According to the Los Angeles Times, Tiger Woods will not be playing in his golf tournament in Thousand Oaks this week and canceled his appearance Tuesday at a pre-tournament news conference following an accident in his car that left him with facial cuts and sparked worldwide speculation about what happened.
The accident occurred at 2:25 a.m. on Friday in front of his mansion near Orlando, Florida, when he backed his black Cadillac Escalade out of his driveway and then ran over a fire hydrant before hitting a tree on a neighbor’s property. The vehicle sustained bad damage to the front end. According to police, Woods’ wife said that she used a golf club to break through a window to remove him from the vehicle. Woods was treated for injuries including cuts on his face.
Woods stated that the situation was his fault and was embarrassing but did not address any details of the accident that he termed “a private matter.” He has declined to speak with state troopers since then. The Florida Highway Patrol is seeking a warrant for Woods’ hospital records that would document the treatment Woods received after the accident.
A statement on his website indicated that “due to injuries sustained in a one-car accident last week, Tiger Woods will be unable to play in the 2009 Chevron World Challenge” and also “will not participate in any other tournaments in 2009 and will return to action next year.”
