I bet his wife just about had a stroke when she found out

There was no crime committed so he's well within his rights to refuse to talk. Even if there was a crime, he would only have to answer under a subpoena, and even then he'd have the 5th clause.

But honestly I smell the smelly smell of something that smells smelly. He's not doing himself (or his image) any favors.

My money is on the spat with the wife.

The unofficial version of events, however, is that the pair had been rowing following a report in National Enquirer magazine last week that Mr Woods, a father of two, had been cheating on his wife with Rachel Uchitel, a New York party planner. Both Mr Woods and Ms Uchitel have denied the story.

According to tmz.com, quoting an unnamed friend of Woods, Ms Nordegren had “gone ghetto” on her husband, scratching him in a fight that prompted him to flee the house with her in hot pursuit. “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,” tmz.com reported.