Just as it is with sponsor Accenture, is Tiger Woods’ marriage already over? Elin Nordegren was seen in public for the first time since Tiger’s car crash on Nov. 27, and one sharp-eyed photographer — they’re trained to look for such things, I suppose — noticed that she wasn’t wearing her wedding ring (dramatic music here). Elin was taking the couple’s two children to a Christmas party in Florida on Saturday, according to the London Sun, which ran the picture on Sunday. She stopped for some “petrol,” — can we start calling it that over here? — and her left hand was suspiciously naked. As you can see in the photo, that’s quite a rock, by the way.
Is Elin going the way of Accenture, Gillete and Gatorade?
But reports this weekend said Elin, 29, has already spoken to divorce lawyers and is planning a split in the New Year.
She hid her pain behind sunglasses as she made the car trip from the couple’s £1.7million home in Windermere with Sam, two, and Charlie, ten months.
A source said: “She’s putting on a brave face but she’s hurting terribly.
“Tiger is doing everything he can to save his marriage but I can’t see them getting through this. The wounds are too deep.”
As seen on a golf message board this morning: “Did Elin stop off and see Chumlee of Pawn Stars?
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Wife slings her ring over Tiger flings [London Sun]
Pic: Elin spotted Saturday without wedding ring [SportsbyBrooks]
Tiger Woods’ wife spotted ringless [The Huffington Post]
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- Mike - Dec 15, 2009 at 10:10 AM
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Aside from the media spin-up and the circus-like environment that surrounds the Woods family, the question really is a simple one: What kind of man does Tiger Woods want to be? A good, straight-up man of integrity and honor cares for and nutures his family. He cherishes his wife and strives to be a husband that she can be proud of. He is unwavering in his determination to be an hero to his children in all ways. Tiger has thus far failed to do either. The behavior itself is irrelevant, and the torid details are a side show to the family tragedy that is unfolding on the tabloid front pages. When Tiger makes his decision about what kind of man he wants to be, then will the media truly have something noteworthy to report. Until then, let’s all take a step or two back and, in preference to our own dignity, give this family the time and space we would all expect and desire in our own lives.
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- Tracy - Dec 15, 2009 at 10:29 AM
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AMEN
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- Tigerfanaswell - Dec 15, 2009 at 10:54 AM
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That’s a very good point Tiger Fan. However that’s not what the public would want to think..there is no spice in the story if it was her twin. Boy that photographer must have really strained those lens to capture that ringless finger..where is the photo? Maybe he too realized that it was her twin ..everybody wants to make make money on this Tiger saga..that’s what the world is coming to.
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- mac - Dec 15, 2009 at 11:10 AM
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The LOVE of money……….
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- Lez - Dec 15, 2009 at 11:12 AM
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You and many others are blessed; some don’t get to speak from experience, can we say Steve McNair boys and girls??? God bless his soul!!
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- Jason - Dec 15, 2009 at 11:18 AM
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Women use sex to snare a man. Once married, they no longer like to spread their legs, until they want a meal ticket (also known as children). Once they get their meal tickets, they suddenly get so many “headaches” that there isn’t enough asprin in the world to cure. She should have taken care of her man at home.
All of these women ranting about men on here, I’ll bet it sure irritates you that you would not BE HERE without a man’s sperm.
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- J - Dec 15, 2009 at 11:30 AM
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Awesome comments–well put. Hopefully, the advice rendered will be acknowledged and respected by all of us esp. the vicious, money driven press that just love to build people up only to tear them down.
What he did was terrible and very hurtful to his family but we all make mistakes, both large and small AND, must answer to our MAKER for our transgressions.
May God bless the Woods family and heal the pain and grief they are suffering right now.
God Bless
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- Lez - Dec 15, 2009 at 11:31 AM
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Oh why does it always go back to O.J.?? Not this time, Tiger’s wife is still breathing. You’re grasping; no comparison.
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- galenquace - Dec 15, 2009 at 11:35 AM
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Hey Gene,
Yes, they did teach grammar in 3rd grade.
However, they also taught grammar in High School and College.
SO – Since you apparently are to illiterate to pay attention.
The Chicago Manual of Style (1), the AP Stylebook (2), and the Modern Language Association (3) all recommend using one space after a period at the end of a sentence.
Here is a detailed explanation since you are apparently are to illeterate to understand those text.
Two Spaces After a Period — The Old Way
Most typewriter fonts are what are called monospaced fonts. That means every character takes up the same amount of space. An “i” takes up as much space as an “m,” for example. When using a monospaced font, where everything is the same width, it makes sense to type two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence to create a visual break. For that reason, people who learned to type on a typewriter were taught to put two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence.
One Space After a Period – The New Way
But when you’re typing on a computer, most fonts are proportional fonts, which means that characters are different widths. An “i” is more narrow than an “m,” for example, and putting extra space between sentences doesn’t do anything to improve readability.
Notice how in this example, the “i’s” and “t” take up much less space in the proportional font than they do in the monospaced font.
So before you go running off at the fingers, why don’t know what your typing about first!!!!!!!
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- independentthinker - Dec 15, 2009 at 11:55 AM
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Hey, all you “Tiger fans”.
Here are the facts. If Tiger Woods was not a great golfer and a billionaire, but just your local truck driver or salesman or grocery clerk or whatever, no one would call him “handsome” or “good looking”. At BEST he is average without all the fame and $$$.
Now Elin Nordegren on the other hand is a 10. (And all of Tiger’s whores are like 7′s to 8′s.)
So, Elin, get whatever $$$ you can and ditch the narcicistic jerk. YOU can have any guy because of your looks. Tiger gets any woman because he has a billion $ and hits a golf ball.
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- Jessie - Dec 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
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Sooo sooo sad. The baby is only 10 months old and his parents are splitting. No choice for Elin though, this piece of crap she married slept with so many whores…exposing her to lord knows what. Besides, STDs (some) can be transmitted by toilet seats so at least baby Charlie won’t have to share his dad’s dirty potty seat – one good thing about still being in diapers. Nothing else good from this mess.
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- Hannibal Lecter - Dec 15, 2009 at 12:15 PM
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Oh, forsaken bewildered herd…
This whole scandal is the final product of the “morality police,” hell bent on educating the decrepit, morally-decayed hordes who are destroying the very fabric of healthy, “family values.”
Morality police? Well, technically, they’re a small neocon outfit, a PR-esque group (based on the Office of Strategic Influence) which meet in private (social scientists, influence technicians, staticians, theologians).
No? That’s Impossible!
Those feelings swirling around in your brain is called rationalization and dissonance.
As a rule, we all hate to be deceived, so we deny it and have a beer. Denial is preferable.
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- Hannibal Lecter - Dec 15, 2009 at 12:58 PM
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Jaws agape… stunned expressions… nervous laughter…
It’s a pity that so few of us are familiar with the terms and phrases, “visceral impact,” “moral panic,” “behavior modification,” “psychological warfare,” “soft targets,” “extinction of undesired behavior traits.”
Prove it?
No. No. No. These aren’t the type of people you have tea and crumpets with on a Sunday morning and discuss mother’s homemade recipes.
C’mon sheeple, it’s time for wakey… wakey… wakey. Sober up and develop your critical thinking skills.
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- USAF woman - Dec 15, 2009 at 1:10 PM
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May God bless you for your ignorance. You need faith in your life. My friend is not imaginary He is real and his Holy Spirit fills my soul. I pray he will fill your soul too.
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- USAF woman - Dec 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM
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Hey Jason, you need the egg from the woman too! It sounds like you are bitter from not taking care of your woman and she cut you off!
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- Jessie - Dec 15, 2009 at 1:22 PM
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ewwww Tonya said Elin should just go home and raise her children. “Every marriage has problems”. Problems? A dozen affairs (and counting) is not a problem or problems…it’s not even a marriage with problems…it’s disgusting and dangerous. Diseases. Crabs. Warts. Herpes. AIDS. Immoral. Lying. Shameful. Hurtful. Problems are what you talk about and work through, fix and go on…I have a problem because my husband dwells on work too much and I want to talk about family when he gets home. I need to help him unwind or tell him to go to the gym to blow off steam. We have a problem because my mother comes around too much uninvited to see her grandchildren. These are problems…how do you fix something that has been completely and utterly destroyed? You don’t fix it, you clean up the mess and move on…someplace or with someone safer! (And cleaner!) ewwwwww any affair, let alone multiple affairs is dangerous and GROSS!!!!
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- tigerisasbadashelooks - Dec 15, 2009 at 3:07 PM
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The love of money is the root all evil… get it right dude. Misquoting the bible is not a good idea…
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- doggie - Dec 15, 2009 at 3:55 PM
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Actually the quote is “the love of money is the root of all evil.” Not money itself.
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- THE VILLAGE IDIOT - Dec 15, 2009 at 4:13 PM
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HEY, LIZ!! YOU GOOF, WHY NOT FOLLOW YOUR OWN SILLY ADVICE??
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- THE VILLAGE IDIOT - Dec 15, 2009 at 4:19 PM
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BAHHHHH, HUMBUG!!!
JUST KIDDING – MERRY XMAS, TROY!
FORGET THAT B.S. BIBLE THUMPING HORSE CRAP, YOU WILL BE HAPPIER! KEEP YOUR MONEY AWAY FROM THE PREACHERS WHO TELL YOU THAT ‘YOU AIN’T GONNA GO TO HELL’, WHILE THEY PLEAD FOR YOU MONEY!!!
HA
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- Pokwin - Dec 15, 2009 at 4:43 PM
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Dear Tiger,
The only mistake you made was getting married.
Love your kids and have a good future.
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- Aneta - Dec 15, 2009 at 5:23 PM
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Really? Ok, well next time you get offered a raise turn it down, or do you already do your job for free?
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- Aneta - Dec 15, 2009 at 5:29 PM
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The bible also says as a part of the covenant that Moses made with the Lord: “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk”. Exodus 34:10-26
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- Sally - Dec 15, 2009 at 6:47 PM
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Elin married him for money. From what I read, they had broke up for a while and then out of the blue he proposed to her. I think she gave him an ultimatum and he proposed to her. Probably a bad idea, because obviously he’s not ready for marriage or any type of serious relationship. She may be pretty and all that, but Tiger could get 100 Elins if he wanted. Elin is probably boring, she has no degree and the only job she held was as a nanny. And Tiger was so into his image that he would be against divorce.
Next, Tiger’s dad was married to another woman for 20 years before he married Kultida and even admitted he didn’t treat his 3 other kids the best. And they say people are a product of their environment who knows where this behavior came from.
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- Bert - Dec 16, 2009 at 4:11 AM
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I thought about telling in the trenches to get off the high horse, but it looks like Observer did a better job.
