JACK BEZANTS03:00 Woods was caught in Florida.

Woods and Charlie, 15, lost in a playoff to Bernhard Langer and his son Jason, with the golfing great agonizingly missing out on a tournament victory on his return to action after a sixth back surgery earlier this year.

As Langer drained the putt that clinched victory, Nordegren was waiting just outside the ropes to congratulate her teenage son and ex-husband on a weekend that captivated golf fans. And footage soon went viral of Woods, 48, hugging the Swedish model as he came off the course.

Woods and Nordegren divorced in 2010 after six years of marriage, months after bombshell details emerged of the golfer’s scandalous infidelities.

Nordegren first discovered Woods was cheating in November 2009, during Thanksgiving week. Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree outside the Florida mansion he shared with her, two days after a National Enquirer report claimed Woods was having an affair with a woman named Rachel Uchitel.

In the aftermath of the crash – where Woods was found by police asleep in the road without shoes and socks on, as per USA Today, while Nordegren tried to smash her way into the car with a golf club – multiple women came forward to claim they too had been involved with the golfer.

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Tiger Woods hugged his ex-wife Elin Nordegren after competing with their son Charlie, 15Nordegren pictured watching Tiger Woods and their son Charlie competing in FloridaWoods pictured in 2024 standing to one side as Nordegren and Charlie pose for a photo

Elin’s her worst fears had been confirmed that night after spotting a text on her husband’s phone while he was unconscious, dosed up on sleeping pills. What followed was one of the most dramatic collapses of a star’s reputation across sport.

Not only did it cost Woods his marriage, but he also lost numerous lucrative sponsorship deals – even though Nike stood by him – and he went to rehab for sex addiction during a break from playing golf.

Woods showed flashes of his brilliance across the two rounds this weekend, despite giving a dire warning of how he was holding up before the event began.

The golfing icon and Nordegren had a daughter, Sam, together as well as their son CharlieThe golf legend’s infamous cheating scandal brought his marriage with Nordegren to an end

‘That was one of the reasons why I had the surgery done earlier, so that hopefully I could give myself the best chance to be with Charlie and be able to play,’ Woods said on Friday.

‘I’m not competitive right now, but I just want to be able to have the experience again. This has always been one of the bigger highlights of the year for us as a family, and now we get to have that moment together again.

‘I’m not going to feel what I’m used to feeling. The recovery has gotten to be the hardest part. But over the course of rounds, weeks, months, it gets harder.’

The surgery was on his back, but Woods said his right leg, which was mangled in a February 2021 car crash outside Los Angeles, remains the biggest physical obstacle.

Last year Erica Herman, Woods’ ex-girlfriend of five years, dropped legal action against the golfer and said she was not a victim of sexual abuse during her time with him.

The former restaurant manager stated that she ‘was never a victim of sexual harassment or sexual abuse at the hands of Tiger Woods or any of his agents and it is her position that she never asserted a claim for such,’ in court documents filed to Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal.

In 2017, Woods was arrested for DUI and described by police as ‘confused and woozy’Last November, Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman dropped legal action against the golferWoods also dated Lindsey Vonn for three years, before they announced a split in 2015

Herman dated Woods from 2017 to 2022 and worked at the golfer’s restaurant, The Woods Jupiter in Florida.

She initially claimed she had been forced into signing an NDA when Woods began to pursue a sexual relationship with her and was seeking to sue to be released from the agreement.

Woods also dated Lindsey Vonn for three years, before they split in 2015.

Two years later, Woods was arrested and charged with DUI when police found him asleep in the driver’s seat of his car in Florida. Woods was described in a police report as being confused and woozy.

The golfer agreed to undergo a 12-month probation diversionary program for first-time offenders and pay a $250 fine.