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Tiger Woods (R) and Elin Nordegren pose at the PGA Awards dinner

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Tiger Woods (R) and Elin Nordegren pose at the PGA Awards dinner
Tiger Woods might have had many relationships in his life. But he only got married to one woman. And it was none other than Sweden-based model Elin Nordegren. Fans are well aware of the two split up after a few years of marriage. However, did you know how the two met for the first time?
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How did Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren first meet?
Tiger Woods has had a pretty rough life when it comes to his relationships. The golfer got married to Elin Nordegren in 2004, but soon split up six years later in 2010. There are many stories about the two on the internet about all the times they made it to the headlines. However, there was a time when Elin Nordegren opened up about how she first met Woods.
Woods has been very outspoken about his relationship as well as his split with his ex-wife. However, Nordegren rarely ever spoke about the matter in front of the media. But the Swedish model opened up about the matter in a few interviews with People Magazine. And when she was asked about how she met Woods for the first time, she said, “I was traveling the PGA tour with Mia and Jesper, so we met through friends.”.

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MONTREAL, QC – SEPTEMBER 26: Tiger Woods of the U.S. Team walks with his wife Elin Woods during the opening ceremonies prior to the start of The Presidents Cup at The Royal Montreal Golf Club on September 26, 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
Jesper Parnevik is a Swedish professional golfer who was also a friend of golf legend Tiger Woods. And during his visit to a tournament with his wife Mia, he introduced Woods to their nanny Elin Nordegren. However, Nordegren explained how she wasn’t even interested in talking to the golfer at first. And her reasons were pretty straight. “I wasn’t interested at first, ironically. I had my opinions about celebrities,” she said.
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Although she wasn’t interested in the golf superstar, she talked about how she “fell for” Woods eventually. She said, “I got convinced that we were a lot alike and agreed to a date. The biggest reason I fell for him was because we had a lot of fun together.” Despite being a model, Nordegren was not used to the amount of attention Woods used to receive. But since she was dating the golfer, it was obvious that she was in the public eye.
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She explained how it was very hard for her to adjust to the golfer’s stardom. She even described it as the “hardest thing” and that she was “a pretty shy and private person,” which made it tough for her.
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