Tiger Woods Did NOT Get Barack Obama Phone Call

Last week, Golf Digest issued one of the most comprehensive Tiger Woods reports since his post-Thanksgiving car accident. Among the new details was the revelation that Woods had received calls from Presidents Obama and Clinton.

Turns out, he only heard from Clinton. As ESPN notes, Golf Digest has since issued a correction. The article originally accounted for calls from both presidents:

President Obama also made a personal call to offer encouragement. So did Bill Clinton, whose experience might be particularly instructive.

The piece has since been amended to quote Obama from a People magazine interview:

"I'm a strong believer that anybody can look within themselves, find their flaws and fix them," President Obama said. Bill Clinton, whose experience might be particularly instructive, made a personal call to offer encouragement.

Women linked to Tiger Woods

• Emma Rotherham allegedly had early-morning sex on Woods' office couch. Tiger reportedly loved to see her in black stockings and suspenders.
• Jaimee Grubbs (PHOTOS) saved a voicemail from her lover, as well as steamy text messages. Jaimee stripped down for two magazines (sexy PHOTOS).
• Jamie Jungers (PHOTOS) says she and Tiger had "wild" and "crazy" sex against a wall. She also claims to have slept with Woods the night his father died. Jungers, who allegedly once worked as a stripper, parlayed her newfound fame into jobs pitching vodka and an auction web site. She also appeared on the Today show and Dateline.
• Julie Postle (PHOTOS) allegedly met Woods when she worked as a cocktail waitress in Orlando. Tiger was reportedly "obsessed" with Postle and "really hunted" her. She was also photographed in a bikini.

• Susie Ogren says she took ecstasy with Tiger and he hoped "to get me into bed."
• Rachel Uchitel (PHOTOS) was the first of Tiger's alleged mistresses. Woods reportedly emailed her once to say that "I finally found someone I connect with." In another alleged email, Woods shared a steamy fantasy of Uchitel simultaneously having sex with Derek Jeter and Bones star David Boreanaz. A National Enquirer source called Uchitel a "celebrity whore."
• Loredana Jolie, a Playboy model, was allegedly "one of [Tiger's] favorites." She is planning a book that will spill the beans on Woods' alleged sexual encounters with men.
• Theresa Rogers has been described as a "cougar" who allegedly boasted that she taught Tiger "everything he needed to know to be a great lover." She reportedly conceived a baby while she was seeing Woods, but an article suggests she believes the father is a Serbian basketball player she was also seeing at the time. According to another article, Woods told Rogers that he only married Elin Nordegren to boost his image. The 40-something Rogers may have negotiated a payoff in exchange for her silence.
• Joslyn James is a porn star (PHOTOS, VIDEO) who has starred in films such as Porn Star Brides and MIA - Milfs In Action. She is also wanted in Washington state.
• Holly Sampson is a porn star (NSFW pictures, video) whose films include Descent Into Bondage and Diary of a Horny Housewife. She may have worked as an escort (NSFW) and appeared in a video in which she describes her "amazing" sex with Tiger Woods. In another article, she spoke about the "sensual, beautiful experience."

Comments

[Bigrcube]

12:49 PM on 03/03/2010

Golf Digest?! NOT the kind of stellar publication that will EVER be in consideration for a Pulitzer, huh?!

[ofcoursejesusisblack]

12:49 PM on 03/03/2010

Well now that we've got that straight, we can all move on with our lives besides Obama has better things to do than call that man.

[banker67]

10:30 PM on 03/02/2010

Truth, lies, who cares?
The publication played to the prejudice of its readers to make money. Obviously, a single fact-checking phone call would have cleared up the matter, but where's the profit there?
It's a business decision: The lie will likely be more profitable than the truth; discussion over.
Corrections, denials, ombudsmen...all fail completely to change the minds of readers who are predisposed to believe the lie provided by their favorite magazine.
Here's a tip: How many advertisers called the publisher to complain about the blatantly false allegation?
Go on, guess. No one's looking.

[sheikwil4]

12:52 PM on 03/03/2010

I agree, they knew the lie would sell more than the truth. There is a lot in US history that is a lie, but they tell the lie because it sounds better than the truth. A comedian, Louis Black did an HBO special where he taught a class about all the lies told in history because it sound better than the truth, one example I remember was the story paul revere, where history states that he rode further than he actually did, he only rode 19 miles, however Israel Bistol rode 320, why because Paul Revere name sounds more American and it was easier to rhyme in the Long Fellow poem. so as they say if the legend becomes fact, then print the legend.

[Judster]

06:46 PM on 03/02/2010

I keep reading that Woods is 1/4 white, but I have yet to see proof of it.

A significant number of AA are of mixed race but most of them don't walk around pointing out that they are only "1/2 black, 1/4 Native American and 1/4 caucasian", or whatever their racial makeup is, when others assume that they are black based on how they look. I, for one, think that is very telling that Woods does this.

[sheikwil4]

01:02 PM on 03/03/2010

Judster,

Tiger woods father Earl was 1/2 African American, 1/4 Chinese and 1/4 Native American. His mother Kultida is 1/2 Thai, 1/4 Chinese and 1/4 Dutch. That makes Tiger Woods 1/4 African American, 1/4 Thai, 1/4 Chinese, 1/8 Native American and 1/8 Dutch. Although simply Tiger describes himself as Cablinasian. He can define himself anyway he wants to, who are we to label. As an AA, we come in shades that looks blue black to white, but what does that have to do with anything.

[Judster]

06:34 PM on 03/02/2010

Good for Obama! I would certainly want to distance myself from that louse.

[sweetwhine]

04:29 PM on 03/02/2010

Who believed he did?

[DalKimball82]

03:57 PM on 03/02/2010

Why is this not on the home page HP?

[mistlesuede]

06:03 PM on 03/02/2010

Good question.

[skippy20008]

03:29 PM on 03/02/2010

That's good news. For gosh's sake, Obama has SIGNIFICANTLY more important things to do!

[Travis bdboy]

02:04 PM on 03/02/2010

Oh well try another story.....get your dock back in your pants, you won't skrew Obama...he's smarter than U

[riazkj4]

11:29 AM on 03/02/2010

Two guys helping each other out, although one is half black the other like 1/8th black yet some classify them both as "black?"

[Sarita Boone]

01:02 PM on 03/02/2010

"Some people" is the USA from the earliest of days the one-drop rule was implemented by the government. So now that there is a half-African/half-Caucasian president it's suddenly a problem. Can't have it both ways guys.

[riazkj4]

01:23 PM on 03/02/2010

The one drop rule is a lazy stupid adage. Call a spade a spade, our president is just as much white as he is black. Refering to him as just "black" is insulting to his mother who is most like. I could call him white and be just as correct as someone calling him black. He's biracial or mixed, not black.

[1question]

11:20 AM on 03/02/2010

EDITOR:

Why isn't this correction story on front page...as with the original...!? I would like to see HuffPo journalism standards are higher than most, but maybe NOT.

Same ole shigady...not to much different than NY Post or National Enquirer. Headlines on front page, but correction(s) deep within back section(s).

HuffPo can and...should do better.

[Amalek]

11:19 AM on 03/02/2010

any trolls care to apologize?

[Wrenigade]

11:13 AM on 03/02/2010

So what if he did..?? That's what friends do, unlike the MSM where you like to kick people when they're at their lowest. Very disappointed HUFFPO; first you get the original story all WRONG, then you try to make hay at the President's/Tiger's expense. Your novelty is beginning to wear off...I can find this kind of reporting in the MSM...

[justwaitandsee]

10:49 AM on 03/02/2010

Why not on the front pages... you know, like you had the original story...