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Williams mad about Tiger's actions
ESPN staff
March 3, 2010
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Tiger Woods and Steve Williams share a close bond
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Tiger Woods' caddie has insisted he had no knowledge of the golfer's affairs but has admitted to being upset by the antics of the world No. 1.
Woods may be on the comeback trail after being seen going through a rigorous practice session on Monday, which could see Williams and his boss team up on the course again.
Williams has been asked repeatedly about the subject of Woods' off-field actions and is angry about being seen as in some way complicit.
''It's been the most difficult time of my life … because every single person believed that I should know or did know or had something to do with it,'' Williams told 60 Minutes. ''I knew nothing, that's my answer. I don't have to clarify or extend that answer. It would be very difficult as a caddie not to know, but I'm 100 per cent telling you, I did not know.
"I'm a straight-up sort of person. No one that has ever watched him on a golf course would suspect anything would be going on. I'm under siege, it's been a difficult time.''
Although Williams has earned fame and fortune on the back of his association with Woods, he has voiced his displeasure at what has occurred - but has no intention of turning his back on the 34-year-old.
''Of course I'm mad at him, why would you not be? I'm close with his wife and he's got two lovely children and he's let them down," Williams said. "But when a guy's having a tough time, it's not up to me to beat him with a stick. He's getting enough grilling from everybody else. When you're a true friend … that's when somebody needs your support … that's when you don't walk away.
''Tiger's one of my closest friends and he needs my support right now and I'd never think of walking away. When I talk to him, I don't talk to him about what's happened. I talk to him about the future and about what we're going to try to accomplish and how we're going to get over it.''
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