According to ESPN.com, Tiger Woods will end his three-month silence and speak to the media on Friday, although he’s not expected to answer any questions. It will be his first public appearance since November 27 when he crashed his SUV into a tree outside his Florida home.
A unique twist to the appearance is that it will come during the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona, which is the PGA’s first big event of the year. Accenture was the first sponsor to drop Woods when details started to emerge about his sexual exploits
“It was a matter of timing,” Steinberg said.
When asked if Woods’ appearance could have waited until after Accenture’s tournament, he replied, “No.”
It wouldn’t be right to assume that Woods has ulterior motives behind making a statement this week, but it is interesting that Accenture’s tournament coincidences with Tiger’s public appearance. If he did want to stick it to Accenture for dropping him, stealing some attention away from the tournament would be a good way to go about it.
It’s highly unlikely that we’ll get more than an apology from Woods on Friday, although it’ll be interesting to hear what his intentions are for returning to the links.
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