While Tiger Woods used to come across to the public as ‘the best behaved athlete the Western world has ever seen, ‘ his wife is an even more definite and definitive image. Some say Woods has found a perfect match in Elin Nordegren, 29, as his elegant and discreet wife. ‘Since she turned up on his arm in early 2002, Woods’ wife has been not just a cipher but a consummate match for her husband—classy and elusive, and from a smart, well-to-do Swedish family.’
Theirs, too, used to be deemed as a seemingly perfect relationship. As one source said, “You could point to a thousand candidates for a professional athlete to choose from for a wife and she was maybe No. 1.”
Through the course of their eight-year relationship, Elin has always ‘shown as little interest in publicizing her high-profile relationship as her husband, despite tabloid interest that’s followed her over.’
In her 2004 profile in Sports Illustrated, published the year she married Woods, she was described as: “Even in the insular world of the PGA Tour, [Nordegren] is a shadowy figure, talked about by everyone but close to very few.” One source quoted in the magazine article said, “She’s become like Greta Garbo. When she started dating Tiger, it was like there was an unwritten agreement she wouldn’t say anything to anyone. She’s still nice, but when you talk to her, you don’t get anything out of her.”
The ‘lovely and intelligent’ wife was just an ‘omnipresent’ attendee at her husband’s matches. She ‘never stepped into the spotlight or did anything wacky.’
Via The Daily Beast
