Tiger Woods apologises to family for transgressions
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oi-Staff
Golfer
Tiger
Woods
has
finally
accepted
that
he
has
sinned
and
he
has
apologisied
to
his
family
and
fans
for
his
'Transgressions'.
Earlier,
it
was
reported
that
Tiger
Woods,
who
has
two
children
with
his
Swedish
wife
Elin,
had
extra-marital
affairs
with
cocktail
waitress
Jaimee
Grubbs
and
nightclub
hostess
Rachel
Uchitel.
On
his
official
website,
he
confessed
that
he
has
let
his
family
down.
He
writes:
"I
have
let
my
family
down
and
I
regret
those
transgressions
with
all
of
my
heart.
I
have
not
been
true
to
my
values
and
the
behavior
my
family
deserves.
I
am
not
without
faults
and
I
am
far
short
of
perfect.
I
am
dealing
with
my
behavior
and
personal
failings
behind
closed
doors
with
my
family.
Those
feelings
should
be
shared
by
us
alone."
"Although
I
am
a
well-known
person
and
have
made
my
career
as
a
professional
athlete,
I
have
been
dismayed
to
realize
the
full
extent
of
what
tabloid
scrutiny
really
means.
For
the
last
week,
my
family
and
I
have
been
hounded
to
expose
intimate
details
of
our
personal
lives.
The
stories
in
particular
that
physical
violence
played
any
role
in
the
car
accident
were
utterly
false
and
malicious.
Elin
has
always
done
more
to
support
our
family
and
shown
more
grace
than
anyone
could
possibly
expect."
"But
no
matter
how
intense
curiosity
about
public
figures
can
be,
there
is
an
important
and
deep
principle
at
stake
which
is
the
right
to
some
simple,
human
measure
of
privacy.
I
realize
there
are
some
who
don't
share
my
view
on
that.
But
for
me,
the
virtue
of
privacy
is
one
that
must
be
protected
in
matters
that
are
intimate
and
within
one's
own
family.
Personal
sins
should
not
require
press
releases
and
problems
within
a
family
shouldn't
have
to
mean
public
confessions."
"Whatever
regrets
I
have
about
letting
my
family
down
have
been
shared
with
and
felt
by
us
alone.
I
have
given
this
a
lot
of
reflection
and
thought
and
I
believe
that
there
is
a
point
at
which
I
must
stick
to
that
principle
even
though
it's
difficult."
"I
will
strive
to
be
a
better
person
and
the
husband
and
father
that
my
family
deserves.
For
all
of
those
who
have
supported
me
over
the
years,
I
offer
my
profound
apology."
However,
the
rumours
about
his
extra
martial
affairs
started
making
rounds
after
he
met
with
a
mystery
car
accident
near
his
house.
Nightclub
hostess
Rachel
Uchitel
had
ruled
out
her
alleged
relationship
with
Woods.
But
cocktail
waitress
Jaimee
Grubbs
had
publicly
said
that
she
had
20
sexual
encounters
with
the
golfer
over
31
months.
She
had
got
photos,
more
than
300
texts
and
an
answer-phone
message
from
him.