Tiger Woods to be fined for careless driving over

mysterious car crash

Tiger Woods will be fined for careless driving over his mysterious car crash in which he ploughed into a fire hydrant and a tree in the early hours of last Friday morning.
He will be fined up to $164 (£99) and receive up to four points on his driving licence but will not face criminal charges, police said. It is the equivalent of a ticket for a traffic violation.
The Florida Highway Patrol said its investigation is complete and it will not seek an order to obtain Woods’ medical records.
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It also said no-one involved in the incident had made claims of domestic violence.
Major Cindy Williams, of Florida Highway Patrol, said: “Mr Woods is at fault in the crash. Any person operating a vehicle is required to drive in a careful and prudent manner and not to endanger the life, limb or property of other persons.”
But she said after consultation with the local attorney’s office there was no evidence to take the matter further.
The crash happened at about 2.25am on Friday and left Woods unconscious for several minutes and suffering from cuts to his face.
He and his wife Elin Nordegren, 29, three times declined to speak to police about the cause of the accident, leading to a swirl of speculation that they had rowed before the crash.
Woods was under no obligation to do so and had provided his driver’s licence, registration and insurance documents as he was required to do, police said.
The crash came two days after a tabloid newspaper published unsubstantiated allegations about his private life.
After the crash Woods issued a public statement praising his wife for “courageously” helping him out of the crash wreckage.
She told police she used a golf club to smash the rear window and help him out.

South Africa's Sunshine Tour Scoreboard
NEDBANK AFFINITY CUP
Lost City Golf Club, Sun City, NW South Africa
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Players from South Africa unless stated
Par 144 (2x72)
132 Des Terblanche 65 67, Mark Murless 66 66
137 Albert Pistorius 69 68, Merrick Bremner 68 69, Thabang Simon 68 69, Jake Roos 71 66
138 Tyrone Mordt 69 69, Doug McGuigan 67 71, Justin Walters (Eng) 71 67, Omar Sandys 67 71, Keenan Davidse 66 72, Bradford Vaughan 68 70
139 Lyle Rowe 68 71, Chris Williams 69 70, Jaco Ahlers 71 68
140 Heinrich Bruiners 71 69, Andrew Curlewis 72 68, Desvonde Botes 71 69, Warren Abery 67 73
141 Brandon Pieters 71 70, Charl Coetzee 71 70, Shaun Norris 73 68, Trevor Fisher Jnr 67 74, TC Charamba (Zim) 70 71, Neil Cheetham (Eng) 70 71, Clinton Whitelaw 74 67, Neil Schietekat 71 70
142 Tjaart van der Walt 67 75, Andre Cruse 73 69, Alan Michell 73 69, Hendrik Buhrmann 70 72, Louis de Jager 76 66, Prinavin Nelson 70 72
143 Willie van der Merwe 75 68, Steve Basson 70 73, Peter Karmis 73 70, Brett Liddle 73 70, Toto Thimba Jnr 66 77, Josh Cunliffe 70 73, Kevin Stone 69 74, Divan van den Heever 73 70, Grant Muller 73 70
MISSED THE CUT
144 Chris Swanepoel 70 74, Vaughn Groenewald 73 71, Ryan Cairns (Zim) 70 74, Dion Fourie 74 70, Tyrone Ferreira 72 72, Mohamed Tayob 73 71
146 Lindani Ndwandwe 72 74, Shaun Ellis 74 72, Irvin Mazibuko 74 72, Ryan Tipping 74 72
147 Edrich Jansen 77 70, Ulrich van den Berg 69 78, Nic Henning 77 70, Stuart Clark (Wales) 70 77
148 Christiaan Basson 72 76, Wayne Westner 72 76
149 Ryan Thompson 77 72
150 Morne Buys 74 76, Theunis Spangenberg 76 74, Ross Wellington 77 73, Reggie Adams 71 79
151 Dean Lambert 74 77, David Hewan 73 78, Cameron Johnston 72 79
152 Alpheus Kelapile 80 72, Mark Williams 79 73
155 Gian-Carlo Scarola 79 76
159 Eugen Marugi 79 80
Retired: 79 Steve van Vuuren, 77 Titch Moore

Drummond, still to finish, likely to make it six

Scots through to last two rounds of Q School

Five Scots have survived the fourth-round cut in the six-round European Final Qualifying School at PGA Catalunya Resort, Girona in North-east Spain where there was a 1hr 15min delay to the start of the day's play because of overnight frost.
Stephen Gallacher, who has played 31 consecutive holes without a bogey, had an excellent fourth-round 66 to move up the leaderboard from joint 39th to joint 11th on 10-under-par 274.
Steven O'Hara went up from sharing 22nd place to joint 14th on 275 with a 69. Andrew Coltart (68 for 279), Callum Macaulay (67 for 281) and Andrew Oldcorn (70 for 281) all responded to the pressure in fine style, either to hit the maximum qualifying score of 281 or get under it.
Anglo-Scot Scott Drummond, pictured above, will almost certainly make it six Scots in the final field over the last 36 holes. He was one of six players at the end of the field who, with their immediate golfing futures on the line in the fading light, took the option of coming back early Wednesday morning to finish their fourth rounds. He is seven under par - heading for a four-round total of 277 - with one hole to play.
Greig Hutcheon shot a 67, easily his best of the four rounds, for 282, failing by just one shot to duck under the "barrier." A bogey at the 12th meant the difference to the Banchory GC pro between success and failure. Also on 282 was George Murray after a closing round of 70 which included a double bogey 6 at the 15th.
Jamie McLeary found his form too late - third and fourth rounds of 69 and 68 added up to 137, compared with 146 for his first and second rounds. On 283, he failed by two.
Eric Ramsay (71 for 290) and Alan McLean (71 for 291) never got into contention.

Stephen Gallacher Tour hopes gaining momentum
FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By NICK RODGER
A putting tip from an old friend reaped its rewards for Stephen Gallacher yesterday as his challenge in the European Tour's qualifying school final gathered pace in the fourth round at PGA Golf de Catalunya near Girona.
The former Dunhill Links champion carved out a rousing six-under 66 over the Stadium course for a ten-under 274 to surge up into a share of 11th behind English frontrunner Simon Khan, who also carded a 66 for his 264 total.Gallacher, making his competitive return after four months on the sidelines with a viral infection, last competed in the Q School final back in 1996 and had his good friend, Aiden O'Reilly, as his caddie.
The West Lothian double act have teamed up to good effect 13 years later and Gallacher now heads into the closing 36 holes well inside a top 30 placing needed to secure a tour card.
"I had struggled with my putting in round three and Aiden told me to look in the mirror and see if I noticed anything silly," said Gallacher, who holed two 15-footers for birdies at five and nine in a bogey-free round.
"I was opening my shoulders a bit so I got that fixed and putted very well today. It was a good tip and it's great to have him on the bag. I knew I needed a good score today and this has got me right up there."
Motherwell's Steven O'Hara continued his steady progress with a tidy three-under 69 for a nine-under 275 and a share of 14th while former PGA champion Scott Drummond was handily placed on a seven-under total with one hole to complete after play was abandoned in the gathering gloom following an early morning frost delay.
Andrew Coltart reeled off four birdies in a neatly assembled 68 as he moved to the fringes of the card-winning places with a five-under 279, while former PGA champion Andrew Oldcorn posted 16 pars and two birdies in a 70 to qualify for the closing 36 holes on a 281.
Tulliallan's Callum Macaulay, who came through the Q School last year but lost his card at the end of his rookie season, stayed on course for a swift return with a battling three-under 67 on the Tour course to join Oldcorn on the 281 mark and make the cut with nothing to spare.
Greig Hutcheon, Jamie McLeary, George Murray, Eric Ramsay and Alan McLean were the Scottish hopefuls who all departed early

Simon Khan moves three shots clear with a 66
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE:
European Tour winner Simon Khan moved into a three shot lead at Qualifying School – Final Stage with an impressive six under par 66 in the fourth round at PGA Catalunya Resort in Girona, Spain.
Khan, the 2004 Celtic Manor Wales Open champion, moved to 20 under for the tournament and leads Spaniard Alejandro Cañizares, whose brilliant finish of eagle-par-birdie gave him a round of seven under par 65.
Khan’s fellow Englishman Charlie Ford, a 24 year old Qualifying School rookie and joint overnight leader, signed for a two under par 70 to sit one stroke behind Cañizares, who only just finished his round before darkness fell, a consequence of the hour and 15 minute delay to the start because of heavy frost.

Six players - including Anglo-Scot Scott Drummond - opted to finish their rounds on Wednesday morning. Drummond has three holes to play.
Khan began with a bogey at the first hole of the Stadium Course but soon found his rhythm and made amends with three birdies on the front nine to go out in 34. Ford started well with four birdies in his opening eight holes but slipped up with a double bogey at the ninth and another at the 12th.
Khan continued to make progress after the turn, posting birdies at the tenth and 12th, 13th and the par five 15th, and his lead would have been greater had Cañizares not produced such a sublime finish in the late afternoon gloom.
“I’m happy with a 66 because I did what I set out to do,” said Khan. “I didn’t get too down on myself after the slow start, and my attitude’s been pretty good all week really. All I’ve been concentrating on is my own game, and not worrying about anything else. I putted well, particularly on the back nine, and generally I’ve been reading the greens pretty well.
“To shoot 66 is always good but especially so on that course because it’s a tough test. I’ve got out of the mindset of setting a score in my head and trying to shoot it, and instead just playing golf. If I can do that over the next two days, I should be alright.”
Cañizares, who holed a bunker shot for birdie at the fifth, said: “It was getting very cold out there for the last five holes but I kept my focus and stayed positive. To finish with three threes was a pretty big bonus. It was probably my best putting round of the year, and that’s been my main weakness this year.
“My aim was to finish in the top ten if I could, but now I’m probably setting my sights a bit higher than that. I’m looking forward to the next two days.”
Ford may not have kept pace with Khan and Cañizares but was upbeat about his game, saying: “I’m pretty happy how I’ve played to get to here. There are still 36 holes to go so it’s a long way. I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing.”
There were tales of agony and ecstasy, something Qualifying School never fails to provide, with Wes Heffernan on course to make the cut until a triple bogey 8 at the final hole meant he missed out by a single stroke. And Jonathan Caldwell suffered the same fate, carding an 8 at the 18th when a par would have been enough to be playing in the fifth round.
At the other end of the spectrum Julien Clément fired a six under par 64 to move to four under overall and make the cut, as did Manuel Quiros who had a five under par 67 on the Stadium Course.
South African Anton Haig, who won the Johnnie Walker Classic in Phuket in 2007, produced the best round of the day, blitzing the back nine on the shorter course in 28 shots in an eight under par 62 which included two eagles, to reach seven under for the tournament.
At the end of the fourth day, there were 75 players on three under 281 or better to return for the final two rounds, both of which will be played over the Stadium Course on Wednesday and Thursday. On completion, the leading 30 players and ties will secure cards for the 2010 European Tour International Schedule.

European Tour Final Qualifying School Scoreboard
PGA CATALUNYA, Girona, Spain

LEADING FOURTH-ROUND TOTALS
+Top 70 and ties qualify for fifth and sixth rounds
+Top 30 and ties after six rounds earn Tour playing rights
Par 284 (2x70, 2x72)
264 Simon Khan (Eng)( 68 63 67 66.
267 Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 74 67 61 65.
268 Charlie Ford (Eng) 67 64 67 70.
271 Marco Ruiz (Paraguay) 71 68 63 69.
272 Jamie Elson (Eng) 68 65 66 73, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 66 69 67 70, Sam Walker (Eng) 70 64 69 69.
273 James Ruth (Eng) 64 75 66 68, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 65 67 69, Stephan Gross junior (Ger) 69 72
274 Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 65 73 68 68, Stephen Gallacher (Sco) 68 72 68 66, Sam Hutsby (Eng) 69 72 65 68.
Selected scores among rest of qualifiers:
275 Steven O'Hara (Sco) 68 70 68 69 (jt 14th).
279 Andrew Coltart (Sco) 71 71 69 68.
281 Callum Macaulay (Sco) 70 73 71 67, Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 72 68 71 70.
+Scott Drummond (Sco) is one of six players who will complete their fourth rounds early on Wednesday morning.
Selected scores among non-qualifiers (282 and higher)
282 Greig Hutcheon (Sco) 73 72 70 67, George Murray (Sco) 73 70 69 70.
283 Jamie McLeary (Sco) 72 74 69 68.
290 Eric Ramsay (Sco) 72 73 74 71.
291 Alan McLean (Sco) 76 71 73 71.
+The start of play was delayed 1hr 15min because of early morning frost ... in Spain!

Tiger Woods, always kept away from the real world by black-suited

men and a management team that act as if he's a world statesman

FROM TODAY'S SCOTTISH DAILY EXPRESS
By JOCK MacVICAR
It is difficult to feel sorry for the richest sportsman in the world. Surely, however, there has to be a touch of sympathy for Tiger Woods over his baffling 2.30am crash into a fire hydrant outside his gated home at Isleworth in Florida.
His reluctance to explain to the police might look like the behaviour of a man who believes he is above the law.
At the same time, here is an individual who, partly through no fault of his own, has never been allowed to live in the real world.
He is constantly surrounded by black-suited men who look and sometimes act as sinisterly as - members of the Mafia.
He is hidden behind a management team that operates as if he were a world statesman on a hush-hush mission, instead of a sports person.
It is virtually impossible for a member of the media to talk one-to-one with Woods.
How different it was with legends of another era, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson.
Almost in any circumstances you could walk up to Nicklaus and Watson and have a word
If you try that with Woods you are almost frog-marched away.
In such circumstances, is it any wonder that Woods is squirming desperately as the outside world charge at his gate?

Any comments? Send them to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Westwood named Golfer of the Month for November

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY EUROPEAN TOUR
Lee Westwood has been named The Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month for November following his winning performance in the inaugural Dubai World Championship presented by: DP World, a victory which also saw him claim the 2009 Race to Dubai.
The 36 year old Englishman, who will receive a jeroboam of Moët & Chandon champagne along with an engraved alms dish in recognition of his achievement, was in imperious form on the Earth course at Jumeirah Golf Estates, his 23 under par total of 265 giving him a six shot winning margin in the end.
The victory saw Westwood – who also won the August award – not only overtake Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy at the head of The Race to Dubai in a thrilling end to the 2009 season, but also saw him end the campaign with €4,237,762, the highest single season earnings in European Tour history.
Westwood, who moved up to fourth on the Official World Golf Ranking after the victory, was the unanimous choice of the voting panel which comprised members of the Association of Golf Writers in addition to commentators from television and radio.
However, other players were commended for their performances over the month, most notably Frenchman Grégory Bourdy, who became the first Frenchman to win tournaments in three consecutive years on Tour when he won the UBS Hong Kong Open on the day of his mother Martine’s 57th birthday; and Italians Edoardo and Francesco Molinari.
The Molinari brothers created history in China by securing Italy’s first victory in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, just one week after Edoardo followed up his record breaking season on the European Challenge Tour by beating Robert Karlsson in a play-off for the Dunlop Phoenix title in Japan.
Also praised by the panel were McIlroy, who finished second behind Bourdy in Hong Kong and third in the Dubai World Championship on his way to finishing second in The Race to Dubai; and Englishman Ross McGowan who finished runner-up in Dubai, a performance which helped him jump from 29th to 12th on the final Race to Dubai standings.

By ALAN COWIE
Nairn Dunbar professional Chris Campbell won the top scratch prize in the North Scottish Golfers' Alliance fixture over the New Course at Moray Golf Club with a one-under-par round of 68.
Fortrose & Rosemarkie members annexed the leading handicap awards. Malcolm McArthur won Class 2 with a 68 and William J Donnelly shared Class 1 on net 70 with Ray Stewart of Nairn Dunbar.
LEADING SCRATCH
Par 69
68 C Campbell (Nairn Dunbar) p.
69 M L Macleman (Moray), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) p, B Fotheringham (Forres).
72 S G Milne (Elgin).
73 J A Grant (Grantown), J Milne (Elgin).
74 K Thomson (Moray).
75 R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar), B Cruickshank (Garmouth & Kingston).
76 S Wilson (Inverness), D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), J C Milne (Moray).
77 A W Mair (Moray), N McWilliam (Garmouth & Kingston).
78 K Williamsom (Torvean), J Simpson (Forres), M. McArthur (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), W.J. Donnelly (Fortrose & Rosemarkie).
79 F Brown (Nairn Dunbar), S Rooney (Boat of Garten), D Johnston (Moray).
80 L MacBean (Boat of Garten).
81 G Hay (Grantown), J Murdoch (Elgin).
82 B Inch (Elgin), T Dingwall (Kinloss), A Henry (Grantown), W Donnelly (Fortrose & Rosemarkie).

HANDICAP
Class 1 (8 and under)
70 R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar) (5), W J Donnelly (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (8).
71 J A Grant (Grantown) (2), J Milne (Elgin) (2), S Rooney (Boat of Garten) (8).
Class 2 (9 to 14)
68 M McArthur (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (10).
71 L MacBean (Boat of Garten) (9).
73 A Boxx (Boat of Garten) (10), J Kennedy (Moray) (13), A A Lees (Moray) (10).

Sam Torrance feels he can keep on

winning for another 10 years

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE

By Martin Dempster
Sam Torrance, the top player on the European Senior Tour for the third time in five years, has spoken about how he feels his game is good enough and he can also stay fit enough to keep adding to the 40-odd titles he's won worldwide for another ten years.
In an exclusive interview with "The Scotsman" newspaper, the 56-year-old, who pipped his close friend, Ian Woosnam, at the end of a thrilling battle to reclaim the order of merit from the Welshman, warned the latest batch of players about to turn 50 that he still aims to be the man to beat for a good while yet.

"I relish the new challenges that come along every season and I think I can go on for years yet," he said. "I'll be here until I realise I can't win anymore and I don't think that is going to be in the foreseeable future.

"My game is still very good, which is testament to my father, really, as he gave the swing that has served me so well over the years, and I'm also very fit. I think I've still got at least ten years left in me."

While Torrance was also No 1 on the Senior Tour in 2005 and 2006, he says this latest success was the sweetest of the three, due to the fact he's not getting any younger and also because he had to produce some outstanding golf over the course of the season to finish ahead of Woosnam.

"This one was the best – absolutely," added Torrance, who has now equalled Carl Mason's total and is just two behind Tommy Horton's benchmark of five order of merit titles.

"When you start out on the main Tour, you are getting better each year. On the Seniors Tour, though, you start on the downslope. Each year it gets harder because each year you are getting older.

"That's why I was so pleased about this success and, in the end, it was one shot either way between Woosie and me. I watched the final event (the OKI Castellon Senior Tour Championship] the other night, funnily enough, and Woosie lipped out at the ninth, his last hole. I wouldn't have won it had that gone in. Meanwhile, I holed a putt for birdie at 17 and if I hadn't done that I wouldn't have won it either. It was great."

According to Torrance, who opted to concentrate on Europe after deciding that all the travelling and time away from home he'd have been faced with if he was playing on the Champions Tour in America wasn't for a family man like him, the performance that secured the title this time around wasn't actually a victory.

It came in the Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale, where the Scot finished fifth, just missing on the play-off that saw Loren Roberts pip Mark McNulty and Fred Funk for the title by two shots.

"You could call it a disappointment because I didn't win that week but, equally, you could say it was a great performance," he added. "What it did do was win me the order of merit, really, because that fifth place was worth £57,000 – almost like winning two normal events.

"When it was announced it (the Senior Open] was going to be played at Sunningdale, I gave up drinking for three years specifically for that event, thinking that might have made the difference.

"I played extremely well over the four days. I had one triple-bogey at the second in the third round. Take that away and I'm the winner. It was so close. Winning the order of merit was always one of my aims after never managing that on the main Tour. Now I would love to win a major on the Seniors Tour. It's Carnoustie next year, so we shall see what happens there."

Torrance was speaking during a visit to Malaga where, in his role as Scotland's official golf ambassador, he was launching the VisitScotland 2010 Golf Guide at the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM).

With the 150th Open Championship being staged at St Andrews next year, a photograph of the Old Course adorns the front cover of that guide and Torrance, who has since moved on to South Africa to do some commentating during this week's Nedbank Affinity Cup at Sun City, had some interesting things to say on the plans revealed recently by the R&A to lengthen the Road Hole by creating a new tee.

"I don't think you should change anything that isn't broken," he said. "The 17th at St Andrews is just a fantastic hole. It doesn't matter if you are hitting wedge or 4-iron into that green, it is a very, very difficult shot.

"I feel as though with golf course architecture at the moment they are kind of going in the wrong direction by lengthening all the time. That just gives more of an advantage to the longer hitters. I'd rather see something a bit more subtle. A bunker, for instance, down that right-hand side. It doesn't need to be changed."

While he rarely plays on the main Tour himself these days, Torrance keeps an eye on what's happening there and the man who led Europe to Ryder Cup glory at The Belfry in 2002 believes things are shaping up nicely for Colin Montgomerie as he prepares to become the next Scot to take on that role at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales next October.

"It is looking great for Monty," he said. "His good players are playing well, the likes of Westwood and McIlroy, for example. There's a new breed as well and I think it is building up nicely. Monty is very similar to me in that he just adores the Ryder Cup.

"He loves the team part of it, he loves the event and it means so much to him. Monty will give it everything. He'll not leave a rock unturned and I think he'll do a great job."

While McIlroy was just pipped in the end by Westwood in the battle to be Europe's No 1 this season, Torrance admits he has been impressed by the young Ulsterman, though he revealed he knew some time ago that he had the potential to be that bit special.

"As a 13-year-old, he came to stay with me as he is a similar age to Daniel (his son]," said Torrance. "At that point, I thought 'this boy is hot, he's exceptional'. He wasn't long at that time but he was as straight a hitter as I've ever seen. Now he's combined that now and is one of the longest hitters in the world. That is a huge asset.

"Nothing surprises me about him at all. He's an old head on young shoulders. He's handled everything beautifully. The bunker shot he hit in Dubai to win there earlier in the year told me a lot about him. He laid up and then put it in the back bunker, from where he had to get up and down to win. It's a treacherous shot from that bunker. An ounce too hard and you are in the water.

"That showed a lot of class to me. It showed me what was to come from him. We've kept in touch. It is great to see how successful he has been so far and deservedly, too."

Scottish golf is crying out for its own Rory McIlroy and Torrance got to see some of the young talent north of the Border for himself a few years ago when Daniel, whom he partnered to victory in the Dunhill Links team event in 2003, played in some of the leading boys' events up here.

"It (the search for new talent] comes from the grass roots level, the schools and the golf clubs allowing their juniors to play. They are the stars of the future and I'd like to see more access for junior golfers on golf courses," he said.

For the vastly-experienced Torrance, there isn't much chance to sit back and enjoy his latest success. The 2010 European Senior Tour gets underway in Mauritius next week (December 11-13) and he has another title firmly in his sights. "I'm hoping to get off to a good start again," he said.

Graeme McDowell steps into 18-player field in California

Tiger pulls out of Chevron World Challenge on medical advice

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By OLIVER BROWN
Tiger Woods announced on Monday night that he would not be taking part in this week’s Chevron World Challenge in Los Angeles, an annual charity event to benefit his own foundation, due to injuries sustained in the car crash outside his Florida home four days ago.
Has hosted the event for the past nine years.
It is understood the world No 1 golfer took the decision on doctors’ advice rather than in any attempt to avoid adverse publicity.
Amid lurid conjecture over the events that led to the accident, which prompted a growing clamour on Monday on Woods’ website for his privacy to be respected, he responded with a statement confirming his withdrawal.
“I am extremely disappointed that I will not be at my tournament this week,” Woods said on the site. “I am certain it will be an outstanding event and I’m very sorry that I can’t be there.”
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Woods cited the reason as “injuries sustained in a one-car accident”. He was taken to hospital early last Friday morning with cuts to his face and is understood to have been advised not to travel to California due to headaches and soreness. At the scene of the accident he is reported to have faded in an out of consciousness.
A Woods press conference scheduled for on Tuesday has also been called off, thwarting hopes that the 14-time major winner would use it to offer more details about the crash and so end a torrent of media speculation. Greg McLaughlin, president and chief executive of the Tiger Woods Foundation, said: “We support Tiger’s decision.”
Woods will now not return to competition until next year. The financial implications of his absence were expressed yesterday by John Daly, who said: “Tiger’s the biggest asset the tour has had for a long, long time.
“Whatever happened, as long as he’s OK that’s all that matters. We need him, probably more than anybody on the tour, to keep things going, the way the economy is. Golf needs him badly, no doubt.”

It's an ill wind ... McDowell takes Tiger's place

Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell will take place of Tiger Woods in the 18-player Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California.
At 55th in the world rankings, McDowell suddenly has a chance to climb into the end-of-year top 50 and with it secure a place in April's Masters at Augusta. This is the first year that the World Challenge has carried ranking points.Vijay Singh is another withdrawal and he has been replaced by American Justin Leonard.