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Tiger Woods Released From Hospital, Alcohol Not Involved

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Posted on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 08:29:00 AM EST
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Tiger Woods is out of the hospital. His injuries were not serious. He did hit a tree and a fire hydrant. Alcohol was not a factor.

The rumor mill: He may have been Driving while Ambien'ed or his wife and he may have fought about a woman named Rachel Uchitel. TMZ reports his face scratches came from his wife.

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    Wonder if his wife will end up (none / 0) (#1)
    by Inspector Gadget on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 03:42:52 AM EST
    arrested for domestic violence.

    If she was really hitting the car with a golf club while he was trying to run away he may have been distracted trying not to run over her.

    He said he was taking pain killers for a previous injury.

    Wow! You're ready to have the (none / 0) (#2)
    by ding7777 on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 04:23:42 AM EST
    wife arrested based on 3rd-hand gossip -

    But we're told Tiger had a conversation Friday -- with a non-law enforcement type


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    Nobody is going to be arrested on rumors (none / 0) (#3)
    by rdandrea on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 08:50:47 AM EST
    But you gotta admit, the TMZ version of the story does have sort of an Occam's Razor thing about it.

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    Look up the words (none / 0) (#7)
    by Inspector Gadget on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:57:09 AM EST
    Wonder and If. Where did your quote come from and how does it relate to anything?

    Go back and read again, with tongue in cheek and a chuckle or two.

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    Ah, semantics! (none / 0) (#14)
    by ding7777 on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 12:47:39 PM EST
    anyways...  

    My quote came from the linked article and it means that TMZ supposedly got their info from a non law enforcement type who supposedly got his info from Tiger - which to me equals 3rd hand gossip.

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    Makes you wonder how all of our lives (none / 0) (#4)
    by Anne on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:02:16 AM EST
    would look if they were constantly being showcased on TMZ, huh?  Or what it would be like if everyone we came into contact with was a potential source for a media always starving for the details of our every move.

    No thanks.  I think I'll stick with my hum-drum, pedestrian life that nowhere in it can the phrase "multi-million dollar" be used to describe any of it - my salary, my home - anything.

    I don't feel sorry for Tiger, as much as I do not envy his fame and fortune, or any of the problems that come along with them.

    So I guess Tiger is not the (none / 0) (#5)
    by SOS on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:49:03 AM EST
    loyal and moral superman he's portrayed by the media as?

    Alright here it comes . . "He was just hookin up! Everyone duz it! Besides she's a freakin hot babe! His wife needs to get with the program!"

    I'd be less (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by Socraticsilence on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 11:17:57 AM EST
    "get with the program" than- "Don't be a domestic abuser" because if we flipped the genders involved and TMZ is right- then we'd be all over the guy who chased a car and beat it with a club after already battering his wife.  

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    It's not nice to presume (none / 0) (#6)
    by CoralGables on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:55:26 AM EST
    but what the hell... how many happily married men are leaving their homes at 2:25am and their wife behind them with golf club in hand.

    Then again, it is possible that Tiger is better driving a golf ball by day than a Cadillac by night.

    He's known to have a hot temper. I could see (none / 0) (#8)
    by Angel on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 10:08:41 AM EST
    where they were having a fight and he jumped in the car to just get out of the house and he didn't buckle his seatbelt and just hit the gas and left rubber when leaving the driveway....maybe looks back or isn't paying enough attention, going too fast, hits the fire hydrant and then the tree....glass shatters all over his face and the airbag doesn't deploy because he isn't going fast enough (according the reports, anyway; however, I though airbags deployed at 5 mph)....  Whatever.  I've never been a fan of him personally although I will admit that he's a talented golfer.  

    I have other things to worry about today - an 83-year old father-in-law who is the victim of one of those online scams...gotta go rescue him and his money - what's left.  

    Yikes.... (none / 0) (#9)
    by Inspector Gadget on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 10:19:04 AM EST
    come back and tell us about that online scam so we can prevent our elderly family from experiencing it, will you? And, my best wishes that it ends up better than you're thinking it will!!!

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    Will do. I won't know the full story and details (none / 0) (#13)
    by Angel on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 11:26:45 AM EST
    until Monday when the banks open and we can get to his city to talk to everyone involved.  I do know the basics of the story right now and it involves "winning the lottery but you've got to pay the taxes first, mail your check here..." and he apparently mailed a check that was cashed in another state but wasn't honored by the bank that owns his account.  Police in the other state are now involved.  Thanks for your good wishes.  

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    According to golf.com, Tiger Woods was (none / 0) (#10)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 10:58:32 AM EST
    unconscious for six minutes (per emergency calls) and bleeding from the mouth.  He was lieing in the street.  When FL law enforcement went to residence last night to try to interview Mr. Woods, his wife sd. Woods was sleeping.  Come back later.  

    I found that odd, that they just (none / 0) (#12)
    by Angel on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 11:24:14 AM EST
    "let him sleep."  I guess they've been told how to handle this hot potato.

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    Ahhh (none / 0) (#15)
    by rdandrea on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 12:47:49 PM EST
    The Dick Cheney treatment.

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    Yeah, they've got a lot of damage control (none / 0) (#17)
    by Angel on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 01:27:01 PM EST
    to do.  So, if you're famous, let the publicists handle it instead of going the regular route - blood test, talk to a cop, etc.

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    Not going fast enough for the (none / 0) (#23)
    by Inspector Gadget on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 07:48:26 PM EST
    air bags to deploy. So being slowed down even more by striking the fire hydrant, probably about 5-10 mph. Must have hit the tree head-on since they mentioned the air bags, and Elin breaking out the back window with a golf club. (BTW, that's what everyone does when running out of their house because a car hit a tree....grab a golf club.)

    This video of the police officer says he was mumbling, had cuts on his upper and lower lips, and had a little blood in the mouth (logic says from the cut lips that probably hit the steering wheel).

    Alcohol is not the only possible cause for his behavior....I read somewhere that he had taken painkillers for an old injury :) Isn't that the first defense? Legal painkillers...might have taken 2 instead of the recommended 1.

    I don't care what Tiger and his wife did that night, but I really am sick of lies and cover ups by the media to keep the pedestal of celebrities in an upright position.


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    I read that Elin broke out (none / 0) (#24)
    by Anne on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:21:50 PM EST
    the back window because she couldn't get the doors open and wanted to get Tiger out of the vehicle.

    Not saying it makes sense, just that that's what I read.  I mean, did the woman not worry about moving someone who might have a head injury?

    I think the whole thing smells funny, but I'm sure by the time the PR team gets finished - and Tiger's cuts look better and the swelling has gone down - we'll get the obligatory presser, no doubt with devoted wife at his side.

    Bleah.

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    I read that in the paper this morning, too (none / 0) (#26)
    by Inspector Gadget on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:50:58 PM EST
    Can't be easy for a petite little gal to drag a big, unconscious man over the back of the front seat and all the way out the back of a big Cadillac Escalade, then lower him carefully to the ground (those vehicles are huge).

    I'm thinking they got themselves a lemon if the doors are going to buckle on a 5 mph fender bender. :)

    It is a twisted tale of intrique. But, they do know that there is a fan base who will believe every lying word of it.


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    Or perhaps she could have (none / 0) (#28)
    by nycstray on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:57:14 PM EST
    crawled in and unlocked the door? Isn't she a former model and athletic? She wouldn't be that petite if she is . . . .  ;)

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    I assume the FL Highway Patrol has (none / 0) (#29)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 10:37:28 PM EST
    an accident reconstuction expert comparing the present condition of the Escalade to Ms. Woods statements re what happened.  I predict the damage to the vehicle was caused by a golf club. And possibly the injuries to Tiger Wood were also at least partially cause by the same club.  Sub dural hematoma.  

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    Asleep? (none / 0) (#16)
    by smott on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 12:49:43 PM EST
    Did she clock him again when he got out of the car??

    Haha (none / 0) (#18)
    by Angel on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 01:27:13 PM EST


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    Tiger postponed his police interview again at (none / 0) (#19)
    by Angel on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 05:48:33 PM EST
    the request of his agent.  They're cooking up the story and need to make sure it's nice and baked before serving.  Everything about this story is weird, makes me think everything they've said so far is unture - except for the part where he had an accident.  

    Perhaps he's not feeling well (none / 0) (#20)
    by nycstray on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 07:03:20 PM EST
    I'm wondering about him being unconscious. They haven't mentioned a head injury, but what else would have caused it?

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    Elin's (none / 0) (#21)
    by smott on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 07:28:48 PM EST
    ...right cross??

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    Was she (none / 0) (#22)
    by CoralGables on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 07:39:30 PM EST
    swinging an iron or a wood?

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    Hybrid (none / 0) (#25)
    by Dadler on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:26:31 PM EST
    Ease and control.

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    7 iron from the reports I've read. lol (none / 0) (#27)
    by Angel on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 09:57:09 PM EST
    Seriously, me thinks she already had the club in her hand when she was out the door....

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    Although there is no requirement either of (none / 0) (#30)
    by oculus on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 10:39:38 PM EST
    answer questions posed to them by law enforcement, it seems likely they would prefer to do so later rather than sooner, perhaps to permit any visible injuries on either of them to heal.

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    From fox: (none / 0) (#31)
    by oculus on Sun Nov 29, 2009 at 01:21:07 AM EST
    [Rachel] Uchitel has hired high-profile attorney Gloria Allred to represent her.

    Also, Wesley Snipss and Shq live in the same gated community and the Tiger Woods and his family.

    LOL - I would have hired an attorney, too (none / 0) (#32)
    by Inspector Gadget on Sun Nov 29, 2009 at 10:35:33 AM EST
    Rather than be associated with this crazy event.

    Local news this morning said that the police were going to make effort #3 today, and if they don't succeed, the 911 tapes will be released this afternoon and make their statement for them :)

     

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    It's all about damage control for now. (none / 0) (#33)
    by Angel on Sun Nov 29, 2009 at 11:03:11 AM EST
    I like the comment about the accident reconstruction but I doubt that will happen.  It would, however, be very useful in helping to put an end to the rumors and innuendo if the accident happened like Elin said.  I doubt that's the case though, honestly.  

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