New Book: Tiger Paid Dr. Galea $76K for 14 Visits

Sam Weinman reports some swelling numbers coming from the highly anticipated book on A-Rod and MLB's handing of steroids that reveals a much more active doctor-client relationship between Tiger Woods and Dr. Anthony Galea than the two had admitted to previously, including the number of visits from Galea's fellow Canadian Mark Lindsay.

Weinman writes:

Although previous reports had Galea treating Woods just four or five times as he recovered from his 2008 knee surgery, the book, Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era, said Galea visited Woods 14 times between January and August 2009 for a charge to Woods of $76,012. In addition, the book, citing a Florida Department of Health Investigation, said Galea's associate and fellow Canadian, Dr. Mark Lindsay, visited Woods 49 times between September 2008-October 2009 for a charge of $118,979. Both doctors, authors Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts write in Blood Sport, also treated Rodriguez.

Weinman also reached out to Hank Haney, who is quoted in the book as saying "who knows" when asked whether Dr. Galea was possibly administering something more than the blood platelet spinning Woods was receiving.

"I was there three or four of the times Anthony Galea was there, and I didn't see anything," Haney said. "I can only talk about what I saw. I never saw Tiger do anything like that. Even if he did, I'm not sure how it would help him. He's bigger and stronger from all the working out he does, but he's not faster or longer because of it. And it's not like he's avoiding injuries."