In November 2009, the National Enquirer famously broke the story that Tiger Woods had been banging Rachel Uchitel since June of that year. In the immediate aftermath, Tiger got into a huge Thanksgiving weekend fight with his then-wife, Elin Nordigren. There was a car accident, and there were golf clubs and a shattered car windshield, but nobody knows what really happened except for Tiger and Elin. Or maybe someone else knows too? Like Tiger’s long-time caddie, Steve Williams, who recently received his walking papers and is now, according to The Enquirer, threatening to write his very own tell-all book about that fight and many other Tiger-associated things. Not that Williams was actually present during the altercation, mind you; but apparently he and Tiger were pretty tight friends, so the assumption is that Tiger may have been dumb enough to tell his buddy what went down. Also, there is the bizarre alleged detail that Kevin Costner once gave Tiger some invaluable tips on how to pick up chicks:
Tiger Woods’ newly fired caddie plans to write a blockbuster tell-all that threatens to rip the lid off untold secrets in the adultery and drug scandals that rocked the fallen gold superstar, sources say.
Steve Williams, who carried Tiger’s golf bag for 12 years, has been sounding out writers to help him pen a book about their once-close relationship, according to insiders.
“Tiger is terrified about what the book will reveal,” a source told The ENQUIRER. “He said, ‘Steve was too close to me. He knows too much.’
“Tiger is trying to figure out a way to stop the book because he’s convinced it will wreck what’s left of his reputation.”
Williams, a native of New Zealand, toted Tiger’s bag for 72 wins and 13 major titles. The two were so close that they were in each other’s weddings.
But insiders say their friendship began to fray after The ENQUIRER exposed Tiger’s cheating with party girl Rachel Uchitel. That led to the infamous 2009 Thanksgiving night fight with his now ex-wife Elin that ended with Tiger wrecking his SUV outside their Florida home.
While Elin claimed she smashed the back window of Tiger’s vehicle with a golf club to free him, Williams knows the true story, said the source.
“Steve says Elin was in a jealous rage and she nearly killed Tiger with that golf club,” the source revealed.
Williams blames Tiger’s obsessive skirt-chasing on actor Kevin Costner, who once bragged about being able to pick up a woman in two minutes, said the source.
“According to Steve, Costner demonstrated his technique to Tiger,” the source divulged. “Steve said, ‘That’s where it all started.'”
In the past, Williams has publicly insisted he knew nothing about Tiger’s serial cheating.
“But I think he was lying to protect Tiger,” said another source. “Now he could reveal that he knew about Tiger’s compulsive cheating for years.”
The first source added that Williams will also spill the beans on Tiger’s association with Dr. Tony Galea, a Canadian physician who has pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling human growth hormone and other unapproved drugs int the U.S. to treat athletes.
[From Enquirer, print edition, August 15, 2011]
Honestly, I don’t know what to think about the Kevin Costner tidbit, for Tiger seems to do well enough on his own as a womanizer who conducted his affairs pretty openly. If it’s true that Costner encouraged Tiger to cheat on his wife, well, that’s pretty low because Costner has been married since 2004 to Christine Baumgartner, with whom he has three young children. Regardless of Costner’s involvement with Tiger, however, I think it’s pretty clear that Tiger needed no cheering on in order to drop his drawers with women who were not his wife. Still, it’s interesting, and I wonder if Costner (or his wife) will have anything to say about this story in the near future.
As far as the prospective tell-all book by Williams goes, however, I doubt that anything else could possibly tarnish Tiger’s reputation more than what we already know. I mean, short of hearing Tiger did something incredibly illegal besides the basic prostitute stuff that we’ve already heard. The man still has sponsors and was just welcomed back to the latest PGA tour with much applause (disgusting, right?) even though the audience was openly wondering why he fired his caddie. So perhaps people really will pay attention to what Williams has to say in his book.
Also, when did Tiger start dressing like a lounge lizard?
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