Tiger Woods’ fake interview anger
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Tiger Woods has issued an angry response to a ‘fake’ interview published in US magazine Golf Digest, calling it ‘not true, not funny’.
The 84-year-old Hall of Fame golf writer Dan Jenkins wrote the fake Q&A in the magazine’s December issue. Jenkins already had a frosty relationship with Woods after having interview requests turned down.
The column prompted Woods to pen his own response on The Players Tribune website, with the title “Not True, Not Funny.”
He said: “Did you read Dan Jenkins’ interview with me in the latest Golf Digest? I hope not. Because it wasn’t me. It was some jerk he created to pretend he was talking to me. That’s right, Jenkins faked an interview, which fails as parody, and is really more like a grudge-fueled piece of character assassination.
“Journalistically and ethically, can you sink any lower?”
Jenkins has covered golf since the the mid-20th century and came to prominence in Fort Worth alongside the legendary Ben Hogan. He’s attended almost every major championship since the 1950s, and missed his first Open in 45 years in July. In that time he has interviewed all of the Hall of Fame giants in the game, except Woods.
Jenkins said: “I once made an effort to get to know the old silicone collector. Tried to arrange dinners with him for a little Q&A, on or off the record, his choice. But the closest I ever got was this word from his agent: “We have nothing to gain.”
Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, has sent a letter directly to Golf Digest asking for an apology.
