After all that time cavorting with an endless stream of floozies, Tiger Woods is now just a sad lone wolf.
The golf great has been spending his days in seclusion — eating cereal and watching cartoons — and his nights hitting golf balls to clear his head since his carefully crafted world unraveled following revelations of rampant womanizing that drove his wife out the door, it was reported yesterday.
Woods has isolated himself from even his closest friends since wife Elin Nordegren learned of his philandering ways, leading those close to him to worry he might be “cracking up.”
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“There is a real concern among his friends that he is dealing with the situation in a very unhealthy way,” a source told the London Sun.
Former NBA star Charles Barkley — a close Tiger friend — said he had been reaching out to Woods but had no luck contacting him.
“I’ve been trying to get to him and can’t. It’s very frustrating,” Barkley said. “Hey, man, we love you. If you need anything, pick up the phone.”
Woods has not been seen in public since a bizarre Thanksgiving-weekend car crash outside his Florida home led to an endless stream of stories about steamy affairs, several of them long term.
But neighbors in the gated community where Woods lived with Nordegren say they spotted him coming home for therapy sessions with his outraged wife following their initial split.
“[He would] come by in the early evenings only for their counseling and therapy,” a neighbor told Us Weekly.
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During the agonizing sessions, Woods would “just apologize over and over again” for his sexual transgressions during their five-year marriage. Then he’d go to a local golf course to hit some balls.
“He goes after dark so he can’t be seen,” a source told the magazine. “For him, what’s more therapeutic than hitting golf balls, the thing he’s best at in the whole world?”
The therapy sessions did little to help. Nordegren has made it clear she is filing for divorce. She reportedly reached out to a top LA divorce lawyer to renegotiate her prenuptial agreement. She was spotted recently without her wedding and engagement rings on her finger.
The collapse of the marriage began Thanksgiving week, when the first of a bevy of Tiger birdies emerged. Nordegren reportedly chased Tiger out of their home with a golf club, which led to Woods crashing his SUV into a tree.
The floodgates then opened, with as many as 13 other women coming forward claiming steamy in-the-sheets action with Woods during the course of his marriage. There has been widespread speculation that Nordegren — with whom Woods has two young children — could try to take her hubby for half of his billion-dollar fortune.
Now a British bookmaker is taking bets on just how much Nordegren will get when it is all said and done.
William Hill is offering 25-1 odds that she will get more than $500 million in the divorce settlement. The odds drop to 6-4 for less than $100 million and 1-2 odds for between $100 million and $500 million.