Tiger Woods has revealed his fury at a parody interview with him in the December issue of Golf Digest.
The former world No 1 is the butt of a lengthy joke in the article penned by Hall of Fame writer Dan Jenkins which features a fake interview between the pair – Jenkins is a long-time critic of Woods from his early days as a professional.Among the barbs written by Jenkins, as if uttered by Woods, is why Woods has not fired agent Mark Steinberg – “I’ll probably get around to it. I like to fire people. It gives me something to do when I’m not shaping my shots” – and calling Sergio Garcia “Low Crybaby in every tournament.”
Woods replied to the article on Tuesday, on the Players Tribune website, with a lengthy tirade against the 84-year-old former Sports Illustrated writer and a request for a written apology even though the article was clearly marked up as fictional and featured pictures of a Woods lookalike.
He tweeted a link to his retort, saying: “Most things in the media you let slide, but sometimes you can’t and shouldn’t.”