Tiger Woods yachts to Bahamas as Elin Nordegren off to Sweden

Tiger Woods is proceeding to the Bahamas in his yacht for the holidays while his wife Elin Nordegren is said to be off back to Sweden for Christmas with her family.

Tiger Woods launched his yacht from Palm Beach in Florida for the Bahamas at the weekend, with People magazine quoting an unidentified friend as saying that the golf star faced a deeply unhappy time ahead.

Woods turns 34 next week and remains unusually silent, off the media radar. Monday evening Larry King Live replayed his June 10 1998 interview, when he was only 22.

‘Woods devastated’

“He’s devastated at everything he has lost,” the magazine quoted the source as saying. “He will go through some dark times. It’s going to be a lonely Christmas for him.”

Woods has admitted cheating on wife Elin and at least 14 women, one for every major golf crown he has won, have claimed to have had affairs with the world’s first billionaire sportsman.

Sponsors have backed away from Woods, who has put his golf career on hold indefinitely to work on his personal woes.

People also reported that Elin Woods, a Swedish model whom Woods married in 2004, will take the couple’s two children with her to Sweden.

Divorce can wait
Celebrity website TMZ reported Elin would not immediately move to divorce Woods but said she has been especially upset by the sheer number of her husband’s affairs and two particularly painful relationships that were highlighted.

She was reportedly most upset about a three-year relationship Woods had with one woman and that he was with another woman while she herself was pregnant.

People also reported a source saying that Tiger’s Thai-born mother, Kultida Woods “wants to know how he could do this to his family.”

Meanwhile, MSNBC’s Courtney Hazlett said sources close to Woods indicated he may appear on the January 9 edition of Saturday Night Live, to be hosted by his friend, retired basketball star Charles Barkley.”

‘Woods devastated’

“He’s devastated at everything he has lost,” the magazine quoted the source as saying. “He will go through some dark times. It’s going to be a lonely Christmas for him.”

Woods has admitted cheating on wife Elin and at least 14 women, one for every major golf crown he has won, have claimed to have had affairs with the world’s first billionaire sportsman.

Sponsors have backed away from Woods, who has put his golf career on hold indefinitely to work on his personal woes.

People also reported that Elin Woods, a Swedish model whom Woods married in 2004, will take the couple’s two children with her to Sweden.

Divorce can wait
Celebrity website TMZ reported Elin would not immediately move to divorce Woods but said she has been especially upset by the sheer number of her husband’s affairs and two particularly painful relationships that were highlighted.

She was reportedly most upset about a three-year relationship Woods had with one woman and that he was with another woman while she herself was pregnant.

People also reported a source saying that Tiger’s Thai-born mother, Kultida Woods “wants to know how he could do this to his family.”

Meanwhile, MSNBC’s Courtney Hazlett said sources close to Woods indicated he may appear on the January 9 edition of Saturday Night Live, to be hosted by his friend, retired basketball star Charles Barkley.”

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Elin has already hired Sorell Trope who has represented celebrities like Madonna, Nicole Kidman, etc. Trope has however declined to acknowledge or deny his hiring by Nordegren.

“He needs to change this from a story about a man who has been cheating on his wife and being a bad husband and father to a man who’s trying to transform and become a better person,” the Golf.com’’s Connel Barret, said on CBS television.

“If the rumors of divorce turn out to be true, we may see Tiger Woods back on the green sooner than expected.”

“Instead of taking six months-to-a-year off, which is what I expected, we might see him back in time for the Masters (in early April), which is the tournament that means the most to him,” he notes,” he added.

By refocusing his attention on the sport he has dominated for more than a decade, Woods may not be able to get his name out of the tabloids, but he would probably wind up back in the winner’’s circle.

Tiger Woods was recently declared by Associated Press editors the “Golfer of the Decade” as he remains in hibernation trying to put his marriage life back together, an effort which might be too little too late, critics say.

The world’’s No. 1 golfer is said to be attending marriage counseling sessions these days, in the hopes of saving his five-year marriage to wife Elin.

“I think Tiger is getting divorced, and I think Elin, if she is smart, is going to file first,” said CBS News legal analyst Lisa Bloom.

According to latest reports, Tiger Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren wants a hundred percent child custody of their two young daughters Sam and Charlie. Woods wife Elin plans to file for divorce, alimony, child custody and bifurcation of Tiger Woods assets right after Christmas and probably the New Year, several media reports have confirmed.

Elin will move back to Sweden quickly after the holidays, news reports say. She has bought a secluded summer house in a reclusive island Sweden for around $1 million, reports have said.

In the midst of scandal, Tiger Woods was voted PGA Tour Player of the Year for the tenth time in 13 years – merely days after being named The Associated Press “Athlete of the Decade”.

Despite the accolades, Woods continues to keep a low profile, his whereabouts still unknown, as they have been since the car accident that set off the media frenzy around him in the early hours of the day after Thanksgiving.

But while Woods has stayed silent, luxury watch maker Tag Heuer announced Friday it will “downscale the use of his image … depending on his decision about returning to professional golf,” adding “the partnership with Tiger Woods will continue.”

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Tiger Woods & Elin Nordegren’s Divorce: Divorce would accelerate Tiger Woods’ return to golf, experts say: A speedy divorce from wife, Elin Nordegren, would hasten Tiger Woods’s return to the golf course, experts predict.

“He needs to change this from a story about a man who has been cheating on his wife and being a bad husband and father to a man who’s trying to transform and become a better person,” the CBS quoted Golf.com’’s Connel Barret, as saying.

“If the rumors of divorce turn out to be true, we may see Tiger Woods back on the green sooner than expected.”

“Instead of taking six months-to-a-year off, which is what I expected, we might see him back in time for the Masters (in early April), which is the tournament that means the most to him,” he notes,” he added.

By refocusing his attention on the sport he has dominated for more than a decade, Woods may not be able to get his name out of the tabloids, but he would probably wind up back in the winner’’s circle.

The world’’s No. 1 golfer is said to be attending counseling sessions, reportedly marriage counseling, in the hopes of saving his five-year marriage to wife Elin.

But some speculate that effort is too late.

“I think Tiger is getting divorced, and I think Elin, if she is smart, is going to file first,” says CBS News legal analyst Lisa Bloom.

According to latest reports, Tiger Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren wants a hundred percent child custody of their two young daughters Sam and Charlie. Woods wife Elin plans to file for divorce, alimony, child custody and bifurcation of Tiger Woods assets right after Christmas and probably the New Year, several media reports have said.

Elin has reportedly already hired the famous California-based divorce lawyer Sorell Trope who has represented celebrities like Madonna, Nicole Kidman, etc.

Elin will move back to Sweden quickly after the holidays, news reports say. She has bought a secluded summer house in a reclusive island Sweden for around $1 million, reports have said.

In the midst of scandal, Tiger Woods was voted PGA Tour Player of the Year for the tenth time in 13 years – merely days after being named The Associated Press “Athlete of the Decade”.

Despite the accolades, Woods continues to keep a low profile, his whereabouts still unknown, as they have been since the car accident that set off the media frenzy around him in the early hours of the day after Thanksgiving.

But while Woods has stayed silent, luxury watch maker Tag Heuer announced Friday it will “downscale the use of his image … depending on his decision about returning to professional golf,” adding “the partnership with Tiger Woods will continue.”