HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren have officially divorced.
Attorneys for the twosome say the divorce became official Monday in Bay County Circuit Court. Under terms of their divorce settlement, Woods and Nordegren will share parenting of their two children, Sam, 3, and Charlie, 1. No other details about the settlement were revealed.
"We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future," Woods, 34, and Nordegren, 30, said in a joint statement posted on the PGA star's website. "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. 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. 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."
The divorce comes nine months after their marriage was rocked by the golfer's admitted infidelity. The cheating scandal made headlines when Woods famously crashed his SUV about their Florida home last November. The accident came shortly after the National Enquirer published a story alleging that Woods was having an affair with Rachel Uchitel. The allegation quickly snowballed as several more women stepped forward claiming to have engaged in sexual trysts with Woods.
Woods lost millions of dollars in endorsements and left the game for five months after he admitted to cheating on Nordegren.
"I hurt a lot of people, not just my wife," he later told ESPN of his admitted infidelity. "My friends, my colleagues, the public, kids who looked up to me. There were a lot of people that thought I was a different person and my actions were not according to that. That's why I had to apologize. I was so sorry for what I had done."
When interviewer Tom Rinaldi asked how well the world knows him, Woods responded: "A lot better now. I was living a life of a lie, I really was. And I was doing a lot of things, like I said, that hurt a lot of people. And stripping away denial and rationalization you start coming to the truth of who you really are and that can be very ugly."
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