Marshals: Tiger lied, Tiger Woods' character has been called into question before. Now, opponents and even some supporters of the pro golfer are startled to learn that Tiger lied Saturday in an incident at The Players championship, reports the Epoch Times on May 14.
A month after The Masters, in which Woods made headlines for an illegal drop that many people felt he should have been disqualified over, Woods is at the center of another controversy with rival Sergio Garcia.
After a weekend war of words between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia, two course marshals are disputing Woods' retelling of what happened on Saturday.
Garcia said Woods distracted him by pulling a club from his bag – stirring the gathered gallery while Garcia attempted a shot elsewhere.
Woods said he didn't see Garcia when he made the move, and besides, the course marshals gave him the OK.
Officials tell a different story. Course marshals said they never told Woods anything.
In the third round of The Players Championship on Saturday on the second hole, Garcia was irked when Woods pulled out a club and sized up his next shot, which resulted in cheers from the crowd, disrupting Garcia and his shot.
Garcia told NBC TV, “You have to pay attention to what's going on because the other guy is hitting. You do something when you're in the crowd and the crowd is going to respond.”
It's debatable whether Woods' actions had any impact on Garcia's shot, but he did respond to the controversy.
“The marshals, they told me he already hit, so I pulled a club and was getting ready to play my shot, and then I hear his comments afterward and it’s not real surprising that he’s complaining about something,” he said.
But apparently Woods has his story backwards. The course marshals debunked Tiger's tale.
"[Woods] didn’t ask us nothing, and we didn’t say nothing. We’re told not to talk to the players," a marshal, Gary Anderson, told Golf.com.
Woods went on to win the tournament by two strokes while Garcia finished tied for eighth after he put two balls into the water on Sawgrass' famed 17th hole.
A month after The Masters, in which Woods made headlines for an illegal drop that many people felt he should have been disqualified over, Woods is at the center of another controversy with rival Sergio Garcia.
After a weekend war of words between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia, two course marshals are disputing Woods' retelling of what happened on Saturday.
Garcia said Woods distracted him by pulling a club from his bag – stirring the gathered gallery while Garcia attempted a shot elsewhere.
Woods said he didn't see Garcia when he made the move, and besides, the course marshals gave him the OK.
Officials tell a different story. Course marshals said they never told Woods anything.
In the third round of The Players Championship on Saturday on the second hole, Garcia was irked when Woods pulled out a club and sized up his next shot, which resulted in cheers from the crowd, disrupting Garcia and his shot.
Garcia told NBC TV, “You have to pay attention to what's going on because the other guy is hitting. You do something when you're in the crowd and the crowd is going to respond.”
It's debatable whether Woods' actions had any impact on Garcia's shot, but he did respond to the controversy.
“The marshals, they told me he already hit, so I pulled a club and was getting ready to play my shot, and then I hear his comments afterward and it’s not real surprising that he’s complaining about something,” he said.
But apparently Woods has his story backwards. The course marshals debunked Tiger's tale.
"[Woods] didn’t ask us nothing, and we didn’t say nothing. We’re told not to talk to the players," a marshal, Gary Anderson, told Golf.com.
Woods went on to win the tournament by two strokes while Garcia finished tied for eighth after he put two balls into the water on Sawgrass' famed 17th hole.