Tag Heuer announced Friday that they are scaling back their sponsorship of Tiger Woods, after announcing their support for him just a week ago. Tag Heuer is a Swiss watchmaker who pays Tiger Woods a reported $2 million dollars a year. Just one week ago, Tag Heuer had this statement in support of Woods on their website:
"His personal obsession with results and perfection, his ability to withstand pressure, to meet expectations and exceed them, but also his love of discipline -- all this makes him a natural partner for the brand."
Tag Heuer had a commercial in which Woods spoke about his values, along with some other celebrities. In this video Woods said, "We all make decisions. In the end our decisions define us." "My name is Tiger Woods and I share Tag Heuer's values."
In a statement released Friday, Tag Heuer stated:
"The partnership with Tiger Woods will continue but we will downscale the use of his image in certain markets for a period of time, depending on his decision about returning to professional golf. We will continue to actively support the Tiger Woods Foundation."
Several other sponsors have either scaled back advertising that includes Woods, or stopped their sponsorship completely. Gillette announced a week ago that they were scaling back its advertising that included Woods. Accenture announced that they were going in a different direction, and dropped Woods after six years of sponsorship.
Tiger Woods has been in seclusion for the past three weeks, and it was reported Friday that he has spent a lot of time alone, eating cereal, watching cartoons and playing golf at night when he can’t be seen. For more on that story, click here.
Tiger Woods has been under intense media focus for the past three weeks. A few days before Thanksgiving, the National Enquirer released a story about an alleged affair of Tiger Woods and Rachel Uchitel, and the story didn’t get much fan attention until after Woods crashed his car the day after Thanksgiving. Then multiple stories of Tiger Woods alleged affairs appeared and women came out with statements.
To see the complete list of Tiger Woods women that he allegedly had affairs with (with photos, click here.
Tiger Woods released a statement a week ago stating that he is quitting golf indefinitely, and that he needs to spend time with his family. To read Woods complete statement, click here.
A few days later Jaimee Grubbs came forward with her story of an affair with Woods, and she offered proof with a voicemail from Tiger Woods and over 300 text messages from him. A few hours later, Woods released a statement on his website saying that he had hurt his family with his transgressions. To read the full Tiger Woods statement, click here.
Tiger Woods had his third knee surgery in Park City, Utah on April 15, 2008, and took two months off. He was determined to play in the US Open and win...which he did on June 14, 2008, much to everyone's amazement less than two months after his knee surgery. He was in pain during the US Open, as shown in this Associated Press photo. After the US Open, Tiger Woods took additional time off to let his knee heal.
To see the Tiger Woods voicemail song video, click here.
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Sources: Associated Press and LA Times
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