Trio's Tiger Talk is Actually on the Record
Since we convened here last, three persons of interest have come forward to discuss all manner of issues related to Tiger Woods.As we repeated, er, reported, yesterday, a person 'with knowledge of his schedule,' who 'spoke on condition of anonymity because only Woods is authorized to release such information,' covertly told the Associated Press that the great golfer was back home in Orlando hitting golf balls as well as the weights.
We took all that information we pieced together on deep background to conclude that Woods was going to be back on the golf course sooner, rather than later.
Among the many buying this supposition is one Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus who also spoke to the Associated Press because he authorized himself to do so as the greatest player ever and all, said, "I'd be very surprised if he doesn't play something before Augusta."
This is noteworthy, because in addition to not writing a blog for Real Clear Sports, he might have some insight into the thinking of the golfer currently chasing down all his records when he isn't chasing skirts.
As the AP story sort of says, Nicklaus has been reticent to comment on Tiger's skirt-chasing, because in addition to not writing a blog for Real Clear Sports, he has always had a ton of class to go along with a ton of game.
"I can't imagine in 100 years he's going to miss this," Nicklaus said about Woods playing in the Masters. "None of you guys do either," he said to the press.
"But I don't know. I don't know. I've been very noncommittal about anything as it's not my business. But as it relates to him playing golf, my guess is as a golfer he's going to want to try to play Augusta if he's got his other things in order."
And there was time he did allegedly have "his other things in order."
That according to an ex-girlfriend from his days as a college kid at Stanford.
Irene Folstrom said she is "not coming forward now for money or to advance any pathetic showbiz aspirations, but merely to stick up for a friend."
For transparency sake, I should point out that she, too, doesn't have a blog at Real Clear Sports so her motives seem a little bit shaky to me. She did take the time to write this story herself, though, so maybe she is an aspiring blogger?
I dunno. This whole story gets more confusing all the time.
Irene does go on and on about how great a guy Tiger used to be, and that now that he has apologized, everybody should just give him the second chance she obviously thinks he deserves.
Wow, what a nice girl -- far too nice to be a blogger.
Being too nice is not a problem for the third person of interest who came forward yesterday to talk Tiger, his caddie, Steve Williams. Williams, who always comes off like a short fuse just itching for a light, let everybody know that he's mad at Tiger.
I think he's mad because Tiger allegedly kept his skirt-chasing a secret from him, and everybody is making fun of him for not knowing.
Williams told something called TV3's "60 minutes" in New Zealand that, "It's been the most difficult time of my life, no two ways about it, because every single person believed that I should know or did know or had something to do with it," Williams said. "I knew nothing, that's my answer. I don't have to clarify or extend that answer, I knew nothing."
Yeah, right, Steve. Nice try, pal.
Kidding, just kidding, big guy. Put away the matches.
Williams goes on to fume, "Of course I'm mad at him, why would you not be? I'm close with his wife and he's got two lovely children and he's let them down."
Williams (pictured with Tiger) went on to say that he's had to fill his time with other things to keep from re-living this awful, awful thing that happened to him.
"Every week I try to focus on something to keep my mind off it," Williams said. "You try to deal with it as best you can but in some peoples' perception, I'm involved in it, I've committed a crime, I've done wrong or whatever it may be."
Poor guy. He should trying pouring his heart out in a blog or something...
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Irene Folstrom said she is "not coming forward now for money or to advance any pathetic showbiz aspirations, but merely to stick up for a friend."
For transparency sake, I should point out that she, too, doesn't have a blog at Real Clear Sports so her motives seem a little bit shaky to me. She did take the time to write this story herself, though, so maybe she is an aspiring blogger?
I dunno. This whole story gets more confusing all the time.
Irene does go on and on about how great a guy Tiger used to be, and that now that he has apologized, everybody should just give him the second chance she obviously thinks he deserves.
Wow, what a nice girl -- far too nice to be a blogger.
Being too nice is not a problem for the third person of interest who came forward yesterday to talk Tiger, his caddie, Steve Williams. Williams, who always comes off like a short fuse just itching for a light, let everybody know that he's mad at Tiger.
I think he's mad because Tiger allegedly kept his skirt-chasing a secret from him, and everybody is making fun of him for not knowing.
Williams told something called TV3's "60 minutes" in New Zealand that, "It's been the most difficult time of my life, no two ways about it, because every single person believed that I should know or did know or had something to do with it," Williams said. "I knew nothing, that's my answer. I don't have to clarify or extend that answer, I knew nothing."
Kidding, just kidding, big guy. Put away the matches.
Williams goes on to fume, "Of course I'm mad at him, why would you not be? I'm close with his wife and he's got two lovely children and he's let them down."
Williams (pictured with Tiger) went on to say that he's had to fill his time with other things to keep from re-living this awful, awful thing that happened to him.
"Every week I try to focus on something to keep my mind off it," Williams said. "You try to deal with it as best you can but in some peoples' perception, I'm involved in it, I've committed a crime, I've done wrong or whatever it may be."
Poor guy. He should trying pouring his heart out in a blog or something...
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