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04/01 16:48 CDT Tiger Woods turns down Ryder Cup captain's job and seeks
treatment out of country
Tiger Woods turns down Ryder Cup captain's job and seeks treatment out of
country
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
Tiger Woods formally turned down the Ryder Cup captaincy Wednesday as he steps
away from golf activities, and a Florida judge approved his motion to leave the
country to seek treatment.
The developments come one day after Woods entered a not guilty plea to
suspicion of driving under the influence when his SUV clipped the back of a
trailer and flipped on its side last week on a residential road near his home
on Jupiter Island, Florida.
Woods posted a statement Tuesday night saying that he was stepping away
indefinitely "to seek treatment and focus on my health."
A motion filed Wednesday by his attorney, Douglas Duncan, asked a judge that
Woods be allowed to travel outside the country to begin "comprehensive
inpatient treatment."
Duncan said the recommendation from Woods' doctor was based on the golfer's
"complex clinical presentation and the urgent need for a level of care that
cannot safely or effectively be done within the United States as his privacy
has been repeatedly compromised.
"Ongoing medical scrutiny and public exposure create significant barriers to
his care and would result in setbacks and an inability to fully engage in
treatment."
Martin County Court Judge Darren Steele approved the motion, which did not say
where the inpatient treatment facility was located.
The Ryder Cup decision by the PGA of America was not a surprise during the last
five, chaotic days involving Woods dating to his Friday arrest.
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