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Former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy is hoping Tiger Woods will speak in public away from the course before playing in a pro golf event.
Ogilvy, one of the eight players ranked in the top 20 who are competing at this week's Abu Dhabi Championship in the United Arab Emirates, said Wednesday that the attention surrounding Woods at a tournament would be distracting to the other players.
"I think he should come out away from the golf course," the Australian said. "I think that would be the best thing for him and for every other player and for the tournament. I don't believe a lot of tournaments want all the tabloid media floating around."
Former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy is hoping Tiger Woods will speak in public away from the course before playing in a pro golf event.
Ogilvy, one of the eight players ranked in the top 20 who are competing at this week's Abu Dhabi Championship in the United Arab Emirates, said Wednesday that the attention surrounding Woods at a tournament would be distracting to the other players.
"I think he should come out away from the golf course," the Australian said. "I think that would be the best thing for him and for every other player and for the tournament. I don't believe a lot of tournaments want all the tabloid media floating around."
Woods has not spoken in public since he crashed his car in late
November. Since then, he has admitted to infidelities on his Web site
and taken an indefinite leave from golf.
"The first press conference he does is going to be the crazy one, isn't it?" said Ogilvy, who won the SBS Championship in Hawaii this month. "A lot people who have been afraid to ask questions for the past 10 or 12 years won't be quite as hesitant to ask questions as they used to be. And he's going to have to answer questions."
When Woods does return to the PGA Tour, Ogilvy said the American will get back to his best.
"Tiger has always impressed when he had had lots going on around him with expectation, pressure and crazy stuff," said Ogilvy, who won the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot.
"The first press conference he does is going to be the crazy one, isn't it?" said Ogilvy, who won the SBS Championship in Hawaii this month. "A lot people who have been afraid to ask questions for the past 10 or 12 years won't be quite as hesitant to ask questions as they used to be. And he's going to have to answer questions."
When Woods does return to the PGA Tour, Ogilvy said the American will get back to his best.
"Tiger has always impressed when he had had lots going on around him with expectation, pressure and crazy stuff," said Ogilvy, who won the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot.
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what....didn't like my comment...lol!
So he gets a hard on....what's wrong with that? We can't all be pious and perfect stone throwers like yourself now.
Woods won't talk.
He is a liar and a coward.