Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren Woods. Photos / Reuters
Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren Woods. Photos / Reuters
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The wife of the world's number one golfer, Tiger Woods, won €125,000 ($239,700) in damages against an Irish magazine which published fake porn photos of her during the Ryder Cup.
The Dubliner magazine was forced to make a humble apology to Elin Nordegren Woods for superimposing theSwedish model's face on a picture of a semi-naked woman. Ms Nordegren Woods is donating all the money to cancer support charities in memory of Irish golfer Darren Clarke's late wife, Heather.
The explicit photographs and article, which was titled "Ryder Filth for Dublin", overshadowed the launch of the prestigious tournament at the K Club, Co Kildare, in September 2006. Tiger Woods said at the time that his wife had been a model and did some bikini photos, but to link her to porn websites and such was unacceptable.
"My wife is an extension of me. We are in it together. We are a team and I care about her with all my heart." Publishers Dubliner Media Limited immediately issued a full apology, insisting the article was intended to be satirical. The couple also rejected a donation to a charity of her choice, opting to sue the publication.
