Ending weeks, even months, of speculation, Tiger Woods did indeed go fishing in Barbados yesterday. To entertain himself – and the gossip columnists – while he was there, he also married his fiancée (who else?), Elin Nordegren, in “a lavish but top secret $1.5m ceremony.” Click one of the following links for the tedious details.
I can now see one of two things happening. Either Tiger’s game will improve, and everyone will claim that the stability of married life has allowed him to be less distracted on the golf course, or his form will dip (or stay the same – Woods not winning at least eight tournaments a year, including three majors, will always be considered a failure in the eyes of the media), and further speculation about the supposed effect of Elin on his game will ensue.
Congratulations to both of them anyway.