Part of Tiger's media event
Nov 30, 2021 12:39:41 GMT -5
Post by bobtailnag on Nov 30, 2021 12:39:41 GMT -5
Tiger Woods faced the media and the world on Tuesday, his first public appearance since his catastrophic February car wreck, and he remained as inspiring — and maddening — as ever.
Walking without a visible limp but still in pain, Woods, bulky-armed and dressed in a charcoal and black camo Nike shirt, ran through a greatest hits of his news conference performances: documenting his intensive recovery and rehab, pontificating on his charity and the tournament he’s hosting this week, deflecting with feather-light jokes, fondly musing about his children … and stonewalling when the questioning zeroed in on an uncomfortable topic.
Woods suffered multiple injuries, including a shattered ankle and a compound fracture, when the car he was driving in Los Angeles early in the morning of Feb. 23 left the road and flipped. Police said the sole cause of the accident was excessive speed — Woods was traveling 83 mph in a 45-mph zone — and did not indicate that any other factor was involved.
Asked directly on Tuesday what he remembered of the crash, Woods — who up to that point in the conference had been open and engaging on the subjects of his charity and his rehab — slammed the door shut.
"That's all been answered, it's in the police report,” he said. “You can read about it there."
It was a clipped and insufficient answer for a legitimate question. Woods was traveling at nearly twice the speed limit in a residential area, and there was no evidence of braking before Woods left the road and flipped several times. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy said shortly after the wreck that Woods was “very fortunate ... to come out of this alive,” and Woods, by his own admission, nearly lost his leg to amputation.
“People poke and prod and want to know more about my business. I understand that,” Woods said, before warning inquirers to leave his family alone. As has been the case ever since his Thanksgiving 2009 accident — 12 years ago almost to the day — Woods and his team once again made the decision to lock down and dismiss all inquiries, allowing speculation to run wild.
Walking without a visible limp but still in pain, Woods, bulky-armed and dressed in a charcoal and black camo Nike shirt, ran through a greatest hits of his news conference performances: documenting his intensive recovery and rehab, pontificating on his charity and the tournament he’s hosting this week, deflecting with feather-light jokes, fondly musing about his children … and stonewalling when the questioning zeroed in on an uncomfortable topic.
Woods suffered multiple injuries, including a shattered ankle and a compound fracture, when the car he was driving in Los Angeles early in the morning of Feb. 23 left the road and flipped. Police said the sole cause of the accident was excessive speed — Woods was traveling 83 mph in a 45-mph zone — and did not indicate that any other factor was involved.
Asked directly on Tuesday what he remembered of the crash, Woods — who up to that point in the conference had been open and engaging on the subjects of his charity and his rehab — slammed the door shut.
"That's all been answered, it's in the police report,” he said. “You can read about it there."
It was a clipped and insufficient answer for a legitimate question. Woods was traveling at nearly twice the speed limit in a residential area, and there was no evidence of braking before Woods left the road and flipped several times. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy said shortly after the wreck that Woods was “very fortunate ... to come out of this alive,” and Woods, by his own admission, nearly lost his leg to amputation.
“People poke and prod and want to know more about my business. I understand that,” Woods said, before warning inquirers to leave his family alone. As has been the case ever since his Thanksgiving 2009 accident — 12 years ago almost to the day — Woods and his team once again made the decision to lock down and dismiss all inquiries, allowing speculation to run wild.