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By now, you’ve probably heard about the single-car accident involving Tiger Woods, if not, here’s the link.

Tiger Woods involved in a single-car accident

Since the story broke, the media has been on Tiger’s tail like a pack of bloodthirsty jackals trying to dig up anything they can on the circumstances surrounding the accident.

What they’ve come up with is speculation about an alleged affair between Tiger and 34-year-old New Yorker and nightclub promoter, Rachel Uchitel. The news of Tiger’s alleged infidelity broke in one of our nations most credible news rags, “The National Enquirer.”

This highly esteemed magazine has also released such stories as “Brittany Spears was found in bed with a goat, whilst on tour in Mexico” and “Brad and Angelina are fighting again” and “Michael Jackson isn’t really dead, he boarded the mother ship and is returning to his home planet.”

Tiger Woods has denied an interview with the local police three times, which is well within his legal rights, and because of this, everyone is assuming that the article in that trash magazine is true and all you hear about now is how disappointed the nation is that golf’s leading man is a villainous cheat.

It’s ridiculous. Tiger’s silence is equating to his guilt and it’s one of those guilty until proven innocent situations..

Couldn’t it be that he’s choosing to remain silent because the whole situation is a bit embarrassing? I mean, to hit a fire hydrant and a tree whilst backing out of your driveway isn’t exactly Tigerisque performance and perhaps he just doesn’t want to talk about it.

Perhaps he DID cheat and his wife was chasing him brandishing a golf club smashing out windows in his car or he didn’t cheat, but because of vomit bag media like the Enquirer, Elin believes he did and acted on that belief. Either way, I’m sure Tiger Woods would like to keep it a private matter and who could blame him?

Here’s some news for all you demanding for the truth, “YOU DON’T HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.”

I’m so sick and tired of everyone thinking the high profile celebrities and sports superstars have to divulge all of their dirty little secrets to appease the masses. If I was Tiger Woods, I’d put out a single sentence press release that says “Get a life, mind your own business and go f*** yourselves.”

…just sayin.

(Yes, I know it's not an Escalade.. )

I’ve been pretty disconnected from the computer today, figured I’d spend the day with the family and take a day off from the blog. So, after putting the boys down for the night, I figured I’d hop on real quick and check my email before watching a movie with the wife.

I received an email from BBC news (first time and probably last time) and they asked if I would do an interview on the “woods story.” I was thinking, “Woods story? What Woods story?”

Imagine my surprise when I googled “Tiger Woods News” and the first result was….

“Tiger Woods wife rescues golfer from smashed up car.”

What??

It’s been reported that around 2:30 am, Tiger Woods was driving his SUV and crashed into a fire hydrant after hitting the neighbors tree. His wife Elin Nordegren Woods, heard the crash and ran outside with a golf club, smashed the window of the Caddillac Escalade and pulled him out. Good thing Tiger’s not the only one who knows how to swing a golf club!

When the police arrived, Tiger had cuts on his lips, blood in his mouth, was unconscious but breathing. He was unconscious for about six minutes. Officers administered first aid until medical personnel arrived. He was transported to a Windermere hospital and released a few hours later.

There’s no word on whether Tiger was wearing his seat belt, but alcohol is not being considered as a factor in the accident.

The airbag in Wood’s Escalade did not deploy, which means the vehicle was traveling under 33 mph (or they weren’t functioning.. ), according to FHP.

The police arrived at the Woods residence Friday evening to interview Tiger Woods about the accident, but Elin informed them that he was resting and asked them to come back Saturday.

There’s no word on who phoned the police and the recordings aren’t available.

As of now, the latest word is that Tiger Woods was treated, released and is in good condition and they thank everyone for their concern and well wishes.

I’ll try and post up an update as soon as I get some additional info, but I hope everyone will keep the family in their thoughts and prayers.

As I sit here fighting the onset of a major turkey coma, I wanted to write a quick post and say thanks to everyone of you awesome friends and readers of Orlando’s greatest golf blog, Orlando Golf Blogger.

Through writing the blog, I’ve been able to meet many awesome people and I’ve made some new friends, new rivals, and learned more than I ever thought I would.

Reflecting on the year, I realize that, although the year isn’t over yet, we can already chalk it up as a huge success and I know that I couldn’t have achieved any of it without you, so from all of us here (me ), THANK YOU for helping me make this a success!

Here’s a link to a great blog post written by Jason Sobel’s called 99 golf things to be thankful for.

Tiger Woods -Phil Mickelson 99 things to be thankful for

Thanks Glenn for sending me the link!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

-Dave

Fellow Golf Blogger and all around good guy Doug from golfdashblog.com posted up an awesome interview with golf mental game master Dr. Joe Parent.

Dr. Parent is the author of some of the greatest mental game books out there; Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game, Zen Putting: Mastering the Mental Game on the Greens and Golf: Art of the Mental Game(100 Class Golf Tips).

I’ve read Zen Golf and Golf: Art of the Mental Game.

Zen Golf was a stellar read and I highly recommend it, most libraries have it on the shelves. Golf: Art of the Mental Game was decent, I think the emphasis for that book was on the drawings and not so much quality on the content.

But I digress…

Here’s the link -> Quick Nine with Zen Golf Master Dr. Joe Parent

Dr. Joe Parent was also involved in John Fitzgerald’s  The Back Nine: One Man’s Quest to Play Professional Golf.

How much emphasis do you put on your mental game? The more I read and study the more it seems like the mental game has a much larger impact on our game than we give it credit for.