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ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE: Woods and Vonn’s online announcement confirmed swirling rumors of a budding romance between the pair. (Reuters)
BLONDE #2: Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods (top) went public with their romance yesterday, posting schmaltzy photos to Facebook four years after the meltdown of his marriage with another blonde, Elin Nordegren (bottom). (
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Sex addict Tiger Woods revealed yesterday that he’s dating Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn — making her the golf great’s first serious relationship since 2009, when he was exposed as a serial philanderer with a penchant for porn stars and bimbos.
Woods, 37, and Vonn, 28 — who, as a striking blonde, is the same type as Tiger’s spurned ex-wife, Elin Nordegren — made the announcement in separate Facebook posts.
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And for good measure, they posted a series of cutesy pictures, with Woods looking as happy as a horndog at an adult-video convention.
“This season has been great so far and I’m happy with my wins at Torrey and Doral,” Woods said in his Facebook post.
“Something nice that’s happened off the course was meeting Lindsey Vonn.
“Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating.
“We thank you for your support and for respecting our privacy. We want to continue our relationship, privately, as an ordinary couple and continue to compete as athletes.”
Vonn’s post about Tiger was just as mushy.
“I guess it wasn’t a well-kept secret but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods,” the Olympic gold-medalist wrote.
“Our relationship evolved from a friendship into something more over these past few months and it has made me very happy.
“I don’t plan on addressing this further as I would like to keep that part of my life between us, my family and close friends.”
The pictures featured the lovebirds smiling as if they were in a toothpaste commercial.
Vonn wore an Under Armour warm-up jacket — with the brand’s logo noticeably obscured — while Woods wore a white Nike polo shirt.
The announcement launched a frenzy on social media — and became easy pickings for amateur comedians.
“Tiger endorsed by Nike: ‘Just do it.’ Vonn by Under Armour: ‘I will.’ Match made in slogan heaven,” tweeted Esquire writer Chris Jones, a k a @MySecondEmpire.
Others warned Vonn to stay away from Woods, who blatantly cheated on his wife with Manhattan nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel in 2009.
Woods’ once-squeaky-clean image came crashing down on Thanksgiving of that year when an infuriated Nordegren, his wife of five years, chased him out of their Orlando mansion with a golf club.
Woods was forced to pay nearly $100 million to Nordegren — the mother of his two kids — in their divorce nearly a year later.
Vonn — whose divorce from fellow Olympic ski racer Thomas Vonn became official in January — is recovering from a serious knee injury she suffered in a fall Feb. 5 during the World Championships in Austria.
Woods set tongues wagging after he sent his private plane to fly her home after the accident, which left her with two torn ligaments.
Rumors of a romantic relationship between the two began surfacing two months ago in Europe.
Two weeks ago, published photos showed Vonn in a golf cart at the Florida marina where Woods’ yacht, Privacy, was docked.
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