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March 20, 2013, Wednesday
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SPORT has a new power couple: Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn have confirmed they're dating.
Two months after rumors began circulating, Woods and Vonn posted separate items on their Facebook pages yesterday to announce their relationship. The posts include photos of golf's 14-time major winner and the Olympic and World Cup downhill ski champion.
"This season has been great so far and I'm happy with my wins at Torrey and Doral," Woods said. "Something nice that's happened off the course was meeting Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating."
Woods made a stop in Austria - where Vonn was competing in the Alpine skiing world championships - in January on his way to Abu Dhabi to start his season. Two weeks ago, after he won the Cadillac Championship at Doral, Florida for his second win this year, the UK's Daily Mail published photos showing a woman, who appeared to be Vonn, in a golf cart at the marina where Woods' yacht "Privacy" was docked.
"I guess it wasn't a well-kept secret but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods," Vonn said on her Facebook page. "Our relationship evolved from a friendship into something more over these past few months and it has made me very happy."
Woods posted four photos with Vonn on his page, while Vonn's had one of the photos.
Woods' marriage of five years to Elin Nordegren of Sweden collapsed in 2010 after revelations of multiple extramarital affairs. His infidelity was exposed the night after Thanksgiving in 2009 when he ran his car into a tree and a fire hydrant outside his Florida home.
Woods spent the summer of 2010 working out details of a divorce, which became official in August that year. They share custody of their two children.
The 37-year-old Woods rarely discusses his private life, and it was surprising that he acknowledged a relationship with Vonn, much less post studio photos of the two of them. But this would preclude paparazzi making big money when they are photographed together for the first time.
Woods is playing the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week at Bay Hill, Florida where he is a seven-time winner and defending champion. If he wins, he can return to world No. 1 for the first time since October 2010.
Vonn, 28, is the premier ski racer of her generation, an owner of four World Cup overall titles, along with gold and bronze medals from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Two months after rumors began circulating, Woods and Vonn posted separate items on their Facebook pages yesterday to announce their relationship. The posts include photos of golf's 14-time major winner and the Olympic and World Cup downhill ski champion.
"This season has been great so far and I'm happy with my wins at Torrey and Doral," Woods said. "Something nice that's happened off the course was meeting Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating."
Woods made a stop in Austria - where Vonn was competing in the Alpine skiing world championships - in January on his way to Abu Dhabi to start his season. Two weeks ago, after he won the Cadillac Championship at Doral, Florida for his second win this year, the UK's Daily Mail published photos showing a woman, who appeared to be Vonn, in a golf cart at the marina where Woods' yacht "Privacy" was docked.
"I guess it wasn't a well-kept secret but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods," Vonn said on her Facebook page. "Our relationship evolved from a friendship into something more over these past few months and it has made me very happy."
Woods posted four photos with Vonn on his page, while Vonn's had one of the photos.
Woods' marriage of five years to Elin Nordegren of Sweden collapsed in 2010 after revelations of multiple extramarital affairs. His infidelity was exposed the night after Thanksgiving in 2009 when he ran his car into a tree and a fire hydrant outside his Florida home.
Woods spent the summer of 2010 working out details of a divorce, which became official in August that year. They share custody of their two children.
The 37-year-old Woods rarely discusses his private life, and it was surprising that he acknowledged a relationship with Vonn, much less post studio photos of the two of them. But this would preclude paparazzi making big money when they are photographed together for the first time.
Woods is playing the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week at Bay Hill, Florida where he is a seven-time winner and defending champion. If he wins, he can return to world No. 1 for the first time since October 2010.
Vonn, 28, is the premier ski racer of her generation, an owner of four World Cup overall titles, along with gold and bronze medals from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
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