Ernie Els Calls Tiger Woods Announcement "Selfish"
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Feb 18 2010, 9:02 AM
The timing of Tiger Woods' first appearance since his car accident and subsequent admission of marital infidelity -- on Friday in Florida, while the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is in full swing in Arizona -- does not impress one of the game's best-known players.
"It's selfish," former U.S. Open and British Open champion Ernie Els told Golfweek magazine. "You can write that. I feel sorry for the sponsor. Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday. This takes a lot away from the golf tournament."
Woods will speak publicly at 11 a.m. ET Friday for the first time since his bizarre, Thanksgiving night car accident, beginning what his agent called "the process of making amends" for the sex scandal that sent him into hiding for three months, Since the accident, Woods' only statements have come via his Web site.
It's been interesting to watch rival golfers snipe at Woods over the past several months. It seems clear that his aura of invincibility is firmly shattered in the eyes of his peers. That should make for some fun golf as perhaps we'll finally see golfers take a less timid approach against him on the course.
We've been waiting years for someone to really step up and rival Tiger. While the root cause was certainly unexpected, could this finally be the year we see the tide turn?
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The timing of Tiger Woods' first appearance since his car accident and subsequent admission of marital infidelity -- on Friday in Florida, while the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is in full swing in Arizona -- does not impress one of the game's best-known players.
"It's selfish," former U.S. Open and British Open champion Ernie Els told Golfweek magazine. "You can write that. I feel sorry for the sponsor. Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday. This takes a lot away from the golf tournament."
Woods will speak publicly at 11 a.m. ET Friday for the first time since his bizarre, Thanksgiving night car accident, beginning what his agent called "the process of making amends" for the sex scandal that sent him into hiding for three months, Since the accident, Woods' only statements have come via his Web site.
It's been interesting to watch rival golfers snipe at Woods over the past several months. It seems clear that his aura of invincibility is firmly shattered in the eyes of his peers. That should make for some fun golf as perhaps we'll finally see golfers take a less timid approach against him on the course.
We've been waiting years for someone to really step up and rival Tiger. While the root cause was certainly unexpected, could this finally be the year we see the tide turn?
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