LIVE: Tiger Woods issues statement at 6 a.m. HST

 

Golfer Tiger Woods holds a media event to discuss his personal problems. He is not expected to take questions.

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. » Tiger Woods is to return to therapy after he speaks publicly for the first time about his infidelity, according to a letter from PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem that was obtained by the Associated Press.

Finchem's letter to the PGA Tour policy board and other officials explained why Woods chose today to make his first public comments, which are to be televised live by all the major networks.

Woods' statement comes during the Match Play Championship, sponsored by Accenture, the first company to drop Woods as a pitchman.

Woods is to speak at 6 a.m. Hawaii time.