Woods set to tell his side of fall from grace
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February 19, 2010, Friday
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TIGER Woods will speak publicly today for the first time since his bizarre Thanksgiving night car accident, beginning what his agent called "the process of making amends" for the sex scandal that sent him into hiding for three months.
"While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him," Mark Steinberg said in an e-mail on Wednesday.
"He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends and that's what he's going to discuss."
However, Steinberg said Woods would not take any questions from a small group of media representatives. "This is not a press conference," he said.
It will be Woods' first public appearance since November 27, when he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a tree outside his Florida home. Woods' only comments since then have been on his Website.
Woods is to speak from the clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, home of the PGA Tour.
There was strict control over the appearance, typical of Woods' career.
Steinberg described the gathering as a "small group of friends, colleagues and close associates," who will listen to Woods apologize as he talks about the past and what he plans to do next.
He said three wire services had been invited - The Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg - and he asked the Golf Writers' Association of America to recommend pool reporters.
Only one camera will be in the room to provide live coverage via satellite.
Steinberg said other writers with credentials could watch from a hotel ballroom more than 2 kilometers away.
The timing is peculiar. The appearance will take place during the third round of the Match Play Championship in Arizona, sure to steal attention away from the first big PGA event of the year.
The tournament is sponsored by Accenture, the first sponsor to drop Woods.
However, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said he did not think Woods' appearance was going to undermine the event.
"We have tournaments every week," Finchem said. "I think it's going to be a story in and of itself. A lot of people are going to be watching golf this week to see what the world of golf says about it, my guess is. So that will be a good thing."
As far as the PGA Tour's part in the Woods event, Finchem said: "We were asked to make the facility available and to help with the logistics. That's what we're doing."
Woods had a spectacular fall from his perch atop golf. He was believed to have been the first athlete to gross US$1 billion in earnings and endorsements and, at 14 majors, was closing in on golf's record of 18 majors held by Jack Nicklaus.
Over the past few months, Woods has been on the cover of gossip magazines and the butt of jokes on national talk shows.
"While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him," Mark Steinberg said in an e-mail on Wednesday.
"He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends and that's what he's going to discuss."
However, Steinberg said Woods would not take any questions from a small group of media representatives. "This is not a press conference," he said.
It will be Woods' first public appearance since November 27, when he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a tree outside his Florida home. Woods' only comments since then have been on his Website.
Woods is to speak from the clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, home of the PGA Tour.
There was strict control over the appearance, typical of Woods' career.
Steinberg described the gathering as a "small group of friends, colleagues and close associates," who will listen to Woods apologize as he talks about the past and what he plans to do next.
He said three wire services had been invited - The Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg - and he asked the Golf Writers' Association of America to recommend pool reporters.
Only one camera will be in the room to provide live coverage via satellite.
Steinberg said other writers with credentials could watch from a hotel ballroom more than 2 kilometers away.
The timing is peculiar. The appearance will take place during the third round of the Match Play Championship in Arizona, sure to steal attention away from the first big PGA event of the year.
The tournament is sponsored by Accenture, the first sponsor to drop Woods.
However, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said he did not think Woods' appearance was going to undermine the event.
"We have tournaments every week," Finchem said. "I think it's going to be a story in and of itself. A lot of people are going to be watching golf this week to see what the world of golf says about it, my guess is. So that will be a good thing."
As far as the PGA Tour's part in the Woods event, Finchem said: "We were asked to make the facility available and to help with the logistics. That's what we're doing."
Woods had a spectacular fall from his perch atop golf. He was believed to have been the first athlete to gross US$1 billion in earnings and endorsements and, at 14 majors, was closing in on golf's record of 18 majors held by Jack Nicklaus.
Over the past few months, Woods has been on the cover of gossip magazines and the butt of jokes on national talk shows.
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