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    Monday, April 29, 2024

    Police: Woods, wife remain quiet on crash

    Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, rides next to her husband after Woods won the U.S. Open on June 16, 2008. Woods and his wife did not speak to authorities for the second straight day on Saturday following Woods' one-car accident outside his Florida mansion early Friday morning.

    Windermere, Fla. - Tiger Woods and his wife were not available to speak to state troopers for the second straight day, asking that they return today to try to clear up questions about how he crashed his SUV into a neighbor's tree.

    The FHP said the announcement that Woods and his wife, Elin, could not speak Saturday to authorities came from his agent. Mark Steinberg of IMG did not immediately respond to a text seeking comment.

    Troopers previously tried to talk to Woods on Friday afternoon. The patrol said his wife told troopers Woods was sleeping, and they agreed to return the next day.

    Woods smashed his Cadillac near his $2.4 million mansion at 2:25 a.m. Friday and was briefly hospitalized, police said. His lips were cut, and Windermere police chief Daniel Saylor has said Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out a back window and help Woods from the car.

    Sgt. Kim Montes, the patrol spokeswoman, said Woods' agent contacted dispatch and the call was put through to the troopers, who were on their way to Woods' house.

    "I don't know what was said," Montes said.

    Montes said it was "kind of normal" for Woods not to speak on Friday, the day he was treated and released from a hospital.

    "It is unusual that we haven't gotten a statement," she said. "This just delays us to getting closer to the completion of the investigation."

    Montes said Woods is not required to talk to troopers in a traffic accident; they only need his driver's license, insurance and registration. She said troopers inside the gates at Isleworth are "looking at other things for their investigation."

    She said Woods' Cadillac Escalade was not impounded, but taken to an undisclosed tow yard. She said the front and right of the SUV was damaged, and that both rear passenger windows were busted out.

    "We still are going to move forward with our crash investigation," Montes said.

    The 911 tapes of the crash could be released as early as today.

    Still unanswered is where Woods was going in the wee hours of the morning after Thanksgiving Day. The police report said alcohol was not a factor.

    The world's No. 1 golfer and his family live in the exclusive, gated community of Isleworth, where more than two dozen media and clusters of TV trucks were camped out Saturday.

    Woods is to host his Chevron World Challenge next week in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Woods' news conference had been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, although it was not clear if he would still play, or even attend.

    "We do not know if Tiger is playing; we are anticipating a great week of competition," said Greg McLaughlin, the tournament director.

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