Tiger will be making an official statement on Friday at 11:00am EST from the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse. As I’ve mentioned previously, I anticipate this to be a finely crafted piece, as bullet proof as possible. That being said, I feel it will probably still by vague if that makes any sense at all.
From Tiger Woods’ web site:
Tiger Woods will be speaking to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates at 11:00 a.m. EST on Friday at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future, and he plans to apologize for his behavior.
While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between him and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him. He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends, and that’s what he’s going to discuss.
His remarks will be open to a press pool for live coverage. It is NOT a news conference.
Predictions? Any pre-quotes we can think of? Will we have an official return date?
So the rumors about Tiger Woods returning for this week’s Accenture Match Play were wrong. And the deadline for the Masters tournament entry has come and gone with no news of TW entering.
Tiger would really be sending a message that he’s serious about taking a break from professional golf if he didn’t play in the Masters.
Tiger Woods may be back to playing golf and missing high fives with Steve Williams very soon.
Rumors are starting to float around that Tiger Woods will make his return to competitive golf in Arizona in two weeks at the Accenture Match Play Championship. This is where Tiger staged his comeback from knee surgery last year. Apparently he likes to make comebacks in Arizona at the match play.
Tiger has, according to some sources, been spending some time in a sex addiction clinic in Mississippi.
Why this is a good place for TW to come back, if he does
Many theorized that TW would return at the Masters, where security is tight, crowd control is the best, and privacy is easily attainable. But to come back at the Masters with no warm up would be a tough go for TW to have a chance at winning.
The match play though, is a good option too. The crowds aren’t as big because of the format, and there are chances that TW could have less exposure to the gallery in cases where matches end “x” number of holes early.
Presser?
If these rumors are true, will Tiger stage a presser away from the course to address the media and make any official statements regarding the state of TW? This is what Geoff Ogilvy (ironically, the winner of the match play event last year) suggests, in order to keep the media circus off the course as much as possible.
Tip o’ the hat to Tom Watson for his strong words about Tiger in Dubai this week
I’ll let the cat out of the bag. Tiger has to take ownership of what he has done. He must get his personal life in order. I think that’s what he’s trying to do. And when he comes back he has to show some humility to the public.
I would come out and I would do an interview with somebody and say, `You know what? I screwed up. And I admit it. I am going to try to change. I am trying to change. I want my wife and family back.
I feel that he has not carried the same stature that other great players that have come along like Jack (Nicklaus), Arnold (Palmer), Byron Nelson, the Hogans, in the sense that there was language and club throwing on the golf course.
You can grant that of a young person that has not been out here for a while. But I think he needs to clean up his act and show the respect for the game that other people before him have shown.
One thing is sure. If and when Tiger addresses any of this with the media, it will be a finely crafted set of words, generated carefully and precisely by his PR engine. Those words will be as bullet proof as possible as they know the media will dissect and criticize every syllable.
I’ve only been able to squeeze in two one minute video pieces to my show coverage since I’m working a booth this year. But I don’t need to shoot anything else. I found the “show stopper.”
Tail Of The Tiger Golf Balls
Tail Of The Tiger Golf Balls is a set of one dozen golf balls, each of which contains one of the first 12 mistresses of Tiger Woods. Picture and video below. If the video isn’t there yet, it is still processing.
Geoff Ogilvy suggests that before Tiger Woods returns to golf, that he address the media away from the golf course. This would be to keep the tabloid media circus away from the other players.
“I think he should come out away from the golf course. I think that would be the best thing for him and for every other player and for the tournament. I don’t believe a lot of tournaments want all the tabloid media floating around.”
“The first press conference he does is going to be the crazy one, isn’t it? A lot people who have been afraid to ask questions for the past 10 or 12 years won’t be quite as hesitant to ask questions as they used to be. And he’s going to have to answer questions.”
Tiger Woods may be back to playing golf and missing high fives with Steve Williams very soon.
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