Tiger Woods' Crashed Escalade, Registered to GM

The minor, yet so prime-time worthy crash in which golf champion Tiger Woods was involved in the end of November still has some unanswered questions. Although nothing really spectacular happened to neither Woods nor his car, the fact that the golf-pro decided to tell the press "this a private matter and I want to keep it that way," instead of talking to the police, only enticed the media into digging deeper.

So did a NY Times reporter who, after sweeping through six pages of police report, found out that Woods' Cadillac Escalade was not registered to his name, but to American manufacturer GM.

Apparently, Woods was using the car based on a collaboration contract between signed with the carmaker; Woods was Buick spokesman for nine years, the contract ending in 2008. The ownership of the SUV was confirmed by GM following an inquiry from the NY Times.

"That Escalade was loaned to Mr. Woods, yes. As you know, he worked with Buick for several years, so there’s a strong connection there,” David Caldwell, Cadillac spokesman said according to the source.

“At the conclusion of his tenure as an official representative of Buick, both Mr. Woods and the people from our company who worked together made an agreement to remain in contact in some form. And that includes enabling him the use of a few vehicles of his choice.”

As for the accident, it is still not clear what happened and made Woods drive his Escalade into a fire hydrant and then a tree.

“This situation is my fault, and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I'm human and I'm not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn't happen again,” explained Woods, without giving any other details.