Hostage Tiger's Hangout An "Improvement"; FBI Has Whereabouts Pinned Down To Massive Olympic Club Sofa

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Jonathan Wall reports on Tiger's latest social media experiment designed to cut down on facetime with the big, bad media members that so ruined his life, and says the Google+ Hangout was a huge improvement over his last hostage video.

After opening with a couple questions from a member of our Armed Forces and a few fans, Soltau had NBC Sport's Roger Maltbie ask Woods about his time spent playing Olympic Club earlier in the day, and his thoughts on the course.

It was an awkward moment in the chat because it seemed like Maltbie was doing a one-on-one interview with Woods. But after listening to a host of off-topic questions the last time around, it gave viewers a chance to hear Woods' thoughts on the upcoming U.S. Open site, something most people probably wanted to hear about from the outset.

Bad News For Tiger: Hosting Google Hangout In Lieu Of Media Sitdown Appears To Not Bother A Soul

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You know you're on the road to irrelevancy when the hostage video you hosted in lieu of a press sitdown was received with such pity that no one seems too upset you are avoiding the press room on Tuesday at the Memorial. Especially with 8 of the world's top 10 in attendance and media-friendly types like Rory, Bubba, Phil, Jack and Luke expected to drop in.

Tiger's Punta Brava On Track For Fall '13 Opening

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From the PR wire, amazingly detailed plans for Punta Brava's environmental stewardship efforts and golf course construction timeline for Mexico's Punta Brava, aiming to be the first Tiger Woods 18-hole design to be completed that is projecting play as early as September, 2013.

“As a development, we are proud to have engaged the world’s brightest minds in the field of sustainable golf construction, emerging clean technologies, as well as the Ensenada community, throughout the planning stages of Punta Brava. And we believe many of the innovations we achieve will have a catalytic influence across the golf industry,” added Leggat.

Course Construction Timeline

Upon completion of current conservation programs in the coming months, the first phase of golf construction consists of earthwork, fairway shaping and bunker construction. This 10-12 month phase is timed to coincide with the peak germination period of the Baja coastal desert climate (June 15th – August 31st 2013).

The second phase of construction consists of drought-resistant grassing, irrigation and drainage. Due to the mild summers in Ensenada, it is estimated the course will reach optimal root base and allow for member play as early as September of 2013.