Tiger's Wife Gives Birth to Second Child

Posted Feb 09, 2009 8:48AM By Ryan Wilson (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Golf, PGA

Tiger Woods recently revealed that he was practicing "full-bore" and as soon as he gets "back in tournament shape" he will triumphantly return to save the PGA Tour. Tiger's comeback is nothing more than speculation at this point, but now that he has one more mouth to feed -- wife Elin Woods gave birth to the couple's second child on Sunday night -- it might hasten the process. You know, what with the economy being what it is.* Via Woods' website:

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"Elin and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Charlie Axel Woods, who was born on Sunday February 8, 2009," Woods wrote in the statement. "Both Charlie and Elin are doing great and we want to thank everyone for their sincere best wishes and kind thoughts. Sam is very excited to be a big sister and we feel truly blessed to have such a wonderful family.

"I also want to thank our doctors, nurses and the hospital staff for their personal and professional care. We look forward to introducing Charlie to you at the appropriate time, and again thanks from all of us for your kindness and support."

Woods did mention last week that his return to the tour would be contingent on the birth of his second child, and now that Charlie has been introduced to the world -- and Woods sounds healthy -- it's only a matter of time. I'd like to think it would be this week at Pebble Beach, but that's more me being nostalgic ('00 U.S. Open) than realistic (he hasn't played the AT&T since '02). Better bet: the Accenture Match Play Championships, Feb. 25-March 1.

Place your bets appropriately.

* That's a joke. Tiger is recession proof. Obviously.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

2-09-2009 @ 9:28AM

Margaret said...

Congratulations, Tiger, Elin and Alexis. I am so happy for your family. I was surprised because I didn't even know that Elin was pregnant again. I hope you have a wonderful and splendid time with your little one. May God bless and watch over you all. Margaret

2-09-2009 @ 9:40AM

linkslifer said...

Congrats Tiger and Elin. Now, Tiger you should copy Jack Nicklaus one more time. Read the whole story.
http://www.linkslifegolf.com/2009/02/09/tigers-new-boy/

2-09-2009 @ 10:08AM

andremarshall said...

Congratulations, To Tiger and his family! This is great, because now they can all watch Tiger try to win the U.S. Open for a 2nd year in a row! I WONDER THOUGH? - Does this mean that Tiger is gonna be tipping even less? Well these are hard economic times so here is a free tip for all of you GOLFERS and TIGER CHEERLEADERS, Let's all get a nice HDTV and watch Tiger try to win the U.S. Open for the 2nd year in a row. Afterwards, let's watch Tiger in New York watching ROGER FEDERER try to win the U.S. Open for a RECORD 6th year in a row! How's that for a GOOD FREE TIPP? Once again Congrats to Tiger and I hope his family THE BEST.

2-09-2009 @ 10:06AM

Congratulations to Tiger and his family! My concern is does this mean he is gonna be TIPPING even less? With these hard economic times I have a free tipp for all you GOLFERS and TIGER CHEERLEADERS! In 2009 buy yourself a HDTV and watch Tiger try to win the U.S. Open for the 2nd year in a row! Afterwards, watch Tiger in New York watching ROGER FEDERER try to win the U.S. Open for a RECORD 6th year in a row and possibly tie or break the ALL TIME ATP Majors record of 14! How's that for a FREE TIP?

2-17-2009 @ 11:22AM

elpgolfer said...

hey andre, how's it going buddy?....all your tears dried up yet?....and yes i did get a new hdtv so i can watch tiger try to win the US open for the 2nd year in a row. can you believe roger lost the australian open for the 2nd year in a row? and i guess i will see if roger keeps his streak going at the french. what is like 0-7 or 0-8? well he's got that going for him. here's a tip for roger....skip the french...ha ha ha ha