Finally, A Reason To Be GWAA President!**
/Nice job by Steve Elling who spells out how the Tiger statement-reading in front of three wire service writers and three pool reporters at the TPC Sawgrass came about.
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Tiger Photographed Jogging By Noted Sports Photographer!
/Stephanie Wei and TMZ.com both sound skeptical that this Sam Greenwood shot was anything but staged. Either way, it's an upgrade over this debacle.
I'm just trying to figure out if that's a man or a woman he's running with.
"I have not talked to Accenture about this, no."
/Tim Finchem's back-of-the-room press gathering was not one of his best. But that's his fault for serving at the behest of Team Tiger, to date one of the worst crisis management operations of all time.
Read MoreFirst Tiger Statement-Reading Question: What Timing!
/Okay, unless he's announcing that he's playing the Waste Management Open next week, there is simply no good reason for Tiger to hold this statement reading on Friday.
Read MoreTiger Woods To Make Public Statement At PGA TOUR Headquarters, 11 a.m. ET Friday**
/PGATour.com posts this news on their site:
Now, according to Darren Rovell on Twitter, there will be no Q&A. And he reports this from agent Mark Steinberg: "Tiger will make a public statement to begin to make amends."
But what a great way to upstage his old friends at Accenture by doing this the week they host a tour event!
For those of you with jobs, PGATour.com's Brian Wacker reports that it will be streamed live on PGATour.com. I suspect it might get picked up a few other places too.
Update on 2010-02-17 20:40 by Geoff
**This ESPN.com story, includes these new wrinkles:
Woods will speak to a small group of reporters at 11 a.m. Friday from the clubhouse of the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., home of the PGA Tour.
"This is all about the next step," Mark Steinberg, his agent, told The Associated Press. "He's looking forward to it."
Steinberg said Woods would speak to a "small group of friends, colleagues and close associates" about his past and what he plans next, along with apologizing for his behavior.
He said three wire services would be invited, and he was asking the Golf Writers Association of America to pick a small group of reporters to serve as a pool. Steinberg said there would be one pool camera, but it would be available live via satellite.
Woods will not be taking questions.
Steinberg was also asked why this couldnt wait until after the Accenture match play.
Michael Buteau filed portions of the above story it appears, and also filed this Bloomberg version. Note that the first two to report the Woods press conference story were Bloomberg and CNBC's Darren Rovell.
“Tiger Woods will be speaking to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates at 11:00 a.m. EST Friday at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida,” the statement said. “Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future and he plans to apologize for his behavior.”
"I think all of his advantages are probably gone."
/Another bold proclamation from Johnny Miller, as reported in Doug Ferguson's notes column.
Meanwhile TMZ reports that Tiger met with Tavistock officials to plot his likely comeback appearance March 22-23, followed by the Masters.
"I know, I lost most of you after 'Zeus.'"
/We knew David Feherty was "sick and angry" over the media's Tiger Woods coverage, but now he fleshes his ideas out in his Golf Magazine column.
Read More"He can even wear shorts if he wants, although the Lojack tracking device his wife will probably shackle on his ankle as he heads out the door might be a bit obvious."
/Orlando's Steve Elling has kicked around the idea of the Tavistock Cup hosting Tiger's return to golf and based on the list he provides, it makes overwhelming sense as the ideal place. Well, other than the world taking a close look at one of golf's most obnoxious displays of spending and excess.
Read MoreTiger Clippings, AT&T Pebble Beach Week Edition
/Ah yes, it seemed so long ago we were planning on watching Tiger Woods go in full pretend mode to act he was enjoying the mess that has become the Pebble Beach pro-am, all so he cold make some notes on this year's U.S. Open host site.
Read MoreTMZ: Tiger To Return At Tavistock Cup
/You know it's a gossip site, and they this an they're that and Harvey Levin drinks out of a weird cup, but I have to say that of all speculation about when Tiger Woods would return, not one golf writer predicted the hideous Tavistock Cup. But that's what TMZ is suggesting.
Read MoreJohnny On Tiger: “His integrity’s been shattered"
/Randall Mell reports on Johnny Miller's first Tiger comments post-accident.
Read More"All that I will say is the story circulating out of a Melbourne newspaper has no fabric to it at all."
/That's Stevie Williams on rumors of Tiger's return at the WGC Match Play.
"Wouldn't it be nice if we could add Tiger to the list?"
/Greg Hansen shares this jinx quote from Wade Dunagan, executive director of the WGC Match Play, commenting on the possibility of a Tiger Woods return at the Accenture event.
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