Posted on 11/28/2009 6:19:36 AM PST by IbJensen
Tiger Woods was injured early Friday morning outside his Florida home when his car struck a fire hydrant, then crashed into a tree.
Tiger Woods, bolting his Florida mansion after a reported late-night fight with his wife, was found dazed and bleeding Friday after plowing his SUV into a fire hydrant and a tree.
The world's No. 1 golfer was pulling out of his driveway at 2:25 a.m. when he double-bogeyed the getaway in his 2009 Cadillac Escalade, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Wife Elin Nordegren heard the crash from inside the couple's $2.4 million home and went to her spouse's aid, police said.
The one-time Swedish model grabbed a golf club, smashed out a rear window in the SUV and helped Woods out of the wreck, said Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor.
But TMZ.com reported that a source said Nordegren scratched Woods' face after she went berserk over reports he was seeing another woman and chased him with a golf club, striking his vehicle as he ran from the home.
The Web site said the source talked to Woods after the smashup.
The crash came on the heels of reports in the National Enquirer and Star magazine that Woods had an affair with a New York nightclub hostess - who denied it last night to the Daily News.
Nordegren told cops she ran outside and discovered her husband bleeding from the mouth, with cuts on his lips, police said. She said she bashed out the rear window with the club and helped the 6-foot-1, 185-pound Woods out of the car.
Police arrived to find Woods, drifting in and out of consciousness, lying in the street with his wife watching over him, Saylor said. He was taken to a nearby hospital about 10 minutes later.
Cops said alcohol was not involved, but offered no explanation for where the world's richest athlete was headed alone in the middle of the night.
Woods and Nordegren live in the Isleworth neighborhood with their two children, 2-year-old Sam and 9-month-old Charlie.
The accident was part of a rough week for Woods, who is on the front page of this week's Enquirer under the headline "Tiger Woods Cheating Scandal."
The tabloid claimed Woods was having an affair with Rachel Uchitel - a sexy Manhattan hostess who lost a fiancé in the World Trade Center on 9/11 and was previously linked to married television star David Boreanaz.
Uchitel, a former party planner who has worked as a VIP hostess at swanky nightspots, denied it in a message sent to The News from her Facebook account.
"There is NO relationship with tiger these girls quoted in the story are not being truthful," she wrote.
"I resent my name being slung thru the mud."
The Enquirer story - and a similar story in Star - quoted a woman named Ashley Samson and said she was friends with Uchitel and passed a polygraph.
"I did not say those things to those 'sources' and im not friends with ashley simpson or whatever her name is," Uchitel insisted.
Woods had no comment beyond a statement that downplayed the accident.
"Tiger Woods was in a minor car accident outside his home last night," it read. "He was admitted, treated and released in good condition. We appreciate very much everyone's thoughts and well wishes."
Woods, 33, was taken by ambulance to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee after the crash, about a half-mile off the main drag in Windermere, just west of Orlando.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers went to Woods' home last night to talk to the golfer, but were turned away by Nordegren who said her husband was resting. She asked them to return today and they agreed, spokeswoman Kim Montes told the Orlando Sentinel.
His neighbors in the tree-lined development, with its private golf course and small lakes, include NBA star Shaquille O'Neal.
Police said the air bags on the 2009 Escalade did not deploy, meaning Woods was likely driving slower than 33 mph.
The crash remains under investigation and charges are possible against Woods, who has avoided public controversy in his stellar career. Woods owns 14 major championships, the second-highest total in golfing history, and earns more than $100 million annually from golf and his endorsement deals. He has captured 82 victories worldwide.
Last Saturday, Woods handled the coin toss before the California-Stanford football game. At halftime, the Stanford alum - accompanied by his wife - was inducted into his alma mater's sports Hall of Fame.
I think it is just that for celebrities it is more in the public eye.
OMG, the question I have to ask is WHY? Who else could he possibly have met that is more beautiful than his current wife? WTH is he thinking?
Do go on and on and.......
I don't think that Woods believed that his dalliance would provoke such anger in his Scandinavian bride.
Well, I think she's descended from the Vikings... they liked to club people... LOL...
Crush the hydrant,
Slam the tree!
But be careful not to hurt the knee!
Remember: it’s just a marital spat.
And Nicklaus’s records you still lack!
A more edifying version comes from a Mr. Stockton, circa 1882:
The semi-barbaric King of an ancient land employed an unusual form of administering justice in his kingdom. The offender would be placed in an arena where his only way out would be to go through one of two doors. Behind one door was a beautiful lady, and behind the other was a fierce tiger. The offender was then asked to pick one of the doors, without knowing what was behind it. If he picked the door with the woman behind it, then he was declared innocent but was also required to marry the woman, regardless of previous marital status. If he picked the door with the tiger behind it, though, then he was deemed guilty and the tiger would tear him to pieces.
One day the king found that his daughter, the princess, had taken a lover far beneath her station. The king threw the offender in prison and put him on trial in the arena. There, the suitor looked to the princess for some indication of which door to pick. The princess actually knew which door concealed the woman and which one the tiger, but was faced with a dilemma: if she indicated the door with the tiger, the man she loved would be killed on the spot; but if she indicated the door with the lady, her lover would be forced to marry another woman, a lady that the princess deeply hated and believed her lover has flirted with. Finally she did indicate a door, which the suitor then opened.
At this point the question is posed to the reader, “Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady?”
Or a “Beer Summit”
It’s hard for me to believe he would be cheating on her. He’s already married WAY up. I mean, let’s be honest. If he was a used car salesman and she worked at Dairy Queen she wouldn’t give him the time of day.
Ever notice how much he looks like a semiblack Howdie Doody?
The original story made NO sense. This one does.
How much Woods could Woods wife whack if Woods wife did use a wood?
HEY! We’ve got that relatively under control.
But it might be time again to go back and kick some English bu*t.
Night putting with the dean’s daughter????
I was curious to see what the other news sites were reporting on this.
I never browse CNN or MSNBC, but just took a look. They are STILL reporting the first story...she broke the window with a golf club..and domestic violence was ruled out..lol
Then they wonder why they are losing viewers.
You think he was asleep when it started?
A guy should never go to bed before an argument is settled. Too risky. The woman stays up and stews.
It was the bitching wedge.
Tiger, had better kiss and make up. Prenup or not, with his vast estate it will be ugly if he doesn’t.
Maybe we can “help” them. Finish this sentence which is the current MSNBC headline on the story-
Cops: Wife used golf club to free Woods _____________________.
They couldn't have thought up a story that sucked worse than this one.
However, that is their business and if Tiger wants to drop it so should we. The bottom line is, he brought it upon himself. Messing with other people's emotions is a good way to get killed regardless of which person you are dealing with.
Show me a beautiful woman and I’ll show you a guy who’s sick and tired of her crap.
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