A cikin watan Nuwamba 2009, National Enquirer ya wallafa labarin da ya yi iƙirarin cewa Woods yana da wata matsala tare da manajan gidan wasan kwaikwayo na New York City Rachel Uchitel, wanda ya musanta da'awar. Bayan kwana biyu, a kusa da 2:30 na dare a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, Woods yana tuki daga gidansa na Florida a cikin Cadillac Escalade SUV lokacin da ya yi karo da wuta, itace, da kuma shinge da yawa kusa da gidansa. An bi da shi don ƙananan raunuka na fuska kuma ya sami tikiti don tuki mara kyau. Bayan daɗaɗɗen jita-jita game da haɗarin, Woods ya ba da sanarwa a shafin yanar gizon sa kuma ya ɗauki alhakin haɗarin, yana kiran shi "al'amarin sirri" kuma yana ba da kyauta ga matarsa don taimaka masa daga motar.
Cadillac Escalade SUV