After Tiger Woods announced on Wednesday via Twitter that he would not compete in next week’s AT&T National, friend and Stanford roommate Notah Begay III postponed his charity event for July 5. Woods was to headline the event along with Rickie Fowler, as well as NFL quarterbacks Tony Romo and Sam Bradford.
Begay III – a four-time winner in his PGA Tour career – is hoping to postpone the event until Woods is able to compete, he said in a Wednesday evening conference call. There is also a chance that the event goes on with a new date in 2011 but without Woods, according to Chris Wagner of the Syracuse Post-Standard.
“I think once we’re able to get a general sense of a date from Tiger’s camp, then I think we’ll be able to lock down whether or not the chances of an event taking place this year, with or without him, whether or not it’s going to happen,” Begay said.
Among date under consideration for 2011 is late August so as to coincide with the PGA Tour’s Deutsche Bank Championship outside of Boston.
Begay III said Woods’ status is in limbo for the Open Championship at Royal St. Georges – particularly considering Woods has not yet shed the walking boot he has been wearing to protect his left Achilles.
“I really think that’s up in the air, based on our discussions this morning,” Begay said. “The game of golf is very fickle. If you’re wearing a protective boot for a couple weeks, you know, it’s going to take nearly two weeks to get your touch back, your mobility back.”
