Police Seek a Search Warrant in Tiger Woods' Car Crash Case

According to the gossip website TMZ.com, the Florida Highway Patrol is asking for a search warrant so they can seize Tiger Woods' medical records from the hospital he visited after his car crashed into a fire hydrant outside his home in the early hours of Saturday morning. They believe this will allow them to better investigate the cause of Tiger Woods' one car crash. Was Tiger Woods' accident just a simple car crash, or was Tiger Woods a victim of domestic violence via his wife? All three attempted police interviews with Tiger Woods have been cancelled. Without seeing Tiger's wounds, investigators have very little to go on in the currently open and unsolved Windermere, Florida case.

Since all interviews with Tiger Woods have been canceled, investigators have not been able to get a look at his wounds to determine their cause and close the case. CNN.com reported Monday morning that Florida authorities investigating the incident believe they can show that a crime was committed, but only if they can secure a search warrant for Tiger Woods' medical records. Being able to show probable cause is a necessary step in obtaining any search warrant.

On Sunday, Tiger Woods did hand over some legally required documents to the police investigating the crash. Apparently under Florida state law, for a minor traffic accident, a person must show his license, registration and proof of insurance to police. To assist authorities in their investigation, Tiger Woods' attorney, Mark NeJame handed over the legally required documents to the police at Tiger's home on Sunday. Typically, in the state of Florida, when a one car crash occurs, the driver must show these documents at the scene, rather than three days later.

Just this past week the National Enquirer ran a story alleging that Tiger Woods was seeing a New York City nightclub hostess by the name of Rachel Uchitel. Both Tiger Woods and his alleged mistress spent the week denying the ambush of media reports suggesting their affair. Could this be the spark that caused the car crash? TMZ.com reported later in the week that Tiger Woods told a friend close to him that after his wife Elin confronted him about cheating, she followed him out of the house and struck the moving vehicle with the golf club, causing him to get distracted and hit a fire hydrant and then a tree.

The suspected mistress and party girl, Rachel Uchitel, 34, is keeping her mouth shut after hiring the notorious attorney to the stars, Gloria Allred. It has been reported that Rachel Uchitel lost her fiancée in the 9/11 attacks. Rachel Uchitel is no stranger to tabloid gossip. Besides her Tiger Woods involvement, the tabloids recently linked her to actor David Boreanz. A Wikipedia page went up for Rachel Uchitel on Sunday afternoon. In less than 24 hours the Rachel Uchitel page was removed and replaced with the following message from the editor: "We are not here to repeat National Enquirer rumors."

If the Florida Highway Patrol determines that Tiger Woods was attacked by his wife Elin, according to Florida laws, she could be arrested for domestic violence. In his statement posted on his website Sunday morning , Woods praised his wife saying that she "acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble." In Elin Nordegren's early morning police interview at the scene, she reported using a golf club to break out the rear window of the vehicle, so that she could pull Tiger from the SUV. She added that she had heard the accident from inside their home.

It is an element of Elin Nordegren's second statement that police have determined to show probable cause for a search warrant. Florida Highway Patrol sources told TMZ.com that in the second statement Tiger Woods' wife gave to FHP troopers, she said she went looking for Tiger in a golf cart, came upon the accident and then used a golf club to break the rear window of the Cadillac Escalade so she could gain entry. Tiger Woods' wife never mentioned the golf cart in her initial interview at the scene of the accident. Is this just a detail Elin Nordegren accidentally left out when giving her statement? Is that enough to get authorities a search warrant? These are questions the FHP seeks to answer.

On his website Sunday morning, Tiger Woods left a message for all his concerned friends and fans. "This is a private matter, and I want to keep it that way." Tiger added, "The only person responsible for the accident is me." Woods gave few details about the wreck except to say that he had cuts and bruises and was "pretty sore." Tiger Woods also wrote on his website, "The many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about [his] family and [himself] are irresponsible." Popping up all over the internet as of this morning are statements and well wishes from other sports stars and loyal fans. The majority of the comments are similar to this: If it is not about golf, then Tiger Woods does not owe us an explanation. However the Florida authorities investigating the one-car crash think otherwise.

Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren, a former Swedish model, were married in 2004. They have two children together; a two-year-old girl and a baby boy born this past February. This week, Tiger Wood's is slotted to play in the Chevron World Challenge in southern California. Legendary golfer Tiger Woods is a four time winner of this tournament, which helps to raise money for the Tiger Woods Foundation.