Tiger Woods taken to hospital in 'serious' condition after car accident

[flarendep1]

Bookmaker.com lists the timeline on the Woods bet as December 31, 2010

I would bet they are still married at that time. What were the odds or is that even money based on that timeline?

[ToDaClub]

I'll pass. Even if they are heading down the path of divorce, odds are they take some time to let all this cool down and/or give it old college try.

I never paid attention or cared, but I'd have to think there was a prenup, right?

I would guess your right, but my understanding of prenups in most states is it only applies to what your assets are the day you get married. Anything after that is 50/50.

[ToDaClub]

And in North Dakota, the father-in-law has to give back the 2 cows!

[flarendep1]

Good advice from Larry Kudlow to Tiger:

An Open Letter to Tiger Woods
Published: Tuesday, 1 Dec 2009 | 3:55 PM ET Text Size By: Larry Kudlow
CNBC Anchor


AP
Tiger Woods
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Fess up, Tiger. If you don’t, the tabloids are gonna kill ya.

By now everyone knows that something happened to you and your car outside your Florida mansion.

Some tabloids report that for some reason your wife Elin teed you up inside your home with one of your Nike golf clubs, and that you sought escape by hot-footing it outside at two-thirty in the morning to your Cadillac Escalade in the driveway but for some reason, you hit a fireplug and wrapped the car around a tree.

How you got your face scratched and wound up on the side of the road is still a mystery.

But the tabs and gossip sites like TMZ.com are saying a woman named Rachel Uchitel is the alleged home-breaker. That you have some kind of relationship with her. And that story is not going to die until you put it to rest one way or another by fessing up and telling all the details.

Adding fuel to these flames, you have pulled out of your very own tournament, the 2009 Chevron World Challenge, which is scheduled for this week. Tiger, my friend, one thing you need to consider is the business angle to this narrative.

The Daily Beast is running a story about your $100 million car crash. Investigative reporter Gerald Posner estimates that even if you take a 10 percent hit on your endorsement income, this incident could cost you $10 million a year, totaling $100 million over the next decade. At risk could be your contracts with Nike, Gatorade, and AT&T. There’s also Accenture and the EA video-game series.

So, my friend, stonewalling, when even whispers of marital infidelity are involved, just doesn’t pay.

South Carolina governor Mark Sanford tried stonewalling, but it didn’t work out too well for him. His career is now finished. Another bad case is that of former North Carolina senator and unsuccessful presidential candidate John Edwards. He really had a bad time of it, with the tabloids literally chasing him into the bathroom. His career is finished, too. On the other hand, Nevada senator John Ensign did fess up — about one half step ahead of the tabloids — and he may well live to see another reelection day.

And then there’s Bill Clinton, who stonewalled about his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Woaaah! That caused one heck of a blow up, including impeachment proceedings in the House. Remember when he said that it “depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is”? This was the worldwide sex-cover-up stonewalling attempt to end all marital-infidelity sex-cover-up stonewalling attempts.

Tiger, you don’t want to go there.

That could be you. There are lessons to be learned about coming clean as fast as possible.

Even though I personally have only one-ten-thousandth of your media and business impact, perhaps my story will be helpful. Over 15 years ago, after missing a big speech and resigning from my career on Wall Street, the New York Times came after me with a story of serious alcohol and drug abuse. They were right. I believed then as I do now that honesty is a virtue, and I fessed up. I got sober. My saintly wife and I recently celebrated our 22nd marriage anniversary. And today I am fully employed at CNBC (for which I am eternally grateful). People forgave me. God redeemed me.

But in your case, if there is no alcohol, drugs, or infidelity, and if there is a better-sounding, truthful explanation of your events, you’ve gotta get out there and say it. As you know, your clean, serious, sober, near-perfect, golden-boy bloom is already off the rose. And if you insist on stonewalling, from now on it’s damage limitation. And that will be no fun at all. Your bottom will be lower than anything you ever imagined.

Fans love the way you play, and so do I. Sunday afternoons are a treat watching you. But you’re in a heap of trouble right now. Stonewalling, whether in business or politics, seldom pays.

C’mon Tiger. Be a mench. Fess up and clear the air. If you do it soon, you will be forgiven, and this too will pass.

[wayne1218]

It will pass either way Larry and the tabloids will move on when the next story comes along. Get a life and stop being so nosey!

[wayne1218]

Tiger's business is his and no one else's

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com


Oh, my gosh, Tiger Woods did/didn't have a dispute with his wife, did/didn't get chased out of the family mansion by his golf-club-wielding/loving spouse, did/didn't get freaked out by the confrontation/nonconfrontation and did/didn't suffer minor injuries after his Cadillac lost a two-round bout with a fire hydrant and tree!

Isn't it all so very exciting?

Except that I don't care. Check that -- I care if domestic abuse was involved because that's criminal. Otherwise, it isn't any of our business if Woods and wife Elin Nordegren Woods maybe, possibly, allegedly had an argument in the privacy of their home, followed by Mr. Woods' having a car accident in the privacy of his own driveway.

If this were Woods' Isleworth neighbor who had the accident, absolutely nobody would care. But it's Tiger Woods, perhaps the planet's most recognizable athlete, so suddenly we feel it's our right to know everything that happened and it's Woods' responsibility to tell us.

Woods owes us nothing, especially an explanation. If it was an argument that triggered the wee-hours accident, then that's between husband and wife. If there was spousal abuse, then the charges will be made public and we'll know soon enough. If not, then the 24-hour news cycle will have to find another story to attach its suction cups to.

Something happened behind the gates of that luxurious Orlando-area housing development in the predawn of Friday. You don't just climb into the family SUV, slam into a hydrant and tree and get knocked unconscious because it seems like the thing to do at 2:25 a.m.

But that's all we know. We've heard a 911 tape. We've been informed by the Florida Highway Patrol that Woods' crisis lawyer has canceled his client's interview with investigators. We've read a carefully crafted statement attributed to Woods that said, in part, "The many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible."

He's right. Nothing personal, but I'm not prepared to take the grocery store tabloid plunge on this one just yet. Too much history of lawsuits and ready, fire, aim reporting.

Instead, I'd rather give the benefit of the doubt to Woods, whose most glaring public weakness up to now has been his five-alarm language on the golf course. In private, who knows?

Woods' image has been given a weekly mani/pedi since he turned pro in 1996. He is the world's best golfer and one of the world's most recognizable brands. But where some athletes provide total media access, Woods grants glimpses into his personal life in teaspoon-sized portions. He is the Kim Jong-Il of sports: viewable, but impenetrable.

The recent auto accident -- and the rumors surrounding it -- has empowered people to take a can opener to that morning in Isleworth. But why stop there? Let's roll out all the rumors and demand that Woods come clean.

What we conveniently forget is that Woods' image is a creation that features Perfect Tiger. He has the perfect golf game, so we assume he has the perfect life. And Woods and his handlers have done nothing to dispel that perception.

But he isn't perfect; nobody is. Something precipitated his car accident, but that something is for him, not us, to decide if it's to be made public. Again, that dynamic changes only if something criminal was involved.

Whatever happens, Woods' reputation will need a mulligan by the time this is over. His Tiger-controlled, North Korea-like Web site statements answer few questions. And with mystery and virtual silence comes suspicion.

But neither Woods nor his wife has been accused of anything except waking up the neighbors. If there are marital difficulties, that's for him and his wife to address. I don't need a marriage counseling update from Tiger and Elin to make my life whole.

Woods is the most accomplished golfer in the game. That doesn't mean he'll be the most accomplished husband, father, role model or SUV driver. Just because I buy a ticket and schlep out to watch him hit a 3-iron to Venus doesn't mean he owes me a play-by-play account of the car crash.

But what about all those endorsement dollars? He's selling us a version of Woods that maybe doesn't exist. We deserve the truth -- isn't that the argument we're hearing in the aftermath of the SUV incident?

Hate to break it to you, but that version of Woods is called advertising. To think he owes us an explanation because we buy the golf shoes he pitches is naive. He owes us greatness on the golf course. He owes us to show up for his tee time. That's it.

Now then, if he wants to tell, say, Nike co-founder Phil Knight what happened that morning, OK, that makes sense. The tens of millions that Knight and others pay Tiger to endorse their products give them the right to at least ask for an explanation. But it doesn't guarantee they'll get an answer.

Woods will survive this. Michael Jordan survived the gambling stories and a costly divorce. Alex Rodriguez survived the steroid admission and a divorce. Kobe Bryant survived a sexual assault case and a visit to a jeweler.

This isn't the Woods family's finest moment. But until further notice, it's their moment, not ours.

[PhilJr]

Tiger Woods: alleged affairs and racy messages to Jaimee Grubbs? "My wife may be calling you." - Posted

Unfortunatley, this will not end any time soon now

[Jamaicanman]

I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. 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.

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. For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives. The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect.

But no matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy. I realize there are some who don't share my view on that. But for me, the virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family. Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions.

Whatever regrets I have about letting my family down have been shared with and felt by us alone. I have given this a lot of reflection and thought and I believe that there is a point at which I must stick to that principle even though it's difficult.

I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves. For all of those who have supported me over the years, I offer my profound apology.

[bryce]

8:00 am
what will happen first to tiger woods
32567 tiger woods admits on having an affair +330
32568 he will stay with his wife -250
32569 tiger woods gets a divorce +330
32570 he will buy her an expensive ring ala kobe bryant +550
32571 tiger woods was under the influence +300

Lines from bookmaker

[KazDog]

8:00 am
what will happen first to tiger woods
32567 tiger woods admits on having an affair +330
32568 he will stay with his wife -250
32569 tiger woods gets a divorce +330
32570 he will buy her an expensive ring ala kobe bryant +550
32571 tiger woods was under the influence +300

Lines from bookmaker

Wouldn't what he said be considered an admission to an affair? And do they determine whether that was an admission. His words were vague but that's fairly close to an admission.

KAZ

[bryce]

Wouldn't what he said be considered an admission to an affair? And do they determine whether that was an admission. His words were vague but that's fairly close to an admission.

KAZ

Nice pussy Kazdoggie!!

I guess it isn't close enough.
But I would lean towards that-and if it is true I think Tiger will come out and say just to get this over with and move on.
The longer this lingers the more shit is going to be started and continued.

[Spark]

They were playing a Voice Message of him on the radio this morning that he left one of his g/f's telling her to change her message from her name to her number because his wife got a hold of the g/f's phone number ...


What a dummy!!!

[joshuab1]

yup its on tmzs website the actualy website..these celevs r morons.. u dnt think a stranger will keep all evidence for future use

[flarendep1]

They were playing a Voice Message of him on the radio this morning that he left one of his g/f's telling her to change her message from her name to her number because his wife got a hold of the g/f's phone number ...


What a dummy!!!

Yeah, I heard that. This is why I think it was a good move for him to get out in front of this story.

Even though his words are vague, he can head off these gold-digging bimbos that he was playing around with.

There will probably be a lot more voicemails and texts these bitches saved. At least now they will have less impact.

[Spark]

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