Elin Nordegren is a former swimsuit model and the former wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods. She began dating Woods in 2001, while she, along with her twin sister Josefin, was working as an au pair for professional golfer Jesper Parnevik. Nordegren became engaged to Woods during a vacation at a South African game reserve on November 25, 2003, following Woods' participation in that year's Presidents Cup. The couple married in a private ceremony in Barbados in October of 2004. Nordegren has two children with Woods, Sam Alexis Woods and Charlie Axel Woods. They divorced on August 23, 2010.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20323570,00.html

In December of 2010, Elin Nordegren started dating a fellow college student, according to the British newspaper The Sun.http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3273391/Elin-Nordegren-close-to-fellow-student-in-Florida.html Nordegren enrolled at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, in late spring 2010 and began taking classes during the summer session.http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Elin-Nordegren-Returns-To-College/45033.html She is reported to be studying psychology.http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/08/elin.html Her new boyfriend is a 35 year-old South African also attending the college in Florida.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/13/elin-nordegren-moving-on-_n_796002.html

Nordegren's parents are public figures in Sweden. Her father, Thomas Nordegren, is a radio journalist. He was a Washington, DC correspondent for Swedish Radio when his daughter married Woods. Her mother, Barbro Holmberg was the migration minister of Sweden from 2003 to 2006 and is currently a county governor in Sweden.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20323570,00.html

On August 25, 2010, People Magazine published an interview with Nordegren, in which she discussed the divorce and Woods' affairs. Nordegren said she "felt stupid" after finding out about her husband's affairs and that she had "been through hell". She also said that the divorce proceedings affected her physically, causing her to lose weight and eventually some of her hair.http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h789mgNbikPNDN08VFhFGJ0CnpBw

Commenting on the extent of Woods' adultery, Nordegren added "The word betrayal isn't strong enough. I felt like my whole world had fallen apart." She also denied hitting or chasing after Woods with a golf club the night of the car crash, saying "the speculation that I would have used a golf club to hit him is truly ridiculous."http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h789mgNbikPNDN08VFhFGJ0CnpBw

On August 23, 2010, Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods officially divorced. Prior to that, there were several reports of divorce settlements, but no details were released in the court proceedings.http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h789mgNbikPNDN08VFhFGJ0CnpBw

TMZ.com reported on May 11, 2010, that the couple was seeking to reach agreements on child custody and division of assets as quickly as possible and would subsequently file for divorce as quickly and as quietly as possible. Both parties were said to want to keep the details of the divorce settlement confidential. Elin was considering filing for divorce in her native country of Sweden, where she was rumored to be relocating with the couple's two young children.http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/11/tiger-divorce-get-it-done-keep-it-quiet-welcome TMZ reported that Nordegren has retained the services of divorce lawyer Walter H. White, Jr. who is based in London.http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/14/tiger-woods-elin-nordegren-lawyer-divorce-walter-white-london/

The Tiger Woods scandal began on November 23, 2009, with the publication of a National Enquirer story claiming that Woods was having an affair with a New York nightclub promoter named Rachel Uchitel. The story involved some confirming quotes from Uchitel as well as rumors that Woods had slept with even more women outside of his marriage.http://www.nationalenquirer.com/tiger_woods_cheating_rachel_uchitel_exposed_source/celebrity/67747

In the early morning on Friday, November 27, 2009, Woods was reported to have lost control of his SUV outside his Florida home. Later reports added the details that he may have been under the influence of prescription drugs Ambien or Vicodin and he may have been involved in an altercation with his wife at the time of the crash that involved his face being scratched. There were also rumors at the time that Nordegren had attacked Woods with a golf club.http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4693657

Though Woods released a statement on November 29 asking for privacy in his personal affairs, beginning with an Us Weekly report on December 1 about Los Angeles cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs, a flood of names of alleged mistresses and women who claimed to have slept with Woods began pouring out. These included Kalika Moquin, model Jamie Jungers, Cori Rist and porn star Holly Sampson. A report on the blog Deadspin on December 8 added the wrinkle that Uchitel herself may not have been a mistress of Woods' at all, but a madam tasked with finding women for him at various stops on his national golf tours. Uchitel spoke about the situation in detail in OK Magazine on December 9.http://www.okmagazine.com/2009/12/rachel-uchitel-gives-ok-her-side-of-the-tiger-woods-story/

On December 7, 2009, news surfaced that Nordegren had moved out of the Woods' residence. Sources says she did move, but stayed close to Wood's home in Windermere, Florida.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/07/elin-nordegren-tiger-wood_n_383186.html

On December 11, 2009, ABCNews.com reported that Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods planned to move to Sweden to get away from the American media and consider their future together and that Woods would be taking an indefinite break from golf. Swedish papers reported similar news and earlier reported that Nordegren had purchased a $2 million home on an island near Stockholm that is accessible only by boat. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/amid-infidelities-prostitute-rumors-tiger-woods-takes-break/story?id=9313053&page=1

On January 21, 2010, Woods checked himself into a sexual addiction rehab clinic in Mississippi.http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4922436

On February 19, 2010, Tiger Woods held a live news conference. During this conference, he apologized to his family and friends for his "irresponsible and selfish behavior" and said his wife never hit him and had shown nothing but "poise and grace" throughout "this whole ordeal" and deserved to be praised and not blamed.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSuCk_QhioEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VwxfrXvDiE SafNews reported that following the conference, Norderen returned to their home with Woods. http://www.sawfnews.com/Gossip/62780.aspx

On March 16, 2010, Woods resurfaced and announced that he would return to gold by competing in the 2010 Masters Golf Tournament, beginning April 8.http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35679437/ns/sports-golf/

Radar Online reported in March 2010 that Nordegren had agreed to move back in with Woods following three months of estrangement and therapy. A later report quoted an eyewitness who says they saw the couple hugging and kissing in public. "They were hugging and kissing right out in the open," said the source. "People in the neighborhood are getting used to seeing them together again." Another report, however, said that Nordegren was still not wearing her wedding ring while out with her daughter.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/tiger-woods-and-wife-elin-nordegren-seen-kissing-at-home-in-florida/story-e6frf96o-1225839259996

OK Magazine reported on April 9, 2010, that Nordegren was advised by her lawyers to stay clear of the Masters Tournament while the divorce papers were drawn up and a decision could be made as to when to give them to Woods. The source for the magazine allegedly stated that Nordegren wanted everything nice and neat when it came to the divorce and wanted all the details discussed and put together before she filed. The source also stated that the papers weren’t served during the Masters because Nordegren didn’t want people to think she had done it as a form of revenge.http://www.okmagazine.com/2010/04/ok-exclusive-elins-divorce-plan/

The Los Angeles Times reported in April that sources say Nordegren was extremely angry about Woods’ return to golfing, as well as a Nike commercial in which Woods appeared, and Nordegren felt the commercial was done in bad taste. The commercial featured a voice over by Woods’ late father scolding him on his latest actions. Nordegren says that the voice heard was actually that of Woods’ father but was taken from an interview about his own wife and Woods’ mother.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/04/elin-nordegren-close-to-filing-for-divorce-from-tiger-woods.html

In late April 2010, the National Enquirer reported that Woods had confessed to having sex with 120 women while married to Nordegren. According to the tabloid, the confession occurred while Woods was undergoing sex addiction therapy. In addition to those he listed, SportsByBrooks reported that Woods slept with 21-year-old Raychel Coudriet the daughter of Woods' neighbor in Florida. The Enquirer reports that Nordegren decided to proceed with the divorce process after learning about Coudriet. It was reported that Nordegren was seeking a $500 million divorce settlement.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/29/tiger-woods-had-sex-with_n_556948.html