Tiger Woods criticized Hall of Fame golf writer Dan Jenkins on Tuesday for a parody in which Jenkins fakes an interview with him and covers topics from his reputation as a bad tipper to his failed marriage to his six-year drought in the majors.
The online headline of the Golf Digest column is “My (Fake) Interview with Tiger,” with an asterisk to add, “Or how it plays out in my mind.” The print edition of the magazine has “fake” in parentheses on the cover but not in the headline above the column.
Woods rarely goes public with his criticism of stories written about him.
But Tuesday, he wrote a guest column for Derek Jeter’s new website, , which is a forum for athletes to connect directly with fans. The title of Woods’ column was “Not True, Not Funny.”
He said the fake interview “fails as parody, and is really more like grudge-fueled piece of character assassination.”
Jenkins, who has been covering the majors for more than 60 years, has covered all the greats dating to Ben Hogan but was never granted a private interview with the 14-time major champion early in Woods’ career.
Woods said the article was below the belt and asks, “Journalistically and ethically, can you sink any lower?”
