Sexy and Stupid

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Tiger Woods said he let his family down with "transgressions" he regrets "with all of my heart," and that he will deal with his personal life behind closed doors.

His statement Wednesday follows a cover story in Us Weekly magazine that reports a Los Angeles cocktail waitress claims she had a 31-month affair with the world's No. 1 golfer.

"I have not been true to my values and the behaviour my family deserves," Woods said on his website . "I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behaviour and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone."

Woods did not offer details of any alleged relationship.

The cocktail waitress, Jaimee Grubbs, told the magazine she met Woods at a Las Vegas nightclub the week after the 2007 Masters - two months before Woods' wife, Elin, gave birth to their first child. Grubbs claims to have proof in 300 text messages.
About three hours before Woods' statement, the magazine published what it said was a voicemail
provided by Grubbs - that Woods left on her phone on Nov. 24, three days before his middle-of-the-night car crash outside his home in Florida.

"I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart," he said in the statement.

"I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves," Woods said. "For all of those who have supported me over the years, I offer my profound apology."

Woods has been subjected to more media scrutiny over the last week than when he first won the Masters in 1997 and set off the first wave of Tigermania. He has spoken only three times through his website, although this was his longest posting.

"Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means," Woods said. "For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives."

And he continued to say accounts that physical violence played a role in his Friday morning car crash were "utterly false and malicious."

"Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect," he wrote.

His statement came one day after the Florida Highway Patrol closed its investigation into the accident - without Woods ever speaking to state troopers. He was charged with careless driving, which carries a $164 fine and four points on his driving record.

Tiger Woods is busy recovering from injuries he sustained when his Cadillac Escalade made an unfortunate merger with a tree and a fire hydrant outside the athlete’s Florida home Friday morning. But the golfer may have an even tougher time reclaiming his squeaky-clean public image, thanks to rumors that he’s been hamming it up with alleged Buss It Baby Rachel Uchitel?

As news of the minor car accident involving Tiger Woods races around the Internet, people are beginning to ask questions about Rachel Uchitel. The leggy beauty -- who has previously claimed she had an affair with actor David Boreanaz -- is now being linked to Tiger Woods.

Nothing has even come close to being proven. But several websites have reported that Uchitel, who works in club promotions. This was followed up by allegations of something shady between the two in the pages of the National Enquirer.

We have no idea whether the rumors are true. The Enquirer gets it wrong a lot, but they've outed several major figures for peccadilloes in the past, including former presidential candidate John Edwards. Keep an eye on this one, we'd say.

World champion golfer and sports icon Tiger Woods is in serious condition after his car crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree near his home in Isleworth, Florida.

Tiger Woods was injured in a car accident early Friday when his car struck a tree near his mansion in a gated waterfront community, authorities said.

The Highway Patrol Florida said the 33-year-old PGA stars hit the hydrant and a tree after pulling out of his driveway in his 2009 Cadillac sport utility vehicle.

The patrol reported Woods as serious injuries, although the Bretton spokesman Glenn Greenspan said the player was treated at a hospital and released in good condition.

The patrol said alcohol was not involved, but the accident remains under investigation and charges could be filed. No one else in the car, patrol spokeswoman Kim Montes said.

2.4 million U.S. dollars Home Woods is part of the subdivision of the exclusive Isleworth near Orlando, a community located in an Arnold Palmer designed golf course and a chain of small lakes. The neighborhood, which is fortified with high walls of brick and has its own security force, is home to the executive directors and stars from other sports like NBA, Shaquille O’Neal.

The accident occurred at 2:25 am, although the PSF did not release the report of the accident until nearly 12 hours later.