Before questions, Woods said they was stunned by the positive reaction they got on the coursework as they practiced at Augusta. “The encouragement I got, it blew me away,” they said.Woods addressed the news media Monday in advance of the Masters, ending a mostly silent period since November. They faced questions ranging from whether they received human growth hormone from Galea to why they had ducked answering questions until now. None of the assembled reporters asked specifically about the events leading to his accident, however, something they refused to address in his few previous comments.
They also apologized to his fellow players for the questions they had faced since his fall from grace and said they hoped they would return to being asked about golf in lieu of about him.
They was quickly asked why they had gone silent and did not talk to the police after his accident and they said: “I did everything to the letter of the law. My lawyer gave me advice and I followed that advice.”
Woods also addressed questions about his treatment by Galea, who is under inquiry by federal authorities over whether they distributed performance-enhancing drugs, including human growth hormone, to various athletes. Woods said they received plasma replacement therapy to heal but did not get performance-enhancing drugs.
“He never gave me H.G.H. or any P.E.D.s,” Woods said. “I have never taken any of those. I’ve never taken any illegal drugs in my life.”
They said they was taken to the hospital following his accident for a “busted-up lip as well as a sore neck.”
Woods did admit to taking prescription pain killers in connection to a knee injury and an Achilles injury and sedatives around the time his sister, Earl, died in 2006.
Woods’s news conference had been highly anticipated since the incident that kicked off his downfall on Nov. 27, when they crashed his luxury S.U.V. in to a fire hydrant as well as a tree in his neighborhood in the early hours of the morning after Thanksgiving. Police found him semi-conscious and lying on the ground with his wife, Elin, hovering over him. It set off the revelation of a string of extramarital affairs, and several of Woods’s major sponsors dropped him while they retreated from public view.
Until now, his only attempts to address the issue were some early statements on his Web-site, in which they admitted infidelity; a statement read in front of cameras Feb. 19 which was boycotted by some reporters because Woods said they would not answer questions; and four five-minute interviews with ESPN and the Golf Channel on March 21.
Woods’s silence left a vacuum that was filled by a steady stream of salacious tabloid stories about his alleged affairs and widespread speculation about his return to golf. Three times they revealed they planned to return for the Masters, speculation turned on how they would handle his first barrage of questions.
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