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Sir Nick Faldo has labeled golf authorities ‘predictably weak’ in their response to Tiger Woods and maintains the 15-time Major winner’s troubles are utterly “self-inflicted.”

Woods announced he was taking a break from public life after last week’s car crash and being charged with (DUI), which he denies. It was confirmed Woods can be absent from next week’s Masters and the PGA Tour launched a assertion, saying: “The PGA of America stands in full support of Tiger Woods as he steps away to focus on his health and well-being. During this time, we are keeping Tiger in our thoughts and prayers, with sincere hope for his strength, comfort and recovery.”

However, that response failed to fulfill three-time Masters winner Faldo, who can be at Augusta as an skilled analyst for Sky Sports. Faldo, like Woods, has a friendship with President Donald Trump, while Trump’s former daughter-in-law Vanessa has damaged her silence on her romantic relationship with Woods after the incident.

The three-time Masters winner Faldo, 68, said: “I look at the PGA Tour statement and it was so predictably weak. The Tour will look after him, as they always have done.”

“There are two sides to this right now. There’s one side that’s like … let’s care for Tiger. And then there has got to be a responsibility and an accountability side as well.

“This is a severe factor – a severe issue – that he has carried out. There has to be some accountability. Forget about golf.

“We are not meant to be on the streets with two pills in our pocket. The bottom line is that I really think that this is a serious issue and something should be done that is a little bit more serious than waving him off to a tropical island and saying ‘welcome back’ in three or four months or whatever it might be.”

While new PGA Tour chief government Brian Rolapp has voiced his backing for the 50 yr previous Woods, it is obvious that Faldo’s compassion has its limits. He added: “I feel sorry for Tiger that he is living 24/7 in pain. I asked him that years ago, even before the LA accident (February, 2001). But it has all been self-inflicted.

“I’ve acquired a feeling that … if he disappears and comes back in a couple of months, every little thing will carry on as regular. I’m not sure if that is true. In a regular stroll of life, there could be some accountability.”

Woods has accumulated a troubling history of vehicular incidents – striking a fire hydrant in 2009, being discovered unconscious behind the wheel following an “sudden response” to prescription drugs in 2017, and a life-threatening collision after excessive speed in 2021.

After last Friday’s incident, in which he overturned his Range Rover near his Jupiter Island residence, a Florida police report disclosed that Woods was carrying two hydrocodone pills – an opioid medication for pain management – and had acknowledged taking prescription medication that morning. Officers observed that he appeared “torpid and slow” while “sweating profusely” with “extraordinarily dilated” pupils, noting that his “regular colleges have been impaired”.

On Wednesday, it was revealed that Woods had turned down the role of United States Ryder Cup captain for next year’s competition in Ireland.

Also on Wednesday, a Florida judge approved Woods’ request to travel internationally for treatment at a specialized inpatient facility. Woods’ attorney Douglas Duncan disclosed that medical professionals have recommended an “intensive, extremely individualised and medically built-in programme” for the golfer, away from media consideration and public scrutiny.