The most memorable and unexpected pairing of the 2010 Ryder Cup? Tiger Woods and Cigar Guy. This photograph captures Mr. Woods chunking a shot on a damp day in Wales before an enraptured gallery—including a now legendary spectator, dangling a cigar out of his mouth. Continue reading →

Tiger Woods had a cortisone shot in his right ankle to alleviate lingering soreness from a 2008 injury, his agent said. Mark Steinberg said in an e-mail that Woods had long planned to have the shot after the Chevron World Challenge, which ended Dec. 5. He isn’t expected to play again until the Farmers Insurance Open, scheduled for Jan. 27-30 in San Diego. Woods, who finished the 2010 golf season without a victory, said during the Masters Tournament in April that he ruptured his Achilles’ tendon while recovering from knee surgery in 2008. — Bloomberg

For the second time, Tiger Woods will go back on the personal pledge he made following the embarrassing fallout from his various infidelities. RadarOnline.com has learned that the golfer will miss his son Charlie’s birthday despite promising to never miss another one of his children’s birthdays. In June, he missed his daughter Sam’s third birthday since he was playing in the U.S. Open. At the time, a source told RadarOnline.com that Tiger did not make arrangements for Sam to join him in California. “It never happened. Instead, Elin had a birthday party for her at the house in Florida.” Next, he will miss Charlie turning two on February 8 since he will be golfing at a tournament in Dubai from February 7-13. — Radar Online

Golfer Tiger Woods won’t even have to join the ultra-exclusive Jupiter Island Country Club to work on his short game! Woods has built himself four greens with sand traps on the Jupiter Island property where he just moved. Woods will have hard time practicing in the summer. His personal course is cut off from the ocean breeze with a thick vegetation buffer that was actually mandated by the Town of Jupiter Island. Woods bought 12 acres for a Martin County record $44.5 million in 2006-07, tore down the four existing houses and built what was supposed to become his family’s home. Woods’ 9,700-square-foot building, which has been compared to a Motel 6, is equally divided between living quarters and a gym with its own oxygen chamber. — Palm Beach Post

Serial swinger Tiger Woods has checked into the same posh Australian hotel where he romped with mistress Rachel Uchitel – a tryst that would eventually cost him his marriage. On Monday night, the golf great took up residence at the best room in Melbourne, on the 35th floor at the Crown Towers hotel, ahead of his appearance at the Australian Masters later this week, RadarOnline.com has learned. The two bedroom, two bathroom Presidential Villa costs more than $27,500-a-night and has hosted such A-List guests as Bill Clinton, Luciano Pavarotti, Tom Cruise and Barbra Streisand. But the hotel’s most notorious guest, Tiger, has again caused controversy Down Under. Taxpayers in the state of Victoria are footing more than $1.5 million – half of the philandering sportsman’s appearance fee – to have him play in their local tournament, in a move that has outraged some politicians. — Radar Online