Host Woods pulls out of event

Tiger Woods pulled out of his golf tournament this week,the latest fall-out from a minor car accident that has left a swirl of...

Tiger Woods pulled out of his golf tournament this week,the latest fall-out from a minor car accident that has left a swirl of mystery and a hint of scandal around the worlds top golfer. The Florida Highway Patrol said on Monday that they were pursuing the investigation but had not been able to interview Woods.

Woods pulled out on Monday of the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks,California,a tournament he has hosted for nine years. He said he could not attend the event because of injuries suffered in the accident.

Woods was hospitalised briefly on Friday after his Cadillac Escalade hit a fire hydrant and a tree as he left the driveway of his Florida,home after 2 am. Woods is not obliged to volunteer medical records,video from home security cameras or anything else,Florida lawyer Roy Black said. Any lawyer with a brain is not going to allow him to talk to the police because nothing good can come of it, said Black. Woods said on Sunday that the accident was his fault.

The Florida Highway Patrol said it had not made any comments on Woods medical information. Under Florida law,Woods has a right to keep medical information private,but Black said under certain circumstances police can seize hospital records. Unfortunately,yes. But they would have to convince a judge that there was probable cause to believe a crime had been committed, he said.