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Posted Dec 2nd 2009 5:19PM by TMZ Staff
Turns out Tiger Woods will have to pay a lot more than a $164 fine.
Orange County Utilities Department in Florida tells TMZ Tiger will be billed for the following:
-- $84 for pickup of smashed hydrant
-- $447 to replace/repair/paint new hydrant
-- an undetermined amount to replace the sod
The sod can't be that expensive, because a city official told TMZ the total repair cost should be around $600.
So good news for Tiger ... cops initially thought the property damage would be more than $3,000.
What will he do with all the money he saved?
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: fire hydrant, FireHydrant, orange county utilities, OrangeCountyUtilities, tiger woods, tiger woods crash photos, TigerWoods, TigerWoodsCrashPhotos
Posted Dec 2nd 2009 3:02PM by TMZ Staff
It's what we've been wondering for days -- and now, we finally have an answer to the golf club mystery.
A law enforcement official tells TMZ Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, used a wedge to blast out the two windows on his SUV.
There are several types of wedges. We don't know which one Elin chose ... but Tiger typically only carries a lob wedge and a sand wedge.
For all you non-golfers, a wedge is used for short shots -- usually around the green. It's angled with a high loft.
Golfers use wedges to get out of tight spots and unplayable lies. Oh the iron-y.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, crash, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, florida, golf, golf club, GolfClub, golfer, hydrant, iron, tiger woods, TigerWoods, wedge, windemere
Posted Dec 1st 2009 3:02PM by TMZ Staff
Tiger Woods' car crash is really gonna cost him ... $164.
The Florida Highway Patrol just said Tiger will be given a ticket for careless driving -- the result of Friday's single-vehicle crash.
The FHP said the investigation is complete and it will not seek any search warrants for his medical records.
The agency also says no one involved has made claims of domestic violence.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Tiger Woods
Tags: careless driving, CarelessDriving, crash, domestic violence, DomesticViolence, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, golf, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, tree, vehicle, video
Posted Nov 30th 2009 5:19PM by TMZ Staff
Security in Tiger Woods' private community has ramped up to the point where even the people who live there are being told where they can and cannot go.
Sources tell TMZ residents are being kept away from Tiger's infamous crash site and one resident even had his camera's memory card confiscated by Isleworth security.
Tiger announced earlier today that his injuries from Friday's accident would force him to pull out of his upcoming golf tournament.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, community, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, isleworth, security, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, tree
Posted Nov 30th 2009 1:19PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ now has an eyewitness account of what happened immediately following Tiger Woods' car accident.
According to a witness, Tiger had a cut on his lower lip when emergency responders and witnesses arrived. The wound was bloody.
Tiger was wearing shorts, a t-shirt and no shoes. It's illegal in Florida to drive without shoes.
Tiger was lying on the ground unconscious when EMT workers arrived. They used "pain stimulus" -- a method where pressure is applied on an unconscious person to make them alert -- but Tiger only briefly opened his eyes and then lost consciousness.
We're told EMTs asked Tiger's wife, Elin Nordegren, if Tiger was taking any medications. She went in the house and brought out two pill bottles. She said she did not know when he had last taken the meds.
Elin was extremely upset and was told twice by paramedics to stand back while they tended to her husband.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Photo Galleries, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, emt, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, floriday highway patrol, FloridayHighwayPatrol, pain medication, PainMedication, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 30th 2009 11:45AM by TMZ Staff
"The road to high performance isn't always paved" -- and neither is your neighbor's front lawn.
This ad actually appears in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Filed under: Tiger Woods
Tags: accenture, accident, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, tree, wall street journal, WallStreetJournal
Posted Nov 30th 2009 12:45AM by TMZ Staff
Sources tell TMZ the Florida Highway Patrol is now focusing on obtaining a search warrant -- allowing them to seize medical records from the hospital that treated Tiger Woods -- in an attempt to determine if the wounds Woods sustained are consistent with a car accident or domestic violence.
We're told authorities believe they can show probable cause a crime was committed, a necessary step in obtaining a warrant.
One big piece of evidence showing probable cause ... sources tell us Tiger's wife, Elin Nordegren told FHP troopers she went looking for Tiger in a golf cart, came upon the accident and then used a golf club to break the window to gain entry. That's a very different story from what she first told Windemere cops shortly after the accident -- she never mentioned a golf cart. Nordegren told Windemere police she had walked out of her house, saw the crash, went back inside to get a golf club and returned to the vehicle.
TMZ has reviewed 21 photos from the scene -- no sign of any golf cart. But we just found another photo (below) from the scene, where you can see a golf cart in the foreground.
And there's more ... although alcohol was not involved, Tiger was in and out of consciousness and TMZ has already reported Tiger told a friend he was taking prescription meds for pain, which could be evidence of DUI. This, too, could constitute probable cause to obtain a warrant.
We're told the FHP is pursuing the search warrant option after getting shut down again Sunday in an attempt to interview Tiger and Elin and eyeball Tiger's wounds.
As we first reported, according to sources, Tiger told a friend Elin had attacked him after she confronted him with reported allegations he had cheated on her. We're told Tiger told the friend Elin then followed him out of the house and struck the moving vehicle with the golf club, causing him to get distracted and hit the hydrant.
If the FHP determines Elin attacked Tiger, we're told she could be arrested for domestic violence.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, florida highway patrol, FloridaHighwayPatrol, search warrant, SearchWarrant, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 29th 2009 3:25PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained incredible photos of Tiger Woods' SUV just after it crashed into a tree early Friday morning.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Photo Galleries, Ride Me, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, crash, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, photos, suv, tiger woods, Tiger Woods Car Crash Photos, TigerWoods, TigerWoodsCarCrashPhotos
Posted Nov 28th 2009 9:09PM by TMZ Staff
It looks like Tiger Woods has been boxed into a corner and his best friend, now, is time -- because he's again refused to meet with the Florida Highway Patrol about the incident with his wife early yesterday. Tiger may well be waiting for the telltale wounds to heal.
Woods' agent told the Florida Highway Patrol Tiger and wife Elin Nordegren would not make themselves available to speak with authorities today about the incident that left Tiger with lacerations and one less fire hydrant on his block.
We know the Highway Patrol is suspicious of the wife's account ... that Tiger just drove off and hit a fire hydrant. She told the first officer on the scene from the Windemere PD that she went inside the house after the crash to get a golf club and then hit the car in an attempt to free her husband. But we know she told a very different story subsequently to the Highway Patrol.
As we first reported, Tiger told a friend that his wife went ballistic at around 2:00 AM yesterday and scratched his face up -- all because of reports he allegedly had cheated on her. He left the house, started driving away and she attacked the SUV with a golf club, Tiger told the friend. He got "distracted" and hit the hydrant.
If Tiger and his wife acknowledge she scratched him up, she could be arrested for domestic abuse. And, as we first reported, Tiger told his friend he had been taking prescription painkillers and that was why he seemed out of it after the crash. Although we're told there was no alcohol involved (and that seems to be the case), driving under the influence of painkillers could be a problem, if it's provable.
By the way ... one of the things the Highway Patrol wants to see is the marks on Tiger's face, and whether they are consistent with scratch marks or impact on a car. As we reported, there was no blood on the steering wheel, making the accident scenario suspicious. But if the marks indicate a human touch and they last for a few days, we're guessing Tiger will not show up at his golf tourney on Thursday.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, cops, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, florida highway patrol, FloridaHighwayPatrol, suv, Tiger Woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 27th 2009 6:34PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained a photo of the aftermath of the Tiger Woods accident that occurred early this morning.
You can see a small barricade where the fire hydrant Tiger hit used to be. Remnants of debris can be seen scattered across the driveway -- possibly from when Tiger's wife smashed out the back window to help him.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: crash, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, house, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 27th 2009 6:10PM by TMZ Staff
Multiple law enforcement sources tell TMZ Tiger Woods' early morning accident came right after an argument with his wife, Elin Nordegren.
We're told Elin told cops about the argument at the scene of the accident and Tiger gave the same story to authorities at the hospital where he was treated.
One Florida law enforcement official called it "a domestic issue."
Elin apparently was able to forgive and forget -- according to Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor, Nordegren smashed out the back window of Tiger's car to help get him out.
UPDATE -- We're told the Florida Highway Patrol went to Tiger's house this afternoon to talk to him about the accident -- but they were turned away by his wife, who said he was sleeping. The FHP plans to try and talk to Woods again tomorrow.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, argument, crash, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, florida, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, tree, wife
Posted Nov 27th 2009 4:24PM by TMZ Staff
What a lovely looking fire hydrant -- that is, until Tiger Woods ran it over early this morning.
This is a photo taken two years ago. Based on news footage of the scene, this is the exact fire hydrant Tiger smacked into before finally hitting a tree.
Tiger survived the accident -- the hydrant did not.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, photo, picture, tiger woods, TigerWoods
