Florida, August 24: A scandal that began with a late-night collision between an SUV and a fire hydrant and went on to tarnish one of the most valuable brands in sporting history ended at a Florida divorce court yesterday, when it emerged that Tiger Woods had finalised his divorce from Elin Nordegren, the long-suffering mother of his two young children.
The golfer used his little-known full name, Eldrick Tont Woods, in official paperwork which described his marriage as “irretrievably broken” following nine months of revelations about the serial infidelity that led the former blue-chip athlete to temporarily quit the sport to seek treatment in a sexual addiction clinic.
In a statement released on his website, Woods announced that he would be sharing custody of the children with Elin, a former model and nanny who will now revert to her maiden name. He did not reveal the financial terms of their split, but court documents revealed that both parties had completed a four-hour parenting course with social workers.
–Agencies