Most of the media attention in the Tiger Woods scandal has focused on the still-growing number of women — 10? 12? 14? — who say they’ve had affairs with the world’s number-one golfer. But there are two aspects of the case that could do far more damage to Woods than his multiple infidelities.
The first is the news that Woods was treated by a doctor who is under investigation by the FBI, suspected of giving performance-enhancing drugs to some of the elite athletes in his care. The New York Times reports the doctor, Tony Galea, has treated NFL quarterback Chris Simms, sprinter Donovan Bailey, swimmer Dana Torres — and Tiger Woods. The paper reports that Woods’ management team, “alarmed at the slow pace of Mr. Woods’ rehabilitation after knee surgery in June 2008,” got in touch with Galea, who performed a blood-therapy procedure known as “blood spinning” on Woods on four separate occasions. The procedure is said to have helped speed Woods’ recovery.
