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.
It’s actually a good apology.
I think he has been very spoiled and privileged and sometimes people in that position think everyone in their lives is a prop to them.
Hopefully he has realized now that his wife is a real human being in her own right and that promises meant something to her. I hope he completely QUITS his man-whoring around and becomes a husband for the first time.
The best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.
(With all that said, Tiger, you MUST know, when you are famous and pokin’ around, NO ONE GETS AWAY WITH IT for long. And EVERYONE gets mocked mercilessly as long as the jokes keep coming. It is YOUR PRICE TO PAY for being famous. We apologize too, but the whole golf/Woods/sex thing is too funny to pass up.)