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Tiger Woods Loves Time with Growing Family

Karl Erikson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:03:00 GMT

Tiger Woods has been on extended break from his beloved golf, needing surgery to help mend the ligament in his leg. But despite all that, Tiger said he wouldn't fall to pieces from negative energy. Tiger told Golf Digest that his hiatus has been a blessing in disguise. He's got lots of time to spend with wife Elin - expecting the couple's second child in February - and daughter Sam Alexis, 18 months.

And if not for Tiger's injury, all these new memories with his daughter wouldn't exist. "Watching her learn how to talk...yelling at the dogs like I do. We play catch. She’ll catch it and throw it right back to me. I wouldn’t have seen all of this if I had been playing a lot," says Tiger.

Tiger, 32, brushes off knee surgery as "easy," just part of a transitional phase in his life. He's faced a number of setbacks in his years, particularly his father's death back in 2006. But with the closing of that chapter in his life, a new one began with Sam's birth.

"My life changed dramatically when my dad died. Then, after losing my dad, the next year to have Sam - those were polar opposite experiences." An odd position, since he found himself "as low as I could possibly be to be as high as I could possibly be, all in one year."

All the naysayers claimed that becoming a family man would make Tiger a worse golfer, but he proved them wrong. Maybe this year we'll see a true return to form for the golfer. We'll just have to wait and see. For now, though, Tiger is just happy to be right where he is...with his family.

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Tiger Woods Enjoying All the Family Time

Karl Erikson — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Rock star golfer Tiger Woods could easily view all the recuperation time after his knee surgery a curse, but he sees it as more a blessing. The 32-year-old golfer now has a ton of time to spend at home with his family. Wife Elin is pregnant with their second child, but Sam Alexis, 15 months, is plenty enough to keep the couple busy.

"It's wonderful, being able to stay home and be with my family," Tiger says. Normally he's away from home for over half of the year.

Wife Elin being Swedish, she's teaching her daughter to be bilingual as well. Tiger speaks to Sam in English, Elin speaks to her in Swedish so it should be no time before the spongelike mind can speak both fluently. What accent the kids grow up with, though, is anyone's guess.

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Tiger Woods Uses More Water than a Small City

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Tiger Woods Uses More Water Than a Small City

Karl Erikson — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:37:00 GMT

Tiger's not such a tiger when it comes to being green. He's more like a pig. The Orlando Sentinel recently released the top water users for central Florida (which is where I live, for the record) and Tiger Woods was in the top three, using over 129,000 gallons of water a month at his $39 million Jupiter Island estate. Damn, that dude is thirsty. Tiger is the daddy of Sam, 1, and has been married to wife Elin for 4 years. They've just announced that they're expecting another baby this winter.

The average water usage, in case you're wondering, is 10,000 gallons a month. That, too, seems like a lot of toilet flushing and coffee-making, but nowhere NEAR what Tiger is using. Records show that Tiger is near the top of the 25 biggest water guzzlers in Orange County. That's an average water bill of over $1,000 a month...the average water bill in central Florida is $20 a month.

This is a huge deal because central Florida is in the middle of a water crisis. Other big water hogs in the area include NBA star Grant Hill - at 263,000 gallons a month - and The Magic's Dwight Howard at 189,000 gallons.

Dudes, have you even HEARD of "An Inconvenient Truth?" Try watching "Living With Ed" on planet Green. You should all be ashamed of yourselves! Ed Begley, Jr. should whupp all your asses with a biodegradeable golf club. Wise up and start teaching your kids the right way to go about living.

Now I'm going to go take a bath and leave the water running the whole time.

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Tiger Woods & Elin Nordegren Expecting 2nd Child

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:27:00 GMT

Fore! Tiger Woods and his wife Elin are expecting their second child. Daughter Sam, 1, was born on Father's Day right after the U.S. Open in 2007.

On his website, Woods announced that his wife is expecting their child in late winter. Two weeks after his U.S. Open victory this past June, Woods had reconstructive surgery on his left knee that put him out for the year.

"Elin is feeling great and we are both thrilled,'' Woods said. "While my injury has been disappointing and frustrating, it has allowed me to spend a lot of time watching Sam grow. I can't begin to tell you how rewarding it is being a dad and spending time with her and Elin. The injury has been a blessing and a disappointment.''

After he and Elin married in 2004, Woods said that he definitely wanted more than one child. He was an only child, and Elin has a twin sister.

Congratulations to Tiger and Elin!

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Tiger Woods Willing To Do Almost Anything For Another Three Month Vacation

BadKitty — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:14:00 GMT

Tiger Woods is pretty over the moon in love with his new daughter, Sam, born this June. So in love that he's already sure that he and wife Elin need more children!

Tiger's taking a three month "paternity leave" from golf to spend this special time with his wife and new daughter. While I'm sure he is enjoying the time with his family, I bet the thought of another three month vacation is okay with him, too. I mean, if my house looked like this, I'd want to call in sick every day!

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Story: Yahoo! News
Photo of Tiger and family: Gossip Girls
Photo of Tiger's home: BoreMe