Carnoustie, Scotland ….

Tiger Woods found himself having to defend accusations he was directly aiming at the crowd in hitting his second shot at the second hole on the second day of the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie.

Woods played his tee shot at the second that flew right and falling in rough but short of the crowd behind spectator ropes.

There is suggestions Woods was aiming his second shot over the watching crowd and that no effort had been made to move the crowd from any risk of being hit.

Such an accusation is untrue as having walked with Woods the three close-hand security personnel that escort Woods over the course of the championship first asked fans to move back so that they would not be in harm’s way.

Also Woods’ caddy Joe LaCava asked the crowd to be moved further so, suggestions this did not take place are totally falseless.

Woods can be clearly seen in a video clip of the incident looking over his left shoulder in the direction of the second green and to an ’11am’ position in the video clip.

The three-time former Open winner found himself being quizzed about the incident after posting a second straight 71 to easily make the cut at level par.

“I kept moving them back,” said Woods.  “If you notices, I moved them back 40-yards.  I was trying to play for the grass to wrap the shaft around there and it is left, and I was just trying to hold the face open as much as I possibily could.

“It grabbed the shaft and smothered it.  I was very, very fortunate that it got as far enough down there where I had a full wedge into the green.”

It was not the first time in Woods round he sent spectators scurrying as he hit his tee shot at the sixth way right into the crowd.

Once again, it was Woods’ own security team and the Media Liaison Officers (MLO) who were walking with Woods who again undertook the work of moving the crowd back and with ‘hole’ marshalls obvious to any knowlege as to what to do in these situations.

The problem also is that mobile phone carrying spectators are reluctant to move as they want photo and vidoe footage of Woods in action.