has emerged: that the golfer who took “indefinite leave” from his career to focus on “being a better husband, father and person” has been dropped by a sponsor, the phone company AT&T. All other reports are based on rumour and conjecture. You should have your own assessment on these events.

He’s in an Arizona rehab clinic!

The paparazzi website X-17 claimed last Tuesday that Woods had checked into an addiction centre to seek treatment for a “sexual compulsion”. It quoted a “source” close to the golfer saying he hopes the public will forgive his adultery if he blames it on a psychological illness. The report led to speculation that Woods is also being weaned off painkilling drugs that were prescribed to ease a bad back he suffered last season.

Verdict Arizona boasts just two clinics that might cater for a celeb of Tiger’s standing: the Cottonwood in Tucson and the Meadows in Phoenix. X-17′s inability to identify which one suggests its “source” isn’t exactly copper-bottomed.

 
He’s had plastic surgery!

An email that went viral after being published on the blog of veteran sportswriter Furman Bisher claims that Tiger’s wife Elin discovered illicit texts on his mobile when he left the device at his Florida home. On his return, it claims Mrs Woods attacked him with a 9 iron, causing severe damage to his face. The email, which Bisher says came from a “trusted source”, contends that he’s since had reconstructive surgery, again in Arizona.

Verdict The story is undermined by police reports, which record the golfer, suffered no injury more disfiguring than a puffy lip.

He’s living with Rachel Uchitel!

The TV show Entertainment  told its millions of viewers that Woods spent Sunday afternoon “holding hands and mingling with 300 other partygoers inside a private mansion in Palm Beach” before adjourning to a local nightspot. The show added that Woods and Mrs Uchitel, who was the first of his alleged mistresses to be identified, have been together for the past fortnight aboard Privacy, the golfer’s ironically named yacht, which is said to be moored in a discreet harbour.

Verdict ET is a well-respected show. But it won’t remain that way if it expects viewers to believe that a painfully reclusive man would parade his controversial mistress in front of several hundred revellers, without anyone stealing a picture.

He’s on the run from the law!

A month after it broke news of Tiger’s extramarital activities, the National Enquirer claimed a further “scoop” with the revelation that the FBI and IRS are considering launching an investigation into his finances. Agents wonder if the golfer’s company or charitable foundation illegally used funds to pay for his girlfriends to travel around the world with him.

Verdict Nothing the Enquirer says about celebs can ever be entirely dismissed. But nor can it be entirely trusted, either.

He’s in the Bahamas!

People magazine reckons Woods spent Christmas cruising the Caribbean aboard Privacy, which it claims left Palm Beach the previous weekend. In support of the theory that he’s in the Bahamas, it claims that the boat has a 12,000-gallon fuel tank which “gives it a range of 4,000 miles”.

Verdict The high seas seem an unlikely place for Woods to vanish since, as Princess Diana showed, yachts are liable to be tracked down. Privacy would also need to make a refuelling stop – a move that would have increased its risk of being spotted.

He’s seeing divorce lawyers!

Mrs Woods might have bought herself a home on a private island in her native Sweden, but she’s been staying instead at a £5,000-a-night ski chalet near Chamonix, where photographers have snapped her sans wedding ring. Friends say she’s using the holiday to “start afresh”.

Verdict Probably true. Divorce is one of precious few news lines where “sources” are supported by photographic evidence.
 

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Galea, an Ontario-based sports doctor who has worked with athletes in Olympic sports, the NHL, NFL and MLB, earlier this year treated Woods in his recovery from a knee injury but is now the subject of a joint Canada and United States investigation and will appear in a Toronto court on Friday.

Agent Mark Steinberg said in a statment: “The treatment Tiger received is a widely accepted therapy and to suggest some connection with illegality is recklessly irresponsible.”

The New York Times reported Woods’ International Management Group were unhappy with the slow pace of recovery – a claim strenuously denied – as he underwent platelet-rich plasma therapy to accelerate the process.

Galea will appear in court on Friday on four charges: selling an unapproved drug (Actovegin); conspiracy to import an unapproved drug; conspiracy to export a drug; and smuggling goods into Canada.

Galea was first investigated by the Royal Canadian Mountain Police in September after one of his associates was apprehended with the unapproved drug Actovegin, an extract of calf blood which activates metabolism (growth) in body tissue.

How can Woods keep life peace. Maybe he had not been injured in car accident or car accident had not happended at all and these troubles will not appear,he can continue to live with wife and children peacefully.