
I have confidence in my beliefs, my decisions and myself.” Five years later, Woods shed light on their marital woes during an interview with Time. “I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children,” Nordegren said in her only post-split interview in August 2010. The twosome finalized their divorce the following August.

Nordegren confronted Woods about his indiscretions on Thanksgiving in November 2009. The same year Charlie was born, news broke that Woods had several affairs, including a full-fledged relationship with Rachel Uchitel. … She gradually was convinced that she should give him a chance and so they did go out.” Three years later, the twosome tied the knot and went on to welcome a daughter, Sam, in 2007 and a son, Charlie, in 2009. And when he asked her out, I think she turned him down at first. And she’s very shy so the idea of joining that world was not appealing to her. “She had her opinions about celebrities and they were not high. “Elin told me that he didn’t make a great impression on her at first,” Nordegren’s friend Sandra Sobieraj Westfall revealed in the 2021 HBO documentary, Tiger. Woods and Nordegren met in 2001 through golfer Jesper Parnevik, whom she was nannying for at the time. More than a decade after a headline-making cheating scandal, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren have put the past behind them to coparent their two kids. The weeks and months ahead will not be easy for them as we adjust to a new family situation, which is why our privacy must be a principal concern." According to reports, Nordegren did not sign a prenup and was granted $110 million in their settlement. "Once we came to the decision that our marriage was at an end, the primary focus of our amicable discussions has been to ensure their future well-being. While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us," Woods said in a statement at the time. "We are sad that our marriage is over, and we wish each other the very best for the future. I was foolish." Several months later, Nordegren and Woods finalized their divorce in August 2010. "Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.

"I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. In February 2010, Woods addressed the media after completing 45 days in treatment.
