`CHEAP SHOTS' ABOUT FATHER BOTHER WOODS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The off-color jokes and comments attributed to Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. in the current issue of GQ magazine don't trouble him nearly as much as the ``cheap shots'' at his father. Woods issued a statement Saturday from the Bay Hill Invitational about the article, based in part on an interview with Woods during a limousine ride after a photo shoot for the magazine. Woods is quoted as telling jokes - one about lesbians, others with racial overtures - and using profanity Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God. Vulgar, irreverent, or coarse language. The use of certain profane or obscene language on the radio or television is a federal offense, but in other situations, profanity in describing how he felt about giving an hour of his time for the photo shoot. Woods did not deny making the comments that appeared in the article. ``It's no secret that I'm 21 years old and that I'm naive about the motives of certain ambitious writers,'' Woods said in the statement, released by International Management Group. ``The article proves that, and I don't see any reason for anyone to pay $3 to find that out. ``It's easy to laugh it off as juvenile and petty except for the attacks on my father,'' he continued. ``I don't understand the cheap shots against him.'' The cover of GQ said, ``The Coming of Tiger Woods, Sports' Next Messiah.'' Written by Charles P. Pierce, the story builds its theme around Earl Woods Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was an athlete, a US Army infantry officer, (retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel), and the father of golfer Tiger Woods. telling Sports Illustrated that ``Tiger will do more than any other man in history to change the course of humanity.'' The article later said that Earl Woods ``was a month away from bypass surgery Bypass surgery A surgical procedure that grafts blood vessels onto arteries to reroute the blood flow around blockages in the arteries (arteriosclerosis). , and he was beginning to get cranky crank·y 1 adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est 1. Having a bad disposition; peevish. 2. Having eccentric ways; odd. 3. about it.'' The story also said Earl Woods left his ex-wife and three other children and ``has devoted his life . . . to creating something that may now be moving far out of his control.'' Woods, who shot a 71 Saturday and was five strokes off the lead, avoided reporters after his round by ducking into the autograph tent, the first time he has gone there all week. |
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