Tiger's Mental Health, Dropped By Tag Heuer

Tiger's lonely days of cereal, Cartoons - and Night Golf



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."

"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.

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.




Time's up for Tiger Woods: Ticked-off watch company Tag Heuer drops golfer as pitchman



Time is not on Tiger Woods' side - anymore.

Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer reversed course Friday and announced it is dumping Woods as pitchman in U.S. advertising campaigns for the foreseeable future.

After initially standing by Woods and declaring his personal problems "not our business," the company's head honcho now says they will use actor Leonardo Di Caprio and other "brand ambassadors" instead of the disgraced golfer.

"We recognize Tiger Woods as a great sportsman but we have to take account of the sensitivity of some consumers in relation to recent events," company CEO Jean-Christophe Babin told Swiss daily Le Matin.

Tag Heuer is the latest big-bucks backer to run from Woods, 33, whose nice-guy image was totalled by reports he cheated on wife Elin Nordegren with more than a dozen women.

Consulting colossus Accenture dropped him as its public face last weekend and Gillette said it would stop airing his ads for their razors.

Meanwhile, a British bookie announced it had stopped taking wagers on whether Woods gets divorced - and opened gambling on how badly his wife will takes him to the cleaners.

Bookmaker William Hill is putting the odds at 25-1 that Nordegren gets more than $500 million when the marriage is dissolved, said company spokesman Rupert Adams.

The odds that Nordegren gets a $100 million settlement or less drop to 6-4.

And William Hill is offering just 1-2 odds that the spurned Swedish spouse gets between $100 million and $500 million.

Adams said they stopped taking bets on whether Woods and Nordegren would divorce after it became clear that bettors weren't willing to risk their money on the increasingly remote possibility the marriage can be saved.

The firm also stopped halted wagering on just how many women would emerge with claims they romped with Woods.

Adams added that none of the bets that were placed were for big money.

"People are putting on small bets, probably so they can have a giggle in the pub and show their mate a betting slip," Adams told the Associated Press. "It's not vast sums of money."

Not every British bookie is banking on Woods' misery.

Bookmakers Ladbrokes and Coral are only taking bets Woods' golf game - which is on hiatus - not his personal problems.

"We usually stay away from the less tasteful elements, so we've given that one a miss," said Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg.



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Sources: NY Daily News, NY Post, Tag Heuer, Google Maps