Here's information on how Tiger and Elin met, and more facts about their wedding, marriage, and being parents.
News Updates:
2/09/09: Tiger and Elin announced the birth of their son.Source: TigerWoods.com
8/6/06: Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win a 50th PGA Tour title. This accomplishment puts to rest the fears that many expressed that being married would destroy Tiger's golf career.
Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren: January 1, 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Wedding Date:
October 5, 2004. The ceremony itself was simple although the rest of the wedding preparations were elaborate and expensive. 500 red roses were imported for the wedding.Tiger hired the whole complex for a week including 110 rooms and and three golf courses. The rooms reportedly cost from $700 to $9,000 per night each.
The wedding reception was held in the resort banquet room which was decorated with 10,000 red and black roses. Champagne and caviar were served to the wedding guests.
Hootie & the Blowfish played the music, and fireworks lit up the night after the wedding ceremony.
Where They Met:
Elin and Tiger met in 2001 at the British Open at Royal Lytham in England. Elin was working as an au pair to Jesper Parnevik, a Swedish golfer.Honeymoon:
Their first night as a married couple was spent on the multi-million dollar, 155 foot yacht named Privacy. Tiger hired the yacht for two weeks.Hometowns:
Tiger -- Cypress, California; Elin -- Stockholm, Sweden.Elin: Model, Au Pair (Nanny)
Residences:
Tiger and Elin own a 155-foot, $22 million yacht which they named "Privacy". It is docked at the Old Port Cove Marina in North Palm Beach, Florida.Their $2.648 million, 8-bedroom, 9-bath home in Isleworth, has a boat dock, fireplace, swimming pool and spa. Isleworth is a private, gated community just southwest of Orlando, Florida.
At one time they were reportedly looking for a different home in northern Palm Beach County.
Children:
Tiger and Elin have two children.- Sam Alexis Woods: Born 2007.
- Charlie Axel Woods: Born 2009.
Tiger: "We are expecting our first child together this summer. Obviously, we couldn't be happier and our families are thrilled. I have always wanted to be a dad."
Source: Official Web Site for Tiger Woods, 12/30/06.Golf.com on Tiger and Elin having children: "Woods and his new bride, Elin, are hoping to start a family -- sooner, not later. In fact, it sounds like Woods has a healthy case of baby fever. Preferably, if not in this exact chronology, he'd like one boy and one girl. Like, tomorrow."
Source: Golf.comTiger about first baby: "We are expecting our first child together this summer. Obviously, we couldn't be happier and our families are thrilled. I have always wanted to be a dad."
Source: Official Web Site for Tiger Woods, 12/30/06.Tiger about the birth of their baby: "If she's [Elin] going to have it during the week of the Open, I just don't go. That's the most important thing, not a golf tournament."
Source: Barker Davis, WashingtonTimes.com, "Halfway Home", March 27, 2007.
Pets:
A border collie named Taz. Tiger received the puppy as a gift from Elin on his 30th birthday.Other Marriages:
None.Quotes about the Marriage of Tiger and Elin:
Tiger Woods about Elin: "My wife, we're in it together. We're a team, and we do things as a team. And I care about her with all my heart."Source: People.com, 9/21/2006.
Tiger Woods: "I have a balance in my life. Ever since Elin came into my life, things just became a lot better. Someone you can bounce things off, somebody who is a great friend. We do just about everything together. It's nice having that type of person around you. She's so much like me. She's very competitive, very feisty, just like I am."
Source: Reuters UK
Tiger on marriage: "Honestly, I think I can be better. My marriage is only going to help me. I found a person I can talk to and a person who is going to be by my side through thick and thin. Elin has instilled a lot of confidence in me in all aspects of my life."
Source: Tiger
Woods Site, 4/19/05.
Tiger, on learning to ski: "Being married to a Swede, you have to ski, no choice."
Source: Denver Post, 4/06.
