Tiger Woods car crash: what does the mystery surrounding the golfer’s bizarre collision with a fire hydrant tell us about our sporting heroes and the law, blogs Alex Thomson of Channel 4 News.
The case of Mr T Woods and his off-drive driving swings all kinds of ways at once.
I have not the slightest interest in whether or not it was the impact of a Cadillac 4×4 upon the Great One’s temple wot made the marks – or perhaps some other incident behind closed doors. I know not and care little about why he and said gas-guzzler had it in for the neighbours’ fire hydrant and tree during the wee small hours.
And the reason neither of these mysteries excite is that there are so many more which intrigue, so much more.
Take the bloke on the phone to the police. He’s clearly agitated. I mean, it’s not every day you find what is one of the most famous humanoids on planet earth apparently unconscious in the vicinity of said Cadillac and hydrant and tree. And at that unlikely hour. But then again, that time of day is probably the appropriate hour to go hydrant hammering in many cultures – not least Florida.
But our caller – agitated but somehow measured – shows either staggering ignorance or compelling control, and I just cannot work out which. Astonishingly, he is careful not to mention the semi-conscious one by name. Yet as a neighbour he simply has to know. As a passer-by he would be likely to recognise Tiger, in or out of consciousness.
Which is it? I’ve now listened several times and just cannot work it out, though I’m coming round to the view that he’s careful not to name names because he doesn’t want a rumpus. Boy, is there a rumpus now.
From the moment that 911 call was put through at 2.28am – was it ever going to be any other way once the ambulance was dispatched? The moment he hit 911 the world was on a one-way high-speed Cadillac ride to Rumpus-land.