Gloom increased around scandal-tainted golf legend Tiger Woods on Monday after it was announced that his wife bought a new home in Sweden and more corporate sponsors severed ties. Woods announced Friday he was taking an indefinite break from golf after admitting he had cheated on his wife.
Ten women, including a show club hostess, pancake restaurant waitress, porn star and cocktail waitress, have claimed to had sexual relationships with the 14-time winner of golf Majors. His squeaky-clean image took a new blow on Sunday after a resident association in Sweden announced that Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, had bought a beachfront estate on an island near Stockholm. "Elin Nordegren bought a house on the island, it's true.
She's the owner since December 1," Sten-Aake Johansson, head of Faaglaro island's residents association, told AFP. There are around 140 properties on Faaglaro, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south-east of Stockholm. "The property consists of several houses, it's a renovated farm, on the water with a beach," Johansson said. According to the Swedish Aftonbladet daily the 24,000-square-metre property with swimming pool was sold for 16 million crowns (1.5 million euros/2.2 million dollars).
Faaglaro, part of an archipelago of thousands of islands between Stockholm and the Baltic, is reached by boat from the port of Vaxholm, where the former supermodel grew up. It was not immediately clear how Nordegren intended to use the property. She has not publicly commented on her husband's infidelities.
Woods, who has a son and daughter with Nordegren, said he wanted to work on being a better husband, father and person. Woods, who is estimated to have earned more than one billion dollars from endorsements and prize money, has drawn extra attention and sponsor support to golf. Meanwhile, in what is being presented as his last interview before the scandal broke out, Woods said family always comes for him before golf.
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