Tiger Woods Crash Has Some Answers — But The Sheriff Isn’t Talking

The mystery surrounding the Tiger Woods February 23rd car-wreck continues and now it has taken another astounding twist, compliments of the L.A. County Sheriff.

The wreck-investigation team of detectives who spent hours examining the results of the crash, have now determined the cause.

But the Sheriff isn’t talking.

“A cause has been determined, the investigation has concluded,” reported L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva during a live social media event on Wednesday.

After that, Villanueva claimed investigators need permission from Woods – to release information about the crash.

“We have reached out to Tiger Woods and his personnel,” Villanueva said. “There’s some privacy issues on releasing information on the investigation so we’re going to ask them if they waive the privacy and then we will be able to do a full release on all the information regarding the accident.  We have all the contents of the black box, we’ve got everything,” Villanueva said. “It’s completed, signed, sealed and delivered. However, we can’t release it without the permission of the people involved in the collision.”

Seriously?

What are they afraid of?  Perhaps they fear Tiger and his agent — Mark Steinberg (aka The Great Stiney), will summon a platoon of attorneys to keep things quiet.

After the wreck, investigators obtained a warrant to examine the Genesis SUV’s “black box.”

Now here’s where it gets interesting.

Villanueva’s statement about privacy issues confounded retired New York City police sergeant Joseph Giacalone, who these days is a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a department ever ask for permission like that,” Giacalone said. “What happens if his lawyers say ‘no, you can’t send it out now.’ And then where does that leave us?”

Giacalone said it’s unlikely that deputies would have sought the permission of non-celebrity victims in similar crashes to release information. If the sheriff’s hesitancy stemmed from a potential medical episode behind the wheel, Giacalone said authorities could simply say it was a medical emergency without giving additional details.

“I don’t think they would have asked any family member of us if they can come out with it,” he said.

One fact that did come out in the investigation is that there were no skid marks at the scene, indicating that Wood didn’t hit his bakes and could have possibly dozed off, even for a few moments, lost control then could have been jolted awake when the vehicle started its plunge down the hillside on the other side of the road.

Given Tiger’s propensity to keep things hush-hush for his entire career, it’s doubtful that Sheriff Villanueva will hear from The Great Stiney saying something like:  “Sure, go ahead, release all the facts, no problem.”

But for now, the mystery continues as Woods said afterward that he had no recollection of the crash.

For now, this one will have to be filed under:

“Unsolved Mysteries.”

Pigs-In-A-Blanket At Masters Champions Dinner?  You Bet!

Dustin Johnson will be picking up the tab at this year’s Champions Dinner at Augusta National Golf Club next week and D.J. has released his menu.

Looks like this:

Appetizers:  Pigs-In-A-Blanket;  Lobster and Corn Fritters.

Salads:  House or Caesar Salad.

Veggies:  Mashed potatoes and spring vegetables.

Entre:  Filet Mignon or Miso-marinated Sea Bass.

Dessert:  Peach Cobbler and Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream.

Yum.

Could be a first-ever though on the appetizer front with those “Pigs-In-A-Blanket.”