What is it About Golfers, Spouses, Cars and Clubs?
What is it about golfers, spouses, cars and golf clubs? First we had the Nick Faldo incident back in 1998 concerning his Porsche, and now we apparently have a similar sort of craziness happening with Tiger Woods and a spousal whacking of his Escalade.
Do we need to start licensing golf clubs as deadly weapons? Perhaps, but as the old saying goes, golf clubs don’t wreck the exotic cars of wealthy, cheating spouses, golfers’ spouses do. Then again, I can’t help but notice this sort of thing never happens to hammer-throwers.
1) 1998: Brenna Cepelak vs Nick Faldo’s Porsche 959
College golfer Cepelak was 20 when she met Faldo, then still married to Bennett, at a tournament in Arizona. The pair enjoyed a three-year relationship until 1998, when he began seeing Valerie Bercher. 'It's always sad when these things end,' he said. Cepelak responded to the break-up by taking an iron to his Porsche. 'It was a nine-iron or a wedge,' recalled Faldo. 'It was a very special car. It was so hi-tech, it was made of plastic. The club kept bouncing off. It wouldn't leave a dent. I auctioned it off.'
[via Guardian]
2) 2009: Elin Nordegren vs Tiger Wood’s Cadillac Escalade
We're told he said his wife had confronted him about reports that he was seeing another woman. The argument got heated and, according to our source, she scratched his face up. We're told it was then Woods beat a hasty retreat for his SUV -- but according to our source, Woods says his wife followed behind with a golf club. As Tiger drove away, she struck the vehicle several times with the club.
[via TMZ]