Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com reported Monday morning that the Florida Highway Patrol is requesting a search warrant to seize the records of Tiger Woods' hospital treatment following his car accident early last Friday morning. In a later post, TMZ.com claimed that the FHP also wants the tapes from surveillance cameras around the Woods property in Windermere, Fla., believing that one of those security cams might show Woods leaving his house and getting into his SUV.

Is it true? I'm not a fan of celebrity gossip, so I have no way to judge TMZ's credibility. I assume they get some things right, and probably get quite a few things wrong. TMZ was the first to report on Sunday that Woods has canceled another meeting with the FHP, which was, of course, true.

However, the FHP is denying TMZ's claims. Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Capt. Mark Welch told the Boston Herald today, when asked about TMZ's reporting on a possible search warrant, "Not true." Capt. Welch further said:

"We're looking at every aspect of the crash to find out its specific cause. ... It's our job to investigate crashes, and that's what we're going to do."

The implication of TMZ's claims is that the FHP wants to know whether Woods' facial lacerations are consistent with a car crash, or consistent with something else - like, say, Elin Woods' fingernails. But as noted, the FHP denies it is seeking a search warrant for the medical records.

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CNN just reported on the air about a statement it received from Tiger Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg of IMG. Steinberg told CNN that the Florida Highway Patrol has confirmed to Woods that any statement he gives is voluntary; he is not required to talk to the police agency for its investigation.

Given that, Steinberg said, Woods has told the FHP that he wishes to "protect his privacy." Meaning that the FHP has been told that Woods is not willing to meet with its investigating officers.

At least we no longer need to track planned meetings and daily cancellations of those meetings. There will be no meeting between Woods and the Florida Highway Patrol.

Complete coverage of Tiger Woods car accident

We've all been waiting for Tiger Woods to say something - anything - about his early morning car crash on Friday, and all the rumors swirling around it.

Today, Woods finally said something in the form of a 5-paragraph statement posted on his Web site.

Around the same time that statement was posted, news broke that, for the third day in a row, Woods would not meet with Florida Highway Patrol investigators looking into the accident. Woods is not required to speak to police, given that the incident is being investigated as nothing more than a traffic accident.

My guess is that the written statement is the only thing Woods will ever say about the accident. Privacy is something Woods cherishes, and zealously guards. Despite the advice of some PR professionals that he needs to hold a public baring of his soul, it is unimaginable that Woods would hold a weapy presser to express regret. That's just not Tiger Woods.

He is doubling-down on silence, and it's probably a good bet. Read more...