Tiger Woods was once golf's golden boy: he was a champion and a family man with a gorgeous
wife and two beautiful children.
However, Woods' perfect facade shattered after a series of scandals, ranging from marital
infidelity to an arrest.
Here is the shady side of Tiger Woods.
Driving under the influence
Tiger Woods was arrested on a DUI charge early in the morning on May 29, 2017, in Jupiter,
Florida.
A police report obtained by ESPN claimed that Woods, 41, was asleep at the wheel of his
running vehicle when he was pulled over, but that he was as "cooperative as possible."
Blowing a 0.00 on the Breathalyzer test, Woods claimed that alcohol was not involved.
He said,
“What happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications.
I didn't realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly."
Wife cheater
In November 2009, Woods crashed his Escalade, hitting a curb and a fire hydrant and running
over shrubs in his Windermere, Florida, neighborhood with his back windows smashed out by golf
clubs.
The New York Post reported that Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, had discovered text messages
from multiple women on his cell phone, not long after The National Enquirer ran a report
that Woods had cheated on her.
A source close to the golf pro told the New York Daily News,
"He got careless.
He's been doing this for years.
He wanted to run with the big dogs.
He saw all the action that Michael Jordan was getting on the side.
But even Michael forgot you have to be discreet.
You can't rub your wife's face in it."
Thus began a series of seemingly endless reports on Woods' alleged infidelities.
Woods’ women
Woods' affair with Rachel Uchitel was reportedly his most consistent.
The New York Post said that Uchitel initially denied hooking up with the golf star, but
later hired celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred and scheduled a press conference.
When the press conference was suddenly cancelled, it was rumored that Woods paid Uchitel $10
million in hush money to keep mum on the relationship.
It only gets worse from there.
Next up, Jaimee Grubbs, who appeared on VH1's Tool Academy claimed to have been intimate
with Woods more than 20 times over a span of three years while he was married to Nordegren.
She told Extra,
"If it wasn't me, it was going to be other girls."
Oh, and there were.
From a reality star to a porn star, and a waitress at Perkins, to a nightclub promoter
in Vegas.
Then there were the whisperings of the British television personality that nobody could name,
and the wealthy cougar in Florida.
Not to be outdone by the New York party girl, Cori Rist, who quickly grew tired of being
cooped up by Tiger for fear of being seen.
Beyond all the reported women, there were also the “half a dozen” paid escorts from
the services of Hollywood madam, Michelle Braun.
When all was said and done, Woods was reported to have slept with upwards of 120 women.
Apology after apology
After the cheating scandal broke, Nordegren and Woods were still at odds, but he requested
she play nice at the behest of his sponsors.
A source told People that Elin acquiesced, for the good of her children.
But it didn’t last long.
Nordegren filed for divorce, with reports in October 2010 revealing she took home a
$110 million payout from Woods, close to one sixth of the golfer's net worth.
About a week after the car crash and the exposure of his infidelity, Woods apologized to the
public, albeit vaguely.
He said in a statement,
"I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.
I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.
I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.”
His second apology, days later, was much clearer, switching from "transgressions" to flat-out
"infidelity" — and was sure to include his sponsors in his mea culpa.
It was here that he made the announcement to take an “indefinite” break from professional
golf to focus on his family.
Gatorade, AT&T, Accenture and Tag Heuer went on to drop Woods as a sponsor, though, curiously,
Nike kept him on.
Sex addict
The New York Daily News reported that Woods checked into a Mississippi rehabilitation
center to cope with alleged sex addiction in January 2010.
His former coach, Hank Haney, wrote in a tell-all called The Big Miss in 2012 that Woods vowed
he was a changed man once he left treatment.
"There are some girls who are going to be after me even more now, especially the wild
ones, but what I learned is that for the rest of my life I can't have sex with someone unless
I genuinely feel something for them.
If I do, I'm putting myself in jeopardy.”
A bit of a bully
Haney recalled in The Big Miss that Woods would often be cruel to his competitors, fans,
and teammates.
In one 2006 incident, Haney claims that Woods openly ordered a 24-hour adult movie package
when sharing a hotel room with devout Christian golfer Zach Johnson.
Haney also claimed that Woods frequently body-shamed fellow pro Phil Mickelson and called him lazy,
and that Haney himself would "cringe" when Woods would completely ignore "little-kid
autograph seekers who were begging him to stop."
Sub-par performance
Woods' physical problems have impeded his athletic performance for years following his
cheating scandal, starting with an MCL injury in 2011, back spasms in 2012, and eventually
four back surgeries and counting.
Woods had a great 2013 season - winning the PGA tour's player of the year honor, but that
season wasn't without controversy.
In an October 2013 column, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee gave Woods an "F," accusing
Woods of being "a little cavalier with the rules."
Chamblee never outright said Woods cheated, but he later doubled down on his accusations
in a piece citing four separate incidents, three of which resulted in Woods getting two-shot
penalties.
Injuries derailed Woods 2016 and 2017 PGA tour seasons again, but Despite it all, Tiger
continues to work on making a comeback.
But at this point, it seems he'll never regain the status he once had - either on the golf
course or off it.
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