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Troopers Make Hospital Visit Over Tiger Woods

Tiger WoodsTMZ has learned two Florida Highway Patrol troopers paid a visit today to the hospital where Tiger Woods was transported early Friday morning.

Witnesses at the hospital say the troopers were looking for information related to Woods' visit.

An FHP spokesperson has just said the department has not sought a search warrant for Tiger's medical records associated with his treatment. However, as TMZ first reported, the department is pursuing a warrant -- though it has not formally sought one out -- after being shut down by Tiger's lawyer.

The FHP wants to know if Tiger's wounds were the result of the SUV accident or a domestic dispute with his wife, Elin Nordegren.

We do not know if the troopers obtained medical information from hospital personnel. We do know the troopers have left the hospital.



Tags: accident, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fhp, florida highway patrol, FloridaHighwayPatrol, hospital, search warrant, SearchWarrant, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods

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1. first - golddigging bitch!

Posted at 12:01PM on Nov 30th 2009 by bronco2121

2. Ok FHP...just let it go already....jeesh....his girlfriend beat the crap out of him....what else is there to know.

Posted at 12:04PM on Nov 30th 2009 by B-Dub

3. Being a paramedic,...a blow to the head is what makes you lose conscious. Not pain medication. She hit him, he got in the car, and the blow caught up with him.
I see this kind of thing weekly.
Tiger needs a brain scan because sometimes the damage shows up later.

Posted at 12:10PM on Nov 30th 2009 by skye

4. Seriously? Is there really no other celebrity news going on? This has to be the biggest non-story! There was a car accident, he doesn't want to speak, and he doesn't need to speak. Move on!!

Posted at 12:05PM on Nov 30th 2009 by KMH

5. No warrant, no information. I'm sure Tiger would sue that hospital for everything they're worth if they released information without a warrant.

Posted at 12:05PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Baad Boy

6. Thank you Florida cops for demonstrating yet again how one-track the police are and what they will do to pursue a case, no matter what.

I wonder how many cases *aren't* being investigated while the cops waste valuable man hours on an investigation that clearly isn't going anywhere beyond TMZ.

Our tax dollars at work. A cop's ego is a massive thing.

Posted at 12:06PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Wasting time

7. So, the arrogant Tiger Woods got caught! Since he travels so much, he probably has a lover in every country.

Posted at 12:09PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Hee Hee

8. Your right. They cant get medical records without Tiger himself signing for them,...or the famous Arrest warrant. Im sure they are working on the arrest warrant now. They are just waiting on someone from the courthouse to bring it. Thats why they are there.
Tiger is getting very deep in this. With search warrants, Tigers hands and his attorneys are tied.

Posted at 12:08PM on Nov 30th 2009 by skye

9. Skye I agree with you. I had been thinking the same thing every since I first heard the story. I believe she hit him in the head with the golf club.

Posted at 12:08PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Baad Boy

10. TMZ is #1 for digging up all the DIRT.......

Posted at 12:10PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Good Job!

11. I wonder if the police work this diligently when they suspect domestic violence with regular people? Somehow I doubt it.

Posted at 12:11PM on Nov 30th 2009 by just wondering

12. You guys have this all wrong. This did not involve the Other Woman. What really happened is that Elin seriously overcooked the Thanksgiving turkey. Tiger complained all during the meal until Erin finally had enough and threw the carcass of the bird at Tiger, causing facial bruising. He responded by tossing the gravy boat at her, but she ducked and it bounced off the wall. Infuriated, she picked up the serving fork and stabbed tiger in the cheek, causing minor stab wounds. Finally, at 2:00 AM, he told her he was going to the all-night diner to get a decent turkey sandwich. Mayhem ensued.

Posted at 12:12PM on Nov 30th 2009 by thurston Howell III

13. Don't these cops have more important things taking place in Florida? Last I heard it was one of the most crime riddin states in the USA. Leave the man, and his family the hell alone.

Posted at 12:14PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Blkndeep

14. Doesn't matter what they find out - seems the court of public opinion has already decided what is going on here. I feel badly for those children. People will always be highly suspicious of what happened here which will hurt Tiger Woods tremendously. His shining star just dimmed...and like he said, it was his own fault. Hmmmmmmmmmm. Imagine that...

Posted at 12:14PM on Nov 30th 2009 by Rainey

15. You need a court order, subpoena, or proof of active criminal investigation (name of document varies by state) to get access to medical records, not a search warrant. (At least not for this particular situation. If they were administering the warrant pursuant to a case that involved activities AT the hospital, clinic, physician practice, etc., then the warrant may cause production of specific medical records.)

And dependent upon the state, you are not required to produce the records when served, just to respond to the requests. In a high profile case like this one (which is ridiculous - leave them alone already!), *because* he is so notoriously private about his personal life, the hospital and staff will (should) be even more vigilant about access to his medical records and how quickly they release them.

Posted at 12:13PM on Nov 30th 2009 by medrecmomma

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