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Tiger Woods Wins First PGA Tournament in 30 Months
He gets a “stress-free, five-stroke victory” at the Arnold Palmer Invitational — his first since his divorce.
Rachel Uchitel Has Paid Las Vegas $1349!
[ Posted September 2010 ]Well well!
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren Divorce: It’s Final
“We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future.” Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren, speaking from beyond wedlock in their …..
Tiger Woods Fan Goes Over the Top
Can’t resist pointing out this photo by Matt Sullivan for Reuters, taken during practice for this week’s PGA Championships. The tournament is in Wisconsin — hence the cheese head atop the tiger. (That is, atop the tiger with giant biceps and claws holding a golf ball on a tee. Atop a baseball cap.)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and the Five Iron
So why didn’t anyone tell me that there’s a scene in The Girl WIth the Dragon Tattoo where a young Swedish woman waving a golf club chases a sex fiend out of the house and into his SUV and then, as he tries to careen off down the driveway, she bashes in the driver’s side window with the five iron?(It looked like a five iron to me, though that’s not specified in the movie. Just like real life!)
“Tiger Woods, You Suck!”
Tiger Woods pulled his tee shot on the par-3 6th hole at The Masters today, and the boys in the CBS control booth didn’t cue up the phony bird sounds fast enough. Instead they caught Tiger’s reaction:
Tiger Woods Tee Time: 1:42 pm
Tiger Woods tees off in The Masters on Thursday at 1:42 pm Eastern time. That puts him in the next-to-last group of the day. (Coincidence, or are those crafty old hound dogs at Augusta National milking the drama?)
Tiger Woods’s ‘Masterclass in Evasion’
Tiger Woods held a press conference yesterday at Augusta National, and journalists weren’t too satisfied. John Hopkins of The Times called it “a master class in evasion.”
Ari Quits Tiger
We mentioned in a post from March 11th that golf player Tiger Woods was paying money to former White House press spokesman Ari Fleischer for some public relations help.It didn’t last long. According to this report from Business Insider, Ari stopped giving Tiger advice on repairing his image, but so far hasn’t said why.
Tiger Woods is Returning to Golf at The Masters
Tiger Woods will golf at The Masters, he said in a statement today on his official site:”The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I’m ready to start my season at Augusta.”Woods adds, “I still have a lot of work to do in my personal life.”
Tiger Woods Hires Ari Fleischer
The New York Post reports that golfer and swinger Tiger Woods has hired on former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer.Tiger’s now moved to the post-scandal step of refurbishing his image, after all those gnarly headlines about cheating on his wife, model Erin Norgren, with umpteen waitresses, porn stars and unnamed third, fourth or fifth parties.
Tiger Woods Delivers State of (His) Union Address
Tiger Woods made his speech of abashment this morning. It was covered on TV like a State of the Union address, with all major network and cable players cutting to …..
‘Fancy Teeing Up Tiger’s 12 Lovers?’
The Sun covers the novelty item of the year: a dozen golf balls with sketches of Tiger Woods’s alleged mistresses.
Tiger Woods Is Out of Sex Rehab, Probably
Tiger Woods has checked out of a Mississippi sex addiction clinic and flown off with his wife, Elin Nordegren Woods. That’s according to various media reports, none of which have an on-the-record quote or attribution.
What’s the Difference Between Tiger Woods and Hugh Grant?
Tiger’s sex addiction is ruining his golf life.Grant’s golf addiction is ruining his sex life.
GM Will Resell the Tiger Woods Crash Car
How much would you pay to drive the Tiger Woods Escalade — the one he crashed in November while (allegedly) being chased with a golf club by his wife Elin Nordegren?GM has stopped loaning Tiger Woods new cars, says USA Today’s Drive On column. But buried in the story is this nugget:
Rachel Uchitel *Still* Owes Las Vegas $1345
We reported exclusively three weeks ago that Rachel Uchitel owed Las Vegas $1345 on an unpaid traffic ticket from 2007.
Tiger Woods: A $500 Million Divorce?
The New York Post, without citing its source, says Elin Nordegren may seek as much as $500 million from Tiger Woods if she divorces the golfer.
How Did Tiger Keep His Secrets?
How was it possible for Tiger Woods, among the world’s most scrutinized professional athletes, to keep his infidelity secret for so long?
Tiger Woods to Take “An Indefinite Leave from Golf”
Tiger Woods will take “an indefinite break from professional golf,” according to a statement posted on his website today.Here’s the full text:
Sentinel: Hospitalized Woman is Tiger Woods’ Mother-In-Law
Regarding that 911 call: The Orlando Sentinel now says the patient is Barbro Holmberg, mother to Elin Nordegren and mother-in-law to Tiger Woods.
Ambulance Responds to 911 Call at Tiger Woods’ Home
“As if this couldn’t get more bizarre.” That’s how a local TV reporter describes this morning’s incident at Tiger Woods’ home near Orlando, Florida. A 911 call was made at 2:30 am (!), and an ambulance “rushed” an unidentified woman to a local hospital — the same hospital where Woods went after his accident 10 days ago.
Tiger Woods Mistress Number What?
Oh, heck. We lost count after three. But if you want to keep up with what now seems like the hourly tally of women claiming to have had fun with Tiger Woods, you can go to this story from the New York Daily News.
“May Impair Your Thinking”
The latest rumors have Tiger Woods taking the sleeping pill Ambien, either the night of his accident or at select other times.
The First Church of Tiger Woods
The First Church of Tiger Woods is no more. Well, it’s still there, but it’s been changed to The Damnation of Tiger Woods by it’s founder, “Pastor” John Ziegler. That’s one endorsement that greatest-golfer Tiger Woods has lost since his “transgressions” with (who knows how many) women who don’t happen to be Elin Nordegren, his wife.
The Latest Leak: Tiger’s Prenup
Cripes, who leaks all this stuff?
Woods: “Personal Sins Should Not Require Press Releases”
Golfer Tiger Woods has released a new statement on his website.
“More ‘Tiger Ladies’ Show Up on Scorecard”
If nothing else, the Tiger Woods fracas is a field day for headline writers.This particular piece suggests that Jaimee Grubbs was paid $100,000 by US magazine to talk about her alleged affair with Woods.
Jaimee Grubbs: Probably Not Good News for Tiger Woods
It’s shameful, but we appear to be experiencing Tiger Woods schadenfreude. He doesn’t really deserve our “misfortune joy” — who does? — though his own schadenFräulein seem to be causing the problem.
Tiger’s Traffic Ticket: $164
Tiger Woods has been cited for reckless driving in his post-Thanksgiving brouhaha.The penalty? A ticket for $164, plus four points on his driving record. No further charges will be filed.”Mr. Wood’s status [as a celebrity] impacted in no way” how troopers handled the investigation, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said.Woods’ attorney Mark NeJame said the decision was good news.
John Daly on Tiger: “Whatever Happened, Just Tell the Truth”
When John Daly is giving you family advice, you know you’re in trouble.
Tiger Woods Accident Update
Recapping day three of Tiger’s Troubles:Tiger Woods released a statement saying the accident was his responsibility alone and that his wife had acted “courageously.”Woods refused to speak to Florida Highway Patrol troopers for the third day in a row.
“Mr. Woods Was Unavailable for an Interview”
The Florida Highway Patrol has issued a statement about how its officers were denied a meeting with Tiger Woods on Sunday — the third day in a row they were turned away.Golf.com quotes a statement from Sgt. Kim Montes of the FHP:
Tiger Woods 911 Call Transcript
The Orlando Sentinel now has the full transcript of a neighbor’s 911 call on Tiger Woods. A few key moments:Operator 2: What happened; what’s wrong?Neighbor: I have a neighbor; he hit the tree. And we came out here just to see what was going on. I see him and he’s laying down.Operator 2: You mean it was an auto accident?Neighbor: Yes, it was an auto accident, yes.
Tiger Woods 911 Call — Audio
Here’s a recording of the 911 call from Friday morning outside Tiger Woods’ house.A neighbor made the call, though he didn’t mention Woods’s name. He told 911 personnel that Woods had hit a tree, that he was now on the ground outside his black Escalade, and that he was unconscious.[Update: Here’s the transcript of the 911 call.]
“Cat Fight at Tiger’s House”
That’s what The NY Daily News is calling it.
Tiger Woods Refuses to See Troopers for Third Straight Day
Wow! Tiger Woods has refused to talk to the Florida State Highway patrol for a third straight day, says the AP.
Tiger Woods: Rumors “False, Unfounded and Malicious”
Golfer Tiger Woods has released a statement about his Friday morning accident:
Rachel Uchitel and the Promotional Touch
The National Enquirer claims that golfer Tiger Woods has been dallying with a woman named Rachel Uchitel.Uchitel seems to have a certain self-promotional touch in any case. Here she is in a profile from Black Book last year:
Tiger Woods “Rushing Out for Black Friday Deals”
Best explanation yet for why Tiger Woods was out at 2:25 am on Friday.
Rachel Uchitel PHOTOS Over Time
We’ve been trying to grasp what Rachel Uchitel really looks like.She’s the nightclub manager whom The National Enquirer claims is the other woman in the Tiger Woods and wife brouhaha. Uchitel has an online photo trail going back to September 2001, when she was photographed in tears with the picture of her fiancee, Adam O’Grady.Here’s how Rachel Uchitel looked in December of 2010, after the Tiger Woods story broke:
The “Kobe Special”
“Hiking the Appalachian Trail” seemed to be a lock for Scandal Phrase of 2009.But here comes a late entrant: the Kobe Special. TMZ.com claims that Tiger Woods told a friend on Friday that he was going to need a “Kobe Special” to placate his wife Elin.
Low PR Marks for Tiger in Nordegren/Escalade/Uchitel Fracas
This Tiger Woods proto-scandal sure has more Euro-sounding three-syllable proper names than most. (Whatever happened to plain old Paula Jones or Guy Trundle?)
New Profile: Rachel Uchitel
For better or worse, we’ve just posted a new profile of Rachel Uchitel.She’s the New York nightclub manager whom The National Enquirer claims began an affair with golfer Tiger Woods in June.
The Weird World of Golf Wear
Tiger Woods has his shirts laid out for him — a year in advance.Nike had its first meetings about Woods’s 2009 British Open wardrobe 17 months ago.