jrt336

November 27th, 2009 at 3:00 PM ^

That really sucks. I wonder how you hit a fire hydrant and a tree while your backing out of your driveway and get seriously hurt. Hopefully he's ok.

gater

November 27th, 2009 at 3:03 PM ^

At least they're saying that alcohol wasn't a factor. That should stop a few rumors. It must have been a freak accident, like no seat belt and got a head injury or something. I hope he's ok. Weird thing from the ESPN article:

The Orange County Fire Rescue received a call about the accident at 2:28 a.m. ET. The Florida Highway Patrol did not report it until 2 p.m. ET.

way to get there in 11.5 hours guys...

bluebyyou

November 27th, 2009 at 3:53 PM ^

So, if alcohol is not a factor, the only other items that would have him out at that time of the morning is a fight with his wife (I'm available if Tiger is no longer interested) or a diaper run. I suspect it isn't the latter as he probably has round the clock help.

gater

November 27th, 2009 at 3:33 PM ^

Good to hear:

RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN -- REPORT: TIGER WOODS' AGENT SAYS THE GOLFER IS "FINE" AFTER CRASH.

RT @BreakingNews: Health Central hospital tells BNO News that Tiger Woods has been released from hospital, his manager tells CNBC he is "fine."

jerseyblue

November 27th, 2009 at 3:52 PM ^

How do you hit a hydrant AND a tree coming out of a driveway? Also, doing so AND hurting yourself enough to cut up your face WHILE going under 33mph? And accompishing this while sober(that's their story at least)? It's like letting a monkey do your taxes. It doesn't quite add up.

maizenbluedevil

November 27th, 2009 at 4:27 PM ^

Cell phone distraction + not wearing a seatbelt

Just sayin. That's a plausible and likely explanation for it. But, that's a lot less sensational than wild speculation so people and news agencies aren't really mentioning that.

SysMark

November 27th, 2009 at 4:03 PM ^

....this has cell phone distraction written all over it.

This kind of thing happens when you aren't looking where you are going.

Although the 2AM part is kinda strange

maizenbluedevil

November 27th, 2009 at 4:25 PM ^

There's an article I read from one of the local Orlando papers and one of the commenters posted that he is a resident of Windermere, and that a lot of the local celebrities there do their shopping at the Super Wal-Mart around this time of night just so they can shop in peace.

That sounds plausible.

The tendency w/ celebrities is to look around for skeletons in the closet and try to find them even when there aren't any. Maybe Woods has his, I don't know, but this incident seems pretty innocuous.

Lots of people are going to try and look for something here - alcohol, drugs, domestic problems - and chances are there's nothing to be seen here. The man was probably making a quick Wal-Mart run, was distracted by something (cell phone, perhaps, as SysMark suggests) and hit a tree.

Nonetheless people will still analyze this incident like the Kennedy assassination looking for something suspicious.

jmblue

November 27th, 2009 at 7:00 PM ^

I don't know. Unless it was pouring rain outside, it's hard for me to imagine that a simple distractant like a phone could cause him to lose so much control over his car while he was backing out of his driveway that he'd crash into a fire hydrant and tree. We'll probably never get the full story, though.

maizenbluedevil

November 27th, 2009 at 7:06 PM ^

You'd be surprised the effect that talking on the phone can have. Taking your eyes off of things for even just to adjust the radio or air conditioning can delay your reaction time by up to 2.5 seconds. On the road that makes a huge difference. Backing out of your driveway less so, but freak accidents do happen.

daveheal

November 28th, 2009 at 1:47 AM ^

when the truth finally comes out. This story makes zero sense at all as it's currently being told on ESPN. Nobody hears an accident and reaches for a golf club, then breaks the back window of an SUV in order to remove their husband through it. It's so patently silly I can't believe it's even being reported. At the very least just say nothing until you have something that sounds plausible.

footbox

November 27th, 2009 at 4:30 PM ^

Who leaves their house at 2:30 in the morning on Thanksgiving anyway? Seems a little suspect to me, I have to think there is more to this story than is being published right now

bmbender

November 27th, 2009 at 4:42 PM ^

All I can say that the facts that are being published do not add up. A square peg in a round whole. At 2am you are going fast enough leaving a driveway to hit a fire hydrant and a tree to cause serious injury but they are saying that the air bags weren't deployed? All I can say, is that there is something fishy in Florida!

Tater

November 27th, 2009 at 4:54 PM ^

There's plenty of things that are "fishy" in Florida. Grouper, cobia, red snapper, bass if you are in fresh water, and more crustaceans than you can count.

Whatever Woods was doing in his private life is his own business. Besides, nobody who follows golf and knows of Tiger's obsession for practice would be the least bit surprised if Woods had his own key to the range and was on his way to get a little bit of practice in private.

And if I was Tiger, that would be my story.

ldoublee

November 27th, 2009 at 6:16 PM ^

That his wife heard the crash and busted out the back window with a golf club to get him out. Now let's think about this...something doesn't add up...you don't smash out a back window unless a car has flipped over. Why not just open the door and help him out.

Also, police report that he had cuts on his lips and blood in his mouth and was drifting in and out of consciousness.

My guess is that they had a fight, Tiger said he's outty and went to leave. Crazy wife comes out with his favorite driver and smashes out a window. Tiger flies out of the driveway and jacks a hyrdrant and a tree.

What say all of you??

maizenbluedevil

November 27th, 2009 at 6:55 PM ^

If you're going to spend time on the internet fuelling wild speculation (which there is no evidence for) about the potential marital problems of total strangers, you need to get a life.

Find a hobby, take up a new sport, read a good novel, learn to play a musical instrument, do something.... but this.... suggests you either have way too much free time or way too little excitement in your own life. Let the Woods (Woodses? Woodsi? Woodsen?) take care of theirs.

mgolf4

November 27th, 2009 at 8:32 PM ^

What does it say about your life if you spend your life reading and commenting on the wild speculation (which there is no evidence for) about the potential marital problems of total strangers? Furthermore, what about the exorbitant about of free time or way to little excitement in your life? Maybe press pause on your entitlement crusade and take a little time for introspection before posting.

maizenbluedevil

November 27th, 2009 at 9:11 PM ^

LOL I *knew* someone was going to reply with something like this. People play their roles so predictably.

It's a very slippery slope you're standing on, because every criticism you just levelled at me applies to you as well - except you're one further step removed!!

Even if I, "spend [my] life reading and commenting on the wild speculation (which there is no evidence for) about the potential marital problems of total strangers", you're the guy reading and commenting on my reading and commenting! And *you* criticize *me* for it? Hahaha, it's too delicious.

By the way what the hell is an "entitlement crusade"?

arod

November 27th, 2009 at 6:26 PM ^

a football player sexually assaulted her, and we get a hundred responses about innocent until proven guilty, don't release his name, most of these allegations are eventually dropped, and so on.

Golfer wrecks his car, police say no alcohol was involved, and we get a bunch of posts about how he was likely boozing, or fighting with his wife, and so on.

That seems reasonable.

AAT: I often go to 24 hour places like Meijer around 2:00am because I'm usually awake and you won't have to deal with a bunch of fucking idiots in line for the bottle return, check outs, and so on. I also take off in my car if I'm fighting with my girlfriend. I guess I must have been drunk all those times and not realized it.

FormerWolv

November 27th, 2009 at 7:00 PM ^

First thing that came to mind is cell phone + pressing wrong petal or had it in wrong gear.

Had the wheel turned to back out (or maybe street parking) thought he had it in R, pressed the gas and that Cadillac V8 did some moving

or

Everyone has done the complete turn to watch out the back window while your going in reverse move, he hit the brake, but hit the gas instead.

Just adding some plausible scenarios....

maizenbluedevil

November 27th, 2009 at 7:12 PM ^

Maybe because she was scared, she reacted in the moment on impulse, didn't take the time to think rationally and weigh the potential pros and cons.... who knows!! Any number of reasons are possible.

Is the situation unusual? Yes. But, the fact that some people have looked at what is an unusual situation and placed the Woods under suspicion by default, when there's no evidence that even suggests the claims that are being made... Well, people should learn to use their imaginations for more constructive endeavors.

Dan Man

November 27th, 2009 at 8:48 PM ^

Yeah, but it's not just the back window being smashed (which, as you note, is exceptionally weird) - it's everything else that doesn't add up either. They're obviously covering something up. Not that I give a shit if they had a fight or whatever. But they shouldn't make shit up when a law has been broken and the police are involved. Just sayin...

maizenbluedevil

November 27th, 2009 at 9:07 PM ^

"They're obviously covering something up."

What evidence for that is there *at all*, let alone evidence that makes it "obvious"?

Seriously, I'm wondering. If you have some, post away.

Is it possible they're covering something up? Sure.

But there are numerous possibilities as to what happened.

As of now, there is no evidence to place them under suspicion yet that is exactly what people are doing.

Is it a weird situation? Yes.

Since when does that automatically mean something sinnister is going on, which, is the conclusion some have jumped to?

Dan Man

November 27th, 2009 at 11:54 PM ^

Well, if you want to split hairs, I guess no one can know what happened for certain, except Tiger and wife. I'd say given these crazy circumstances and their crazy explanation, and given the extreme scrutiny that a celebrity like Tiger is under, particularly because of his sparkling reputation, and also given the obvious reasons why he and wife might make up something to cover up an embarrassing incident (even if it is far less than "sinster") I'd say there's a very, very high percentage chance that they're making up at least part of their explanation. This isn't based on special info - this is based on common sense.