Tiger Woods, the Superstar Golfer, the most marketable figure in sports, is all set to make a public apology on Friday in front of the media. A 14 time major champion would be addressing a small gathering of reporters at the headquarters of the U.S. PGA Tour in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT).
According to a letter from Commissioner of the PGA Tour in the United States, Tim Finchem, has obtained The Associated Press, Woods would return to therapy after his address to the media.
In this letter, Finchem explained the reasons why Woods was chosen on Friday to go to his first comments to the camera only to be intromitted in the room while three U.S. television networks – ABC, CBS and NBC – will broadcast statements online.
“As we understand it, Tiger’s therapy called for a week’s break at this time during which he has spent a few days with his children and then will make his statement before returning,” Therefore, there were very few options for the date of this announcement. ”
Finchem said in the letter obtained by the AP.
The letter did not specify if the golfer would conduct a return to the game soon.
Woods will be in the room on the second floor of the cabin of the TPC Sawgrass.
Woods has not been seen in public since he hit a tree with his car near his home in Florida November 27, which was launched on the sleazy revelations of extramarital affairs. There are now 78 days you have not heard from him for a magazine released a recorded message that he left behind one of the women with whom he had an affair, asking her to remove her number from his cell phone.
“While Tiger believes that what happened is basically between he and his wife, he also recognizes that it has dropped and injured several people who were close to him, wrote his agent Mark Steinberg in an e – Wednesday. He also dropped his supporters. He wants to start making amends and that is what they discuss. ”
Steinberg has also invited three representatives of news agencies, The Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg, and has asked the Association of Golf Writers to form a pool of three journalists to carry coverage of the event.
Woods has not spoken in public, but three releases posted on its website during the last three months.
Woods, the most affluent sports celeb on the planet was estimated to earn about $100 million a year in endorsement deals before his adultery scandal led AT&T and Accenture to drop him as a spokesman.
Forbes magazine, which has put his total worth at $1 billion, said his remaining sponsorship deals with Nike, Electronic Arts and Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand would allow Woods to remain the world’s highest-paid athlete this year.