Tiger Woods said he let his family down with transgressions he regrets" with all his heart," and that he will deal with his personal life behind closed doors. His statement follows a cover story in US WEEKLY magazine that reports a Los Angeles cocktail waitress claims she had a 31-month affair with the worlds #1 golfer.
"I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves," Woods says on his website. I am not without faulfs and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failing behind closed doors with my family. Those feeling should be shared by us alone.
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 proff in 300 text messages. About three hours before Woods statement, the magazine published what it said was a voicemail--provided by Grubbs --that Wods left on her phone on November 24, three days before his middle-of-the-night car crash outside his home in Florida.Woods did not offer details of any alleged relationship. "I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves," Woods said. "For all those who have supported me over the years, I offer my profound apology."
Woods has been subjected to more media scrutiny over the last week than when he first won the "Masters" in 1997 and sey off the first wave of Tigermania.He has spoken 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," Wood 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 phyical violence played a role in his Friday morning car crash were "utterly false and malicius." Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect," he wrote.Woods was charged with careless driving and four points on his driving record. The story soon shifted from a patrol investigation to sordid allegations into his oersonal 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 phome.And, uh, may be calling you. If you can , please take your name off that and,um, and what do you call it just a number on the voice mail, just have it as your telephone number. That's it,OK. You gotta do this for mr.Huge. Quickly. All right. Bye......The AP could not confirm Woods was the caller, but it sure sound like Woods.
My spin on this:I am not a fan of golf or Tiger, but believe him to be approcahing the status of the greatest golfer that ever lived. Unfortunately , now because of this , he will never achieve his goal as the greatest golfer. Golf is a game of character and graciousness as any sport. Kids looking up to Tiger as a role model is shoot to hell......I only have two questions for now....
[1] Did Tiger use his 9 iron? [2] Why in hell did Grubbs saved over 300 voicemails?...to be continued: updates as they become available.
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