For someone renowned as one of the world’s best drivers, it’s hardly surprising that Tiger Woods‘ argument with a tree and a fire hydrant outside of his Florida home has captured the imagination of the world’s media. Especially as speculation seems to be mounting that his early hours collision may not be all it seems. Let’s be honest, despite golf being a big part of the family’s life, it was a bit of a coincidence that the first thing that came to hand for wife Elin when she was trying to break Tiger out of his damaged auto was a golf club. The next question that comes to mind is why break a rear window to fashion an escape – no wonder Woods couldn’t steer properly if he wasn’t sat in the front seat! The theory, of course, is that Tiger’s facial injuries weren’t caused by his crash, more by an irate Mrs Woods who apparently isn’t too pleased about an alleged romance between her husband and New York night club hostess Rachel Uchitel. The couple’s reluctance to speak to police has further fuelled the fire of gossip columnists, which must be very disconcerting for the Woods family who value their seclusion much more than most celebrities (they even holiday on a yacht called ‘Privacy’ for goodness sake). So, then, it wasn’t really a shock when Woods opted to withdraw from his own event, the Chevron World Challenge, in Thousand Oaks in California this week, announcing at the same time that he wouldn’t be resuming his career until 2010. World ranking points are at stake at the Sherwood Country Club, however, so this is no end-of-season shindig and new European number one Lee Westwood has been installed as favourite, with Paddy Power, Victor Chandler and extrabet all offering the Englishman at 13-2. Anthony Kim knows this course like the back of his hand and could be interesting at a general 11-1, but Padraig Harrington looked to be running into form in Dubai last time and Coral‘s 8-1 could be the call.
Golf Betting – Tournament KO For Troubled Tiger
1st December 2009 /
