Tiger Woods Announces That He Will Not Participate In The 2014 Masters

Ever since the year 1995, Tiger Woods has been a part of the Masters Golf Tournament. But this year, Woods had to withdraw from the tournament because of a back surgery. On 31st of March, 2014 Tiger Woods had his surgery in Utah which turned out to be successful. However, on the 1st of April, 2014 Woods utilized his Twitter account to inform everyone that he will miss the Masters this year. Woods even thanked his fans for showing continuous support and sending their good wishes.

Many of the professional golfers and fans were shocked to read Tiger Woods’s tweet. They also utilized Twitter to show their concern and reaction to his tweet.

Paul Azinger confirmed Woods’s shocking news and said that the back injury is career threatening like Woods’s knee injury.

Peter Kostis wished Tiger Woods all the best and advised him to modify his swings and workout in the future.

Gary Player asked Woods as to whether he was playing an April fool prank on all of them. Kyle Thompson even said that he hopes this was a joke and Woods competes and wins the Masters.

Justin Thomas, Natalie Gulbis and Harold Varner III were really sad to hear this news. Arron Oberholser was of the opinion that Tiger Woods has become a victim of over training his body.

According to Pablo Larrazabal, the Masters tournament will not be as exciting and compelling as it used to be with him around.

Butch Harmon (former coach of Tiger Woods) was disappointed to hear the news of Woods’s withdrawal and thinks that it is a blow to all the fans that Masters tournament will be played without him.

According to Jack Nicklaus, Woods has done what is best for him and Nicklaus is confident of the fact that Woods’s career is not over yet.

Kaymer unveiled as Etihad Airways ambassador

The national airline of the oil rich United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways has added to its long list of Guest Ambassadors with the addition of US PGA Tour golfer Martin Kaymer to its roster.

The German is considered to be one of the brightest young stars in European golf at the moment, and he has already won the US PGA Championship in 2010, the HSBC Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi a record three times during 2008, 2010 and 2011 and he also dropped the final putt as the European Team clinched the Ryder Cup in a breathtaking finish in 2012.

And as the latest guest ambassador for one of the largest carriers in the world, Kaymer will work to raise the profile of the brand in his home land of Germany as well as some other key markets in the world.

The Chief Commercial Officer of Etihad Airways, Peter Baumgartner spoke of the addition of Martin Kaymer to its list of brand ambassadors, stating that as one of the most well known and successful golfers in recent seasons, Kaymer has many fans spread all over the world including his home land of Germany and the company wants to tap into that market with the help of the German.

He added that Martin has impressed Etihad Airways with his work ethic and quest for perfection, values that he shares with the airline and that was also a main reason for the partnership to be formalized.

Speaking of his appointment as one of the Guest Ambassadors for Etihad, Martin Kaymer stated that as a professional golfer, he is travelling all over the world for much of the year and he needs to do so comfortably as it makes a lot of difference and he feels Etihad will help him do that with first class arrangements.