According to sportswriter Furman Bisher, the real reason Tiger Woods has not been seen in public is because he underwent reconstructive surgery due to injuries sustained from an altercation with wife. Claiming Woods’ wife Elin hit him with a 9-iron, Bisher tells Daily Mail:

“At one point Tiger turned away to look at the TV, and as he turned back, Elin hit him on the right side of the face with the head of a 9-iron. When she struck Tiger, she put a huge gash in the right side of his face next to his nose (causing his nose to bruise some), and virtually knocking two of his upper teeth out, and breaking the bone on the upper right side.

Tiger Woods Beatdown

Tiger ran scared as hell out of the house with Elin swinging the golf club throughout the hallway to the garage.

Tiger hopped in the Escalade and tried to leave; and as we know Elin knocked out the windows in the Escalade. When Tiger crashed, Elin panicked and was not sure what to tell the police (which is why there are two conflicting stories from her).”

Bisher, claiming to have obtained the information from a colleague close to Woods’ agent, went on to say Woods flew to Phoenix to have surgery done, including cosmetic dental work after the attack.