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Tiger Woods is in Augusta, Georgia teeing-off at the prestigious Masters Golf tournament this week, but Tiger’s family members are reportedly growing increasingly frustrated with the golfing star because of his failure to show concern for the health and welfare of his half-brother, Kevin Woods, who is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis, and dealing with serious financial problems.

Tiger’s family says they have left text messages and voice mails pleading with the world’s most famous golfer to help his half-brother, who because of his condition, can’t work, and is about to lose his home. Tiger’s other half-brother, Earl Jr., named of course after Tiger’s father, says they all had a pretty good sibling relationship before Earl Woods, Sr. died. Since then, Tiger’s concern or efforts to reach out to them has been non-existent. He won’t even return their calls.

Lost in all of the family drama is the fact that Tiger has a charitable organization that helps millions of people, yet, Woods won’t lift a finger to help his own brother? Earl, Jr. went as far as to say he’s like to “slap Tiger and wake him up”. He also warns Tiger that if he someday needs one of his siblings for any medical reasons, he may not be received very well from his father’s extended family.

TMZ reports, Elin Nordegren bought a $12.3 million 9,000 square foot oceanfront home in North Palm Beach, Fla., but didn’t like it, and has plowed six bedroom, eight bathroom mansion.

According to plans found at the Palm Beach County Building Office, Nordegren wants an 18,984-square-foot, three-story home erected on the lot and, while she is in the early stages of obtaining permits, the former first lady of golf has a very clear vision.

She has enlisted architectural firm Dailey Janssen of West Palm Beach to bring her dreams to life—dreams that include a wine room, gym and theater with stadium seating in the basement.

Woods was taking part in the Frys.com Open at CordeValle course on Sunday (Oct. 09) when a man burst out of the crowd and threw a frankfurter at him as he was preparing to putt.

Security guards immediately pounced and the man was subsequently arrested.

Woods subsequently told reporters he was baffled by the bizarre incident: “I guess he wanted to be in the news. And I’m sure he will be… I was kind of focusing on my putt when he started yelling. Next thing I know he lay on the ground, and looked like he wanted to be arrested because he put his hands behind his back and turned his head. When I looked up, the hot dog was already in the air. He was pretty far away from me.”

But off the field, the star golfer may finally be turning his image around: Woods has just inked a five-year deal with Rolex, the world’s biggest luxury watchmaker.

The Rolex deal is the golfer’s first big sponsorship deal since his widely publicized infidelilty scandal two years ago. AT&T, Accenture, Gillette and Gatorade all broke off their endorsement deals with the golfer in the wake of the scandal.

In a statement, Rolex said, “Rolex is convinced that Tiger Woods still has a long career ahead of him and that he has all the qualities required to continue to mark the history of golf.”

According to the official World Golf Ranking, the 35-year-old Woods entered the weekend as the sport’s 50th best player. But he lost that standing when Louis Oosthuizen finished tied for fifth at this weekend’s Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, earning him a place in the standings and ousting Woods.

The rankings are endorsed by Professional Golf Association tours in the United States, Europe, Australia, Asia and elsewhere, according to the World Golf Ranking website. An updated ranking comes out every Monday.

The last time Woods was not among the top 50 was on October 13, 1996. Since then, he won 14 major championships — a distinction used for the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA championship — and, for much of the next 778 weeks, ranked as the game’s best player.

In recent years, Woods has been plagued by the fallout surrounding his infidelity and divorce from his wife as well as numerous injuries. His last tournament win was the Australian Masters in November 2009.

His next competition will be this week at the Frys.com Open in Corde Valley, California. Despite his recent slump, American team captain Fred Couples chose Woods as one of his wild card picks for next month’s Presidents Cup in Australia.

Monday is the cutoff day and Woods might not make the final 18, all of whom have to be ranked among the top 50 golfers in the world.

Woods is No. 46 at the moment, and its possible he could take a tumble based on what happens at this week’s BMW Championship.

Read more at USA Today.

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Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour over the weekend playing in the Bridgestone Invitational.  He struggled at times, was never really in contention, and to make matters worse, Adam Scott won the tournament.  Who’s he?  Scott is the guy who hired Steve Williams to be his new caddie just days after he was fired by Tiger.  Great move.  Result: An instant PGA win.  Meanwhile, many of Tiger’s closest friends and associates are questioning his decision-making of late.  In fact, the firing of Williams stunned everyone in the golfing community as he was Tiger’s friend as well as his caddie who toted Woods’ clubs through 13 Major Championships.  Thank Goodness he was spared the scene of Williams receiving a rousing applause from the gallery as he and Scott walked up the 18th fairway.  Tiger, like the others out of the running, was already in the clubhouse.

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          Former NBA great-turned-commentator Charles Barkley says he’s frustrated with Tiger Woods, whom he considered a close friend, but reveals that he hasn’t spoken to Woods in almost two years.  Barkley says when Woods fired  long-time friend and caddie Steve Williams a few weeks ago, that was the “last straw” for him..  Sir Charles also said that he’s heard the talk that he and Michael Jordan were supposedly “bad influences” on Woods when they were hanging out together, but Barkley says it ain’t true, and that he, nor Jordan had any knowledge of Tiger’s extramarital affairs.  He wishes Tiger the best but says he’s run out of patience with the golf superstar, who is planning a return to PGA competition soon.

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Although he’s still on the mend from injuries, Tiger Woods is apparently looking ahead to the future after firing his caddie Steve Williams.  Williams, perhaps the most famous caddie without wheels, has been with Tiger for 12 years and has seen him through 72 victories and 13 major tournament wins.  The news was shocking to Williams, as it was to the entire PGA community, mainly because Williams and Woods were more than colleagues, they were friends.

According to TMZ, Tiger Woods’ ex-wife Elin Nordegren appears to have moved on to new boyfriend and marketing executive Jamie Dingman.

That’s not the part that’s hard to believe. The story takes a crazy turn when you hear, this guy dated one of Tiger’s mistresses from that sex scandal, Rachel Uchitel. Some sources are saying the two were even living together in Miami when the Tiger Woods scandal broke.

As if it couldn’t seem any more far-fetched, reportedly, when Rachael got serious with Tiger, Jamie joked with her, “That’s ok. I’ll date his wife, Elin.”

But wait, there’s more. Do you remember Jen Madden? She’s the woman who sold the Tiger Woods story in the first place, getting the info when she stayed at the Miami home and overheard Rachel tell Jamie about her affair with Tiger.

If this is true, we have the makings of a made-for-tv movie.