Tiger Woods" Wife Is - Make that Was - Elin Nordegren
Question: Tiger Woods' Wife Is - Make that Was - Elin Nordegren
Who is - or rather, was - Tiger Woods' wife? That's Elin Nordegren.
Answer:
Tiger Woods' wife is Elin Nordegren. Wait - make that, Tiger Woods' wife was Elin Nordegren. Elin is Tiger's ex-wife, his former wife. If Tiger remarries someday, we'll all think of Elin as Tiger's first wife.
Here are some of the key moments in their (and her) history:
- Elin Nordegren was born Jan. 1, 1980, in Stockhold, Sweden.
- She has a twin sister named Josefin. She also has a brother named Axel.
- Elin worked as a model beginning around age 20, including working as a swimsuit model.
- Around 2000, 2001, Elin began working as a nanny to the children of Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik.
- At the 2001 British Open, Jesper introduced Elin to Tiger Woods. They began dating.
- Tiger proposed to Elin in South Africa in late 2003, where they had attended the Presidents Cup together (Tiger playing in it, of course).
- Tiger and Elin married on Oct. 5, 2004, in Barbados.
- The Woods' first child, daughter Sam Alexis, was born on June 18, 2007.
- Their second child, son Charlie Axel, was born on February 8, 2009.
- In late November 2009, Tiger was involved in a one-car accident in the wee hours, crashing his SUV into a fire hydrant and a neighbor's tree. That accident set in motion a chain of revelations of Woods' serial infidelity, and led to the breakup of his relationship with Elin.
- Elin officially became Tiger Woods' ex-wife on Aug. 23, 2010, when their divorce became official. In a negotiated settlement, they agreed to joint custody of their children.
- Nordegren owns a home in Sweden, while also residing in Florida.
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