WINDERMERE, Fla: Tiger Woods finally gave his side of the story on Sunday - on his website, not to police - and took the blame for an "embarrassing" car crash that gave him cuts, bruises and public scrutiny like never before.

His statement failed to clear up any questions about the middle-of-the-night accident outside his Isleworth estate in which his wife told police she used a golf club to smash the back windows of the Cadillac SUV to help him out.

"This situation is my fault and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and me," Woods said on his website. "I'm human and I'm not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn't happen again."