AT&T Drops Tiger; Woods Won't Host AT&T National in 2010

Tiger Woods is out another sponsor: Telecommunications giant AT&T issued a statement today saying, "We are ending our sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods and wish him well in the future."

Accenture had earlier dropped Woods, and Gillette removed Woods from its advertising while stopping short of ending its sponsorship deal with Woods.

AT&T is the title sponsor of the PGA Tour event hosted by Woods, the AT&T National, which in 2010 takes place July 1-4. But AT&T's tournament sponsorship deal is with the PGA Tour, and the company's decision to end its sponsorship agreement with Woods is something separate from the tournament.

PGA Tour official Ty Votaw said that AT&T's sponsorship deal with the tournament runs through 2014, and that the Tiger Woods Foundation will continue as the primary charity of the tournament at least through the length of that contract. However, since Tiger is on leave from golf, Votaw said, Woods will not serve as tournament host in 2010.

See the AP report for more.