THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Tiger Woods said he let his family down with "transgressions" he regrets "with all of my heart," and that he will deal with his personal life behind closed doors. His statement Wednesday follows a cover story in Us Weekly magazine that reports a Los Angeles cocktail waitress claims she had a 31-month affair with the world's No. 1 golfer.
"I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves," Woods said on his Web site. "I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone."
Woods did not offer details of any alleged relationship.
"I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart," he said.
"I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves," Woods said. "For all of those who have supported me over the years, I offer my profound apology."
The cocktail waitress, Jaimee Grubbs, told the magazine she met Woods at a Las Vegas nightclub the week after the 2007 Masters — two months before Woods' wife, Elin, gave birth to their first child. Grubbs claims to have proof in 300 text messages.
About three hours before Woods' statement, the magazine published what it said was a voicemail — provided by Grubbs — that Woods left on her phone on Nov. 24, three days before his middle-of-the-night car crash outside his home in Florida.
Woods has been subjected to more media headlines during the last week than when he first won the Masters in 1997 and set off the first wave of Tigermania. He has spoken only three times through his Web site, although this was his longest posting.
"Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means," Woods said. "For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives."
And he continued to say accounts that physical violence played a role in his Friday morning car crash were "utterly false and malicious."
"Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect," he wrote.
His statement came one day after the Florida Highway Patrol closed its investigation into the accident — without Woods ever speaking to state troopers. He was charged with careless driving, which carries a $164 fine and four points on his driving record.
The story soon shifted from a patrol investigation to sordid allegations into his personal life.
In the voicemail released by the magazine, a man says to Grubbs:
"Hey, it's, uh, it's Tiger. I need you to do me a huge favor. Um, can you please, uh, take your name off your phone. My wife went through my phone. And, uh, may be calling you. If you can, please take your name off that and, um, and what do you call it just have it as a number on the voicemail, just have it as your telephone number. That's it, OK. You gotta do this for me. Huge. Quickly. All right. Bye."
The Associated Press could not confirm Woods was the caller.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091202/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_tiger_woods
Now the question is this. Should anyone outside of his family really be concerned about this? This kind of crap goes on all the time. Humans are, at the bottom line, animals. People cheat on each other all the time. Why should we care that Tiger did?
We shouldn't. I think people just want to know if she beat the crap out of him with a 9 iron or not! :razz:
I kinda' wanna' know that too. My vote is YES she did! :biggrin:
More media hype and sensationalism of what should be, and remain, a private matter. Proof positive that journalism is dead and gone. . .
I heard that it was a three iron :biggrin:
BTW, I couldn't care less about his private life. He's not perfect...he's human....SHOCKER!
It's the voyeur factor.
Sells papers & increases ratings.
Quote from: kimmi on December 02, 2009, 07:31:55 PM
We shouldn't. I think people just want to know if she beat the crap out of him with a 9 iron or not! :razz:
(http://keithgrossman.com/woods.jpg)
Quote from: Palehorse on December 02, 2009, 09:51:57 PM
More media hype and sensationalism of what should be, and remain, a private matter. Proof positive that journalism is dead and gone. . .
When a major portion of your income comes from endorsements that you get only because you live in the public eye, it is unreasonable to expect something like this to remain private. You can't have it both ways.
Hilarious pic Ex! ;D
I may be wrong here, but I don't ever recall the media being up Greg Normans ass or any other golfer's ass for that matter. . . GentlemenOnly Ladies Forbidden apparently is aptly named! :biggrin:
That picture is a riot! :biggrin:
Quote from: Palehorse on December 03, 2009, 03:35:03 PM
I may be wrong here, but I don't ever recall the media being up Greg Normans ass or any other golfer's ass for that matter. . . GentlemenOnly Ladies Forbidden apparently is aptly named! :biggrin:
That picture is a riot! :biggrin:
Huge difference, PH; Tiger Woods isn't just good at his game; he'll go down in history as being one of the greats. I don't even know who Greg Norman is...Tiger's name is a household word.
I think that Tiger has always been America's Golden Child...has always been Mr. Clean cut and has simply had a great image...and NOW, they have found dirt on him and they are going hog wild.....
and believe it or not...., I agree with Ex..........although I think they SHOULD just leave him alone.......he knew better, and now, he may have to PAY for this....BIG TIME.
That picture is great.........and it is circulating around the email chain like crazy today....
Quote from: Exterminator on December 03, 2009, 08:18:29 AM
When a major portion of your income comes from endorsements that you get only because you live in the public eye, it is unreasonable to expect something like this to remain private. You can't have it both ways.
It's only unreasonable because the great unwashed are secretly overjoyed that no one could be better than the lowest common denominator, so they demand all the slimy details. Prurient interest satisfies their need to believe that their lives are not as wasted as they actually are.
"See!! Told ya that ya shouldn't try to go above yer place. Just lay here an' wallow in it an' laugh at ever'body else why tries." :rant: :yes: :yes: :yes:
the rumor going around now is....that Tiger is changing his name to.............
Cheetah!.... :rotfl: (rimshot)
Quote from: Henry Hawk on December 03, 2009, 04:48:46 PM
the rumor going around now is....that Tiger is changing his name to.............
Cheetah!.... :rotfl: (rimshot)
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Quote from: Exterminator on December 03, 2009, 03:43:55 PM
Huge difference, PH; Tiger Woods isn't just good at his game; he'll go down in history as being one of the greats. I don't even know who Greg Norman is...Tiger's name is a household word.
I suppose so. . . The bigger they are, the harder they fall. . .
okay..now they are starting to pile in.....
Tiger Woods is so rich that he owns lots of expensive cars. Now he has a hole in one.....
What's the difference between a car and a golf ball? Tiger can drive a ball 400 yards.....
;D ;D ;D ;D
Hey I'll be here all week....
:drummer:
Quote from: Henry Hawk on December 03, 2009, 05:00:42 PM
okay..now they are starting to pile in.....
Tiger Woods is so rich that he owns lots of expensive cars. Now he has a hole in one.....
What's the difference between a car and a golf ball? Tiger can drive a ball 400 yards.....
;D ;D ;D ;D
Hey I'll be here all week....
Man this story just keeps getting better and better.
LAS VEGAS -- Tiger Woods' list of alleged mistresses grew to eleven Tuesday with the addition of a second porn star.
The latest addition to Tiger Woods' stable of women include adult film actress Veronica Siwik-Daniels, who is professionally known as Joslyn James.
Swedish newspapers are reporting that Woods' wife Elin Nordegren bought a $2 million home dubbed Faglaro Mansion on a small, secluded island reachable by ferry from Stockholm.
TIGER'S RUMORED WOMEN
1.) Rachel Uchitel. The club hostess was the first of the women to be linked to Woods after the National Enquirer reported that she traveled to Australia to be with Woods during a golf tournament there. So far, she has denied the affair.
2.) Jamie Grubbs. The 24-year-old reality show contestant and cocktail waitress claims she carried on a 31-month-long affair with Woods until his crash last month. She offered a Woods voicemail to prove it.
3.) Kalika Moquin. The 27-year-old club manager from Las Vegas is reported to have had a brief sexual relationship with Woods. She would neither confirm nor deny the report.
4.) Cori Rist. The 31-year-old swimsuit model reportedly met Woods at a Manhattan club last year before they began a sexual relationship that led to Woods flying her out to various secret locations for hook-ups, and her introducing the golfer to her 7-year-old son.
5.) Jamie Jungers. The 26-year-old, who sold her story to a British newspaper, is a former employee of Trashy Girls Lingerie. She said she met Woods in Las Vegas.
6.) Mindy Lawton. The 33-year-old pancake house waitress from Orlando claims she was dumped by Woods in 2007. According to the Post, it was her affair with Woods that was caught on camera by the National Enquirer, when he was snapped dropping her off at her trailer park. The threatening news later led to a Woods Men's Fitness cover in exchange for the magazine's silence about the alleged affair, the New York Post reports.
7.) Holly Sampson. The 36-year-old from Los Angeles is a former porn star, who has starred in such films as "OMG, Stop Tickling Me" and "Flying Solo 2." According to the Sun, she has neither confirmed nor denied her affair with Woods.
8.) Unidentified Alleged Mistress No. 8. A former cocktail waitress from Orlando, Fla. does want to reveal her identity yet, according to her attorney Michael O'Quinn. But this she has said: at the time the affair allegedly began, she was 20 years old and met Woods at the Roxy in Orlando, where she was a VIP server.
9.) Unidentified Alleged Mistress No. 9 is reported to be a "sexy" British TV presenter who was single at the time, but is now married.
10.) Unidentified Alleged Mistress No. 10. is reported in a UK paper to be a "sex-addicted cougar."
11.) Joslyn James. The star of many, many porn videos was named on the sports blog Deadspin.com as a Tiger regular, but did not respond to the site's call for comment.
In a related note, the Post reports that the National Enquirer caught Tiger Woods in a steamy extramarital affair two years ago, but killed the story in exchange for the golfer doing a rare cover-shoot for its sister magazine Men's Fitness, according to former Men's Fitness editor-in-chief Neal Boulton.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/ktla-tigers-women,0,1700675.story
The list grows to at least 11 and possibly 12.
:spooked: :spooked: :spooked:
This guy is going to end up with a STD, penniless, and with a herd of offspring. . . :rolleyes:
Swedish newspapers are reporting that Woods' wife Elin Nordegren bought a $2 million home dubbed Faglaro Mansion on a small, secluded island reachable by ferry from Stockholm.
^^
Sounds like Elin is outta' there soon too.
Quote from: Locutus on December 09, 2009, 12:43:38 PM
Swedish newspapers are reporting that Woods' wife Elin Nordegren bought a $2 million home dubbed Faglaro Mansion on a small, secluded island reachable by ferry from Stockholm.
^^
Sounds like Elin is outta' there soon too.
That's what he get for thinking with the wrong head! :biggrin:
Yep! On several occasions. ;D
As reluctant as I may be to bump this topic, I thought this article summed the Tiger thing up fairly well:
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Imagine for a moment that you are editor in chief of your local newspaper. Where do you put the Tiger stories?
It started out as a Crime Blotter item, a suspicious early morning one-car accident. In the end it netted Woods only a $164 fine and up to four points on his driving record.
It's a Sports story, since Woods is the world's most famous athlete, and a sex-and-celebrity story, so surely it belongs on the People page. It's also a Business story because of the impact Tiger's indiscretions will have on his endorsements, and that his absence will have on television ratings, tournament attendance and the sport itself.
About the only thing missing is a Weather tie-in, but by now there can be no debating that it is the perfect storm of a story. It is a tale both familiar (Bill Clinton, Kobe Bryant, Eliot Spitzer) and unique — seldom if ever has the public's perception of a man been so totally at odds with reality.
It cuts across demographics, hitting the celebrity angle for women and the sports angle for men and giving both sides fodder in the ongoing battle of the sexes now being played out anew on an Internet message board near you.
The story resonates for children, who have benefited most from Woods's philanthropy, specifically those who have visited his eponymous learning center in Anaheim, Calif. What are they to make of Woods and his interdisciplinary studies? (A copy of the out-of-print "Get a Grip on Physics" by John Gribbin was found lying behind Tiger's car seat, shards of glass on its cover.)
Is it time to nudge Johnny in the direction of a new hero?
A story like this, of course, ends up on A1, where it has been almost every day since Woods kicked off Black Friday by driving his SUV over a hydrant and into a tree. It has sent New York Post headline writers into borderline-dangerous, 80-point delirium.
But the more you ponder the plots and subplots, the more you begin to realize the saga says more about us than it does about Woods.
Start with the gutter twins of plain-old lurid curiosity, the type that moves tabloids in supermarket checkout lines, and its lowest-common-denominator sidekick, schadenfreude.
Meryl Streep once said in a commencement address, "You have been told that real life is not like college, and you have been correctly informed. Real life is more like high school."
Woods was our Most Likely to Succeed, Biggest Jock and Homecoming King. But his downfall has played out like a John Hughes movie, where the jock turns out to be like the rest of us while the nerds look on with amusement.
We are all, in this film, Anthony Michael Hall.
We are also, on some level, 4 years old again. We love to kick over sandcastles, the more elaborate the better, for the simple reason that it's interesting to watch them fall. (Thus the impetus for season two of "Human Wrecking Balls," Gallagher's timeless watermelon gag and other mondo-destructo pop-culture mush.)
We love to catch a cheat, or a "cheetah," as the Post called Woods, and to bust a myth. Woods was both of these things. His carefully crafted public image has cratered so swiftly and dramatically that his rep for right decision making, trumpeted by the consulting firm Accenture (the first Woods-backer to bail), was immediately exposed as farcical.
What's more, the Tiger affair has changed our concept of happiness itself, recalling every tired but true aphorism along the "Money can't buy happiness" spectrum, starting with, "He who gets everything he wants will soon want nothing he has."
Tiger had millions in the bank, a Swedish-bikini-team wife, a couple of cute kids (2-year-old Sam, 10-month-old Charlie), the adulation of millions, a labradoodle (Yogi) and a border collie (Taz), vacation homes, a yacht — and still it was not enough.
He was, it seems, a lost, lonely man, searching for happiness in all the wrong places. (Or, if you believe men merely seek to dominate other men, and to detonate their biological imperative far and wide, and to conquer the "Over the Top Benedicts" breakfast at Perkins, he was a very happy man. Discuss amongst yourselves.)
Tiger Woods was named athlete of the decade by the Associated Press on Wednesday, and he deserves another award for remaining such an enigma. We still don't know Tiger very well, but it seems likely we will get to know him better soon. Oprah or someone like her will take center stage to broker a second introduction better than the first.
This Tiger will be more man, less comic book hero. He may or may not be married, but he will be flawed and, for the first time, relatable. That's a good thing, after the impenetrable facade built by Tiger and IMG and monetized by so many watch, sports drink and video game makers for the last 13 years.
We like flawed, always have, because even though we have been exposed as rubberneckers and relationship know-it-alls, we are still, more than anything, about forgiveness and second acts. We love renewal, rebirth, a unique fixer-upper opportunity.
Come on back, Tiger. We're dying to meet you.
http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1948231,00.html (http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1948231,00.html)
lmao, good one.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/31/news/companies/tiger_woods_att/index.htm (http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/31/news/companies/tiger_woods_att/index.htm)
AT&T ends partnership with Tiger Woods
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:biggrin:
Were it me in Mr Woods situation, I'd do what I had to do to save my family and tell the rest of the world to KMA. But then, I suppose that is why I am not a pro-golfer too. . . :smile:
Pro-golfer or not, I can't see you being weak enough to have ever ended up in his situation.
I just hate how the media makes puppets out of everyone over anything. . . :rant:
Quote from: Palehorse on February 21, 2010, 09:25:42 PM
Were it me in Mr Woods situation, I'd do what I had to do to save my family and tell the rest of the world to KMA. But then, I suppose that is why I am not a pro-golfer too. . . :smile:
That would pretty much be my position as well.
That's a kind way of saying it.
My position, too.
I think, IF he manages to save his marriage....that would speak volumes of his sincerity....
I was not too impressed with the way he READ, his speech....but, I'm glad he finally is moving forward and facing the media, the slim that they are.
I personally dont care if Tiger Woods cheated on his wife. I don't watch golf to see Tiger kiss his wife on Sundays after winning a tournament. I watch to see him kiss the trophy. Tiger will rebound from this and continue to be the greatest golfer who ever lived!
Quote from: Uncle Chubby on March 02, 2010, 09:03:46 PM
I personally dont care if Tiger Woods cheated on his wife. I don't watch golf to see Tiger kiss his wife on Sundays after winning a tournament. I watch to see him kiss the trophy. Tiger will rebound from this and continue to be the greatest golfer who ever lived!
And you know, that is the way it should be. Unfortunately society tends to put athletes onto a "god like" pedestal and then get all whacked out when they find out that they are human! :rolleyes:
And when they start whining about "role models", I say why in the hell are we allowing our children to consider them role models? Is it fair to our children to let them aspire to achieve something the overwhelming majority of them will fail miserably at?
Hell I'd love to be a pro hockey player, but I realized early on I had to be realistic if I ever wanted to live in a house made of something more than pallets and cardboard as an adult.
Its great to support and encourage our children, but be realistic and support and encourage them to pursue a path that is going to arm them for reality and success, and stop trying to live vicariously through our children.
It's Tiger's fault, it's tiger's fault. Every one says. Well maybe his wife is just a bitch, she so cold when she spreads her legs the refrigeration light comes on. Maybe she married him for his money. Now she can get rid of him and live like a millionaire, living of his back and golfing skills. She sure didn't bring any money into the marriage.
What really give me a pain is he got where he is. with skill. These politians who have gone the same, has our lives and living in their hands. He is a golfer and he is not roll model.
Who gives a damn if he screwed around. If the dumbasses would happen to get him out of golf, I really don't think it's going to hurt to bad. He's a BILLIONAIRE. THE tROLL.
Just when you thought it was gone and done, it's BAAAAACK! :icon_twisted:
Tiger had to withdraw due to neck pain, which he claims is NOT from the car crash. . .
Sooooooooo - - - Is he oinkin' from the boinkin'? :biggrin:
A lion wouldn't cheat, but a Tiger wood! :biggrin:
the bottom line is, TIGER blew it! He made his own choices and they turned out to be very bad ones....so now it may very well cost him a storybook career, a marriage and his kids....even if his wife was a bitch, he handled it in a way that may have cost him millions and millions of dollars, and his reputation is now tarnished. It was his reuptation that was making him millions in endorsements...
he has no one to blame but himself....I think it is ashame because I really love to watch him play, and admired him.
Quote from: Henry Hawk on February 23, 2010, 08:40:10 AM
I think, IF he manages to save his marriage....that would speak volumes of his sincerity....
I was not too impressed with the way he READ, his speech....but, I'm glad he finally is moving forward and facing the media, the slim that they are.
Henry, maybe he shouldn't be married. Maybe his wife is just a money hungry, cold hearted bitch. Would you stay married under those conditions.
Quote from: The Troll on May 11, 2010, 09:37:28 AM
Henry, maybe he shouldn't be married. Maybe his wife is just a money hungry, cold hearted bitch. Would you stay married under those conditions.
if that was the case then he should have gotten a divorce...that is no big deal, man up!...but, the way he handled this, it not only made him look bad, but it may very well cost him most of his endoresments and possibly his golf career.
The bottom line is that he's an extraordinary golfer. He may not be husband of the year, but no one should give a fat rat's arse about that other than his wife.
Quote from: Sandy Eggo on May 11, 2010, 10:52:36 AM
The bottom line is that he's an extraordinary golfer. He may not be husband of the year, but no one should give a fat rat's arse about that other than his wife.
tell that to Nike, and Gatorade and Gillette...THOSE guys DO give a fat rats arse!!.....and this is a FACT, because they are the ones not too happy with him right now....and THEY are the guys who are making his Bank accounts nice and fat...
I like Tiger, and I hope he makes it back to the extraordinary golfer that we know and love.