29 Jan 2012 03:00:37
Tiger Woods starts his season in Abu Dhabi next week unhappy that his former coach Hank Haney is writing a book about their time together. "I think it's unprofessional and very disappointing," Woods told espn.com, "especially because it's someone I worked with and trusted as a friend.
"There have been other one-sided books about me and I think people understand that this book is about money. I'm not going to waste my time reading it. I just think this book is very self-serving."
Haney left Woods in May 2010 after a six-year period in which the former world No1 won six of his 14 majors. He has not won one since and was out of the game for spells following first a sex scandal and then injury, but last month ended more than two years without tournament success when he captured the limited-field Chevron World Challenge in California.
Abu Dhabi will be his first event since then and, currently 25th on the rankings, he will be against the world's top four, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy and Martin Kaymer.
Haney's book, called The Big Miss, is due to be published just before The Masters in April. On deciding not to work with him any more he said: "Tiger Woods and I will always be friends."
Earlier this month he told the Associated Press: "I was a witness to greatness, and I get asked the question all the time about Tiger. I wanted to talk about it and I wanted to share it with people. That's the bottom line. I'm not sure I understand the unprofessionalism part. He hasn't read the book. There's a lot of positives in there. I think he's the greatest golfer who ever lived.
"I was just in a position to observe greatness and anyone who observes greatness likes to share it. I feel like I wrote a book that was fair and honest. It's golf history."
