Tiger Woods was not all that happy after ready about the satirical interview Dan Jenkins published in the latest edition of Golf Digest.
Woods spoke with Derek Jeter's The Players' Tribune airing out his disdain over the article.
He said "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?"
The article, which is titled "My (Fake) Interview with Tiger: Or how it plays out in my mind" appears in the December addition of the magazine.
To his contempt, Woods wrote a blog to answer the issue. He wrote "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."
The article focuses on Woods being a person who does not value friendship, who easily dismisses people and could not treat his friends well. At one point it relates to Woods being cheap.
To this, Wood retorted "All athletes know that we will be under scrutiny from the media. But this concocted article was below the belt."
Jenkins has been known to not like Woods at all. In 2010, Jenkins had publicly written of his efforts to get to know Woods.
Jenkins wrote "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.'"
But Woods says it was not enough reason to sabotage his reputation. He said "Frustration or resentment because I have not been more available to him should not give him a license for an underhanded attack on me as an athlete, as a professional and as a person."
Woods strike out on Jenkins as well with the magazine saying "The truth is, Jenkins has no idea how I think or feel about any of the things he claims to know about, which is why he had to make things up. Frustration or resentment because I have not been more available to him should not give him a license for an underhanded attack on me as an athlete, as a professional and as a person. I guess Golf Digest's editors believe this is a good way to sell more magazines."
