Tiger Woods releases statement about affair

If you thought today was going to be a dull day for news in the Tiger Woods drama, you couldn’t have been more wrong.

Tiger released a statement via his website Tigerwoods.com

A quick gloss over and its looks very much like a statement of guilt.

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

This coming on the heels of a voicemail Tiger left for Jaimee Grubbs in which he detailed his wife possibly being onto their relationship.

However, even with his admittance of infidelity, Tiger still doesn’t come clean about the accident situation. Given the domestic problems he’s having, getting beat up by your wife isn’t something he’s ready to face up to yet.

Here is the statement in full

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

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